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Discovering Diamonds | Independent Review Blog promoting quality Historical Fiction
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July 31st 2022 Discovering Diamonds is now closed - but our previously reviewed books will remain on this site for you to browse and enjoy To find a book by subject, era or location use the SEARCH box on the sidebar AUTHORS  alphabetical order by surname novels written by more than three authors  appear under Various Authors  (separate heading under 'V') Non-fiction books are listed at the bottom Reviewer's Choice Our Reviewer's Choice selections (previously Book of the Month):  highlighted in green Book of the Year : highlighte ..read more
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A SAD (and difficult) ANNOUNCEMENT
Discovering Diamonds | Independent Review Blog promoting quality Historical Fiction
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Discovering Diamonds opened on January 1st 2017 with the aim of helping good indie and self-published authors of historical fiction to get noticed. Good reviews of good books, however they are published, are always welcomed by readers who do not particularly care how a book is produced as long as the reading experience is rewarding, satisfying and entertaining. Our aim was to showcase well-written historical fiction for readers to enjoy. I think we achieved our goal.  But it is with sad regret that I am announcing Discovering Diamonds is to no longer continue. I have ..read more
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Blackshirt Masquerade by Jason Monaghan
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 An Agents of Room Z Novel Reviewer's Choice Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Mystery 1930s London, England "London, 1935, and the Blackshirts of the British Union of Fascists are on the march. Disgraced army officer Hugh Clifton is recruited by MI5 to infiltrate the Blackshirts, but unwittingly becomes a hero of the movement. Drawn into street battles against communists he uncovers a plot to bring mayhem to Britain and undermine the government. He is being watched by the sinister fascist intelligence unit Department Z and decides the best way to beat them is to j ..read more
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The Admiral's Wife by M. K. Tod
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REVIEWER'S CHOICE Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Dual Timeline WW1/Modern day Hong Kong "In 2016, Patricia Findlay leaves a high-powered career to move to Hong Kong, where she hopes to rekindle the bonds of family and embrace the city of her ancestors. Instead, she is overwhelmed by feelings of displacement and depression. To make matters worse, her father, CEO of the family bank, insists that Patricia’s duty is to produce an heir, even though she has suffered three miscarriages. In 1912, when Isabel Taylor moves to Hong Kong with her husband, Henry, and their youn ..read more
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The Wolves In Winter by Philip K. Allan
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Reviewer's Choice Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Nautical adventure WWII 1940s Europe #2 of The Wolves WW2 Series “Summer 1941 - Hitler launches his surprise assault on the Soviet Union. As German Panzers drive deep into the heart of Russia, the Red Army is desperate for help that can only be delivered through convoys of Allied merchant ships sent through the bitter Arctic. But appalling weather and deadly cold are not the only dangers awaiting the crew of the little escort ship HMS Protea. They must run the gauntlet of attacks by German aircraft and surface rai ..read more
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The Tacksman's Daughter by Donna Scott
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REVIEWER'S CHOICE Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Fictional Drama 1600s Scotland Purely as a matter of personal preference, occasionally a book has it all for me. To this happy list I add Donna Scott's marvelously crafted The Tacksman's Daughter. It ticks all the boxes. Set in Scotland? Check. Deals with a heretofore under-fictionalized historic event? Check. A cast of full-bodied, three-dimensional characters, both endearing and despicable? Check. The author had me with at the first line: "February 2, 1692, Alt Na Munde, Glencoe, Scotland." Anyone passingly famil ..read more
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A Discovering Diamonds Review of Things that Bounded by Fiona Graph
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Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Not found Fictional drama/LGBTQ 1914 England "Ellen and Kate were best friends and committed suffragettes. On the eve of the Great War, Kate and another suffragette burned down a church as part of a suffragette protest under the “Deeds not Words” banner. A man died and Kate disappeared. Sixteen years later, Ellen and her brother Freddie have rebuilt their lives after the trauma of war and loss. She is overjoyed when Kate reappears, but Kate is consumed by remorse over the death. They enlist the help of Alec, Freddie's ex-lover, to find out ..read more
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A Discovering Diamonds Review of The Cursing Stone, by Tom Sigafoos
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Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Fictional drama/ Nautical 1800s In September 1884, the Royal Navy ship HMS Wasp set out for Inishtrahull, Ireland’s most northerly inhabited island, carrying men whose work it was to evict the inhabitants of this tiny island who had not paid their rent to their distant absentee landlord. The Wasp didn’t make it, nor did most of its crew and passengers, foundering in the narrow strait between Toraigh Island and the mainland.  Around this historical event, author Tom Sigafoos has written a plausible and entertaining novel beautifully ..read more
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A Discovering Diamonds review of The Maids of Biddenden by GD Harper
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Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Biographical Fictional Drama 1100s Kent, England "‘There is no me; there is no you. There is only us.’ The Maids of Biddenden is inspired by the real-life story of conjoined twins Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, born in 1100 into a wealthy family from a small Kent village. Joined at the hip, the sisters overcome fear and hostility to grow into gifted and much-loved women – one a talented musician and song-writer, the other a caring healer and grower of medicinal plants. Entangled in the struggles for power and influence of the great Kent no ..read more
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Beloved Ghost by Fiona Graph
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Reviewer's Choice Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon CA Amazon AU Goodreads Fictional drama / LGBTQ 1940s/1950s  - post-WWII England “Theo Lawder and Zac Bonneval meet in the army at the outbreak of World War II. They survive the horror of Dunkirk and become lovers. Theo goes to work at Bletchley Park, where he becomes friendly with Alan Turing. After the war he joins the Foreign Office, while Zac works for MI6. They make a good life together. But this is a time when homosexuals are criminalised, and the pressure of being outcasts in society takes a terrible toll. Zac becomes deeply de ..read more
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