Adelaida Lower
The Winter of the World
Love, betrayal, and a terrible debt to pay are the themes of The Winter of the World, the debut…
The German Bride
It’s Berlin, 1865, and Eva Frank, the romantic daughter of a Jewish banker, falls in love with a handsome painter…
The Uncertain Hour
What would you do if someone were to tell you that you had one more night to live? How would…
The Palace of Illusions
Set in a mythic age, “when the lives of men and gods still intersected,” this new novel from feminist writer…
The World in Pancho’s Eyes
When Mikey is born in August of 1930, his father, Paul Summers, is working hard as a cowboy. He is…
The Expeditions
Editors' choice
Sixteen-year-old Elisha Stone is elated after joining a scientific expedition that is to explore Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It is the…
The Assassin’s Song
On the evening of his eleventh birthday, Karsan Dargawalla’s father, “a great and divine presence in their village,” takes his…
The Theory Of Clouds
Editors' choice
“All children become sad in the late afternoon, for they begin to comprehend the passage of time. The light starts…
The Indian Clerk
The first issue a historical fiction writer needs to solve is how much research to include. Too little and the…
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt: Khufu’s Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War
Go figure. Just when you think you know the rules of historical fiction—pitfalls to avoid such as anachronisms, being moralistic,…
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