Jim Pinnells: 4 books

Sometimes terrorism works..... In the 1880s terrorism, as we understand it today, became a reality when a group of Russian idealists, the People’s Will, decided to sacrifice everything for a single goal: a fair and free society. Their plan, driven by Sonya Perovskaya, was to assassinate the Tsar....

This gripping historical fiction follows the life of a Scottish teenager, Marion as she attempts to escape from the terrible suffering she experiences at a convent on the island of Ischia. Unlike many historical romance novels, this story confronts the reality of religious barbarity, revolutionary violence and the frustration endured by women seeking to determine their own destiny.

Diana and Ed have everything – youth, happiness and success – until the birth of a brain-damaged daughter devastates their world. While Diana finds it hard to connect and rejects the baby, Ed, unable to understand his wife’s coldness, loves and cares for the child. When Diana is offered a job...

Ilona Lost is a compelling and unusual love story. It features two women fighting to survive in worlds dominated by men: the battlefield (1914-1918 and the Russo-Polish War), industrial management, and the bars and brothels of post-war London. The Russian Front, 1916. An English nurse rescues a Polish...