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Victoria ****

Victoria ****
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  “I know that I am young, but I am ready for the great responsibility that lies before me.”   In 1837 the young Alexandrina Victoria finds herself Queen of England. In this fictional version of actual events we follow her in her first two years of reign. Victoria has been brought up sheltered from the world and only
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Three sisters, Three Queens ***(*)

Three sisters, Three Queens ***(*)
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As some of you may know, the Tudor era is probably the most fascinating period of English history to me. And after attending a online course at Exeter University regarding history, culture and religion in the Tudor period, I have gained a more all round knowledge in this subject. Being interested in the subject, I
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The girl on the Train ****

The girl on the Train ****
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“It’s ridiculous, when I think about it. How did I find myself here? I wonder where it started, my decline; I wonder at what point I could have halted it. Where did I take the wrong turn?” With this book, Paula Hawkins succeeded in writhing a debut novel that will keep you suspended from beginning
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The underground girls of Kabul *** (*)

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I would happily be anything in this world – just not a woman. I could be a parrot. I could be a sheep. I could be a dear. I could be a sparrow living in a tree – just not an afghan woman. The Swedish journalist Jenny Nordberg traveled through Afghanistan to reveal the story of Bacha Posh: the
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