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I really have tried to finish this book, having put it aside and read something else then picked...
A work of historic fiction set around Dorset during the civil war. the protagonist is a female...
I loved this book! From the first page I was hooked. I chose The Swift and The Harrier because of...
I’m absolutely in love with this book and don’t want it to end. I’ve barely got any pages left,...
I started this thinking it to be another war story of sorts. How wrong I was it was deeply moving...
This book is based around the civil war. It’s. Choice of two sides the King or parliament,...
Minnette Walters has a great skill to transport you back in time. Her descriptions of the civil...
I loved Minette Walters crime novels but I think her historical novels are even better. I find...
I love Minette Walter's writing and characterisation whatever the genre and I love that she has...
So I started this book on a Friday evening and had finished it by Saturday lunchtime. I’ve...
The year is 1642 and civil war has broken out between the king and parliament. Factions are...
This book is miles out of my comfort zone and nothing I would normally pick up and read. However,...
This is the kind of book I was wanting to read. I personally haven't read a lot of books set...
The Swift and The Harrier follows the life of Jayne Swift during the English Civil War. Jayne is...
If I didn't have a full-time job, I would have read this book in one sitting. The story was...
This was the first book by Minette Walters I had read so I was unfamiliar with her background in...
'The Swift and the Harrier' by Minette Walters is the first historical novel by Walters that I...
There is a brutal beginning to this book as we are party to the graphic detailing of the hanging,...
I really enjoyed this book. We follow Jayne Swift, a female physician, through the English...
Well not sure what to say about this that isn't already covered by my subject heading. I have...
Set in Dorset during the English civil war, The Swift and the Harrier follows Jayne Swift, a...
Minette Walters is the author of one of my favourite crime novels, so I started to read this...
Yet another excellent book written by Minette Walters . Having read "The Last hours" (2017) and...
I really enjoyed this book and whilst it is not something I would usually choose I found it to be...
I really enjoyed reading this book. Having previously read some of the authors crime fiction I...
Being a fan of Minette Walters other books I was delighted to find she could write excellent...
The swift and the harrier is both a wonderful historical novel and a live story rolled into one....
Following her two epic novels on the Black Death, Minette Walters returns with a rousing...
I loved the cover of this book although I was slightly put off by the size of the book. I am not...
This book is set in Dorset, starting from 1642. A bloody civil war has broken out between King...
I have read some of Minette Walters' crime books before but I didn't know she also wrote...
First of all I have to say that this isn’t my normal genre of book. However, when I do read...
This is a gripping and absorbing historical fiction novel from the erstwhile Queen of crime,...
I loved this, even the cover is inviting. I'm a recent convert to historical fiction and this...
I am not the biggest fan of historical fiction (I wasn't really interested in history at school...
Set during the English Civil War, The Swift and the Harrier was an enjoyable historical romance,...
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