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The Bangalore Detectives Club
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The Bangalore Detectives Club – Harini Nagendra

This is Nagendra’s first mystery, set in Bangalore in 1921.  It is set in South India, not Bombay or Calcutta, which makes it unique in my experience.
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“In Byron’s Wake”, Miranda Seymour

This book focuses on Lady Byron (1792-1860), her daughter, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, and the ways they were affected by Lord Byron..
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“Highlander”

September 2020 saw the release of a definitive book on the making of the cult classic film: "Highlander" - "A Kind of Magic - Making The Original Highlander"..
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Tempting Fate, Darker Jewels, Writ in Blood. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

However, let’s start at the beginning….  These are vampire novels and Yarbro’s vampire is based on a historical figure of the 18th century, the Comte de Saint-Germain.
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“The Hedgehog & The Fox”, Isaiah Berlin

Berlin compares Tolstoy with Maistre, a post-French Revolution, ultramontane Catholic, and extremely conservative thinker who thought Europe should return to the blind Catholicism and authoritarianism of the Dark Ages. He was a hedgehog.
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“Cassandra Darke” – by Posy Simmons

Book Review: “Cassandra Darke” by Posy SimmondsPublisher : Jonathan Cape, London – an imprint of VintageYear : 2018 I have...
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