Endurance
A spell-binding historical saga

This is an enthralling and utterly absorbing story set in Gloucester in the early years of the reign of King Henry III. This is historical fiction to devour and cherish. It is meticulously researched and stunningly well written. An evocative portrait of Jewish families caught up in a Christian count......more

I enjoyed this book, it was an interesting and different perspective of life and the lives of women. I do feel they had the book been longer there would have been other equally interesting sub plots.......more

I liked this book and the characters were good. I did find there were too many characters whose names started with B who I got quite confused by. There was a character list at the beginning and I then found family trees at the end but when reading digitally as opposed to a proper book, these are dif......more

The story of the Jewish community in mediaeval Gloucester, based on real historic people 1216. Tzuri witnesses the coronation of young King Henry. The Jewish community of Gloucester hope the new regime will be kinder. His love, the draper’s daughter Vernisse, a Christian, finds him in the crowd and s......more

The final book on the Hebraica Trilogy brings a fitting ending to the story of Mirabelle and Douce, their rivalry, their families, and their stories. Now with grandchildren and great grandchildren the story takes us to the far away land of Egypt with the crusaders while at home in Gloucester we keep......more