Biographical Fiction
Madame Serpent
The first volume of Jean Plaidy’s Catherine de Medici trilogy, this story begins with her unfortunate childhood as an orphan…
The Age of Desire
Editors' choice
It’s the winter of 1907. Edith Wharton, already famous for her fiction, attends Comtesse Rosa’s glamorous Paris salon, as she…
The Wild Queen
The Wild Queen is Carolyn Meyer’s latest entry in her Young Royals series, and it’s truly a uniquely fictionalized account…
Miss Fuller
Annie, the narrator of Miss Fuller, a fictitious adopted sister of Henry David Thoreau, explains, “All other destinations were known…
Jack 1939
To be Jack Kennedy, son of the notable Joseph P. Kennedy, is to meet expectations at every turn. At first…
The Shadow Queen
Most of us know Wallis Simpson for what she is most famous: Edward VIII’s love for the twice-divorced woman was…
Mr. Stephenson’s Regret
The hallmark of any historical novel must surely be that, primarily, it tells an entertaining story whilst at the same…
The Wild Princess
Upon the death of her mother, Queen Victoria, in 1901, Princess Louise, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Victoria…
Sins of the Empress
“All that I have ever done, I have done for love.” The opening line says it all: Paula Paul’s novel…
The Chaperone
Louise Brooks was an iconic dancer, actress, model, and showgirl during the first half of the 20th century. Known as…
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