“Reading Historical Novels” – The second in a series of articles by Rebecca Mascull

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ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan

Welcome to the second instalment in my three posts on reading the historical novel. This time we are looking at a beautiful novel from Ian McEwan (made into rather a beautiful film too), shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize. A novel of various viewpoints, it begins…