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1812 - Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow, Adam Zamoyski

Harper Perennial
Reviewed by Clive Saleman (Courtesy of Taranaki Daily News)

Having devoured Stalingrad and the entire Master and Commander series set in the Napoleonic wars, I launched into 1812 expecting to be gripped from the start and swept along.

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Never Let Me Go, Kazou Ishiguro

Faber & Faber
Reviewed by John Whelan (Courtesy of Taranaki Daily News)

This is one perplexing novel. Part futuristic nightmare, part recollection of innocent childhood memories, the combination is a frightening tale that unravels into a disturbing mystery.

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New Zealand's Islands, Pamela and Russell McGeorge

David Bateman
Reviewed By Lindsay Wright (Courtesy of Taranaki Daily News)

The brief for New Zealand's Islands is broad – New Zealand is all islands, some 800 they say. But former New Zealand Gardener editor Pamela McGeorge and photographer husband Russell have gone some way to celebrating the diversity of our island landforms.

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Nights of Rain and Stars, Maeve Binchy

Orion
Reviewed by Sheila Forbes (Courtesy of Taranaki Daily News)

Fans of Maeve Binchy will be pleased to find she has not kept to her avowed intention of retiring from novel writing. This book follows the well-tried formula of a group of strangers sharing their problems and becoming friends.

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