Summer is over; Autumn begins
The winner of this year's Women's Prize has just been announced as Maggie O'Farrell's 'Hamnet', the historical novel about Hamlet's young son who died aged 10 and brother to the remaining twin, Judith. It is a good year for the historical novel! The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize will be released next week so it will be interesting to see who makes the cut - a few historical novels were on the long list so it will be interesting to see who makes it through. The historical novels are: 'The Mirror and the Light' by Hilary Mantel; 'The Shadow King' by Maaza Mengiste; 'Shuggie Bain' by Douglas Stewart and 'How Much of These Hills is Gold' by C Pam Zang. As I may have mentioned before I am a member of, and review books for, the Historical Novels Society but I am not reading for them at the moment as I am half way through 'The Parisian' by Isabella Hammad which was on the Walter Scott shortlist. This book...