Tsitsi Dangarembga: THIS MOURNABLE BODY [2020] paperback FILMS History takes flight in the

History takes flight in the second book of Naomi Novik's deliciously addictive series which captures the Napoleonic period perfectly and skillfully layers the timeline with imagination by adding a Dragon Air Force to the battle for England

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A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's

'Will come to be seen as one of the crucial women's biographies because of its vivid dramatization of the process by which women have been written out of history and have been forced to deny their own experiences' Sean French

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