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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

At What Cost, Silence?: The Texian Trilogy, Book 1

By Karen Lynne Klink - Published 2023

Genres:

Western

Antebellum Texas. Adrien Villere is the son of a prominent tobacco-growing family in West Texas. He is a quiet boy who spends most ...Read Review

The Underground Library

By Jennifer Ryan - Published 2024

Genres:

Saga

Jennifer Ryan’s new novel returns to the familiar ground of World War II London during the Blitz. Juliet Lansdown, a young woman ...Read Review

The Making of Margaret Dashwood

By Carol Pratt Bradley - Published 2023

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Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is famously about two sisters: Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Very few words in Austen’s book share ...Read Review

Murder in Drury Lane (The Lady Worthing Mysteries)

By Vanessa Riley - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

1806: Lady Abigail Worthing, a baroness and woman of color, spends many pleasant evenings at the theatre, eager to find refuge for a few ...Read Review

The Road from Belhaven

By Margot Livesey - Published 2024

Genres:

Literary

Written with a graceful simplicity, The Road from Belhaven will enfold you unexpectedly quickly into the life of its heroine, Lizzie Craig, a ...Read Review

Silver Lady (Dangerous Gifts)

By Mary Jo Putney - Published 2023

Genres:

Romance

This is a classic romance laced with interesting very early 19th-century British history. The plot develops around a group of “gifted” individuals who ...Read Review

Land of the Blue Mist: A Story of Courage, Love & Survival in the Blue Ridge Mountains

By Susan Mallgrave - Published 2022

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The Land of the Blue Mist, or the Blue Ridge Mountains, is the home of the Principal People, also known as the Cherokee. ...Read Review

Murder at Holly House (A Frank Grasby Mystery, 1)

By Denzil Meyrick - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The novel of found manuscripts and associated papers can give a pleasant frisson of anticipation to the reader of historical and mystery fiction, ...Read Review

Run to the Western Shore

By Tim Pears - Published 2023

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Tim Pears is no stranger to historical fiction, but in his latest novel he departs from his usual subject of the 20th century ...Read Review

Amil and the After

By Veera Hiranandani - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

The partition of India in 1947 was accompanied by genocide, and its fault lines never disappeared. The great tragedy has inspired landmark films and ...Read Review