Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own

There's a warmth and generosity of spirit that pervades the book and the characters and setting are well-drawn and involving.

An extraordinary work of timely and provocative themes . . . [Eggers is] a writer of the highest order

A spare but moving elegy for the American century

Evocative, dramatic and intense, this beautifully written - at times dark - tale brings a refreshing twist to this key historical time

I loved The Flower Reader. A magical and thrilling tale, set in the court of one of history's most beguiling queens, it has the pace and intrigue of a CJ Sansom mystery and the sensuous passon of Philippa Gregory's Tudor romances. A story of love and murder that has all the dark enchantment and dangerous beauty of deadly nightshade.

Loupas channels Philippa Gregory with this 16th-century historical romance.

There is no one to match [Forster] for the way her assured,subtle and careful prose can detail the insecurities, torments and problems of what are, to all surface appearances, just nondescript, unremarkable and often half-lived lives

Margaret Forster has a deft and idiosyncratic touch

A story which becomes steadily more gripping

A brilliantly uncomfortable read about the art of forgetfulness

Brilliant... You won't put this book down until its emotional end