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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
The Mermaid from Jeju
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Korean-born, New Zealand-based author Hahn debuts with a poignant, original book about women’s strength, the human cost of war, and how people ...Read Review
The Girl in His Shadow
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Orphaned Nora Beady grew up in the cluttered, unconventional home of London surgeon Dr. Horace Croft. Dr. Croft believes in science, not rules, ...Read Review
Flowers by Night
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Flowers by Night is a legitimately fascinating novel. In 19th-century Japan, samurai Tomonosuke is living a prescribed life: dutiful to family, married to ...Read Review
The Radio Operator: A Novel
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In 1925, 23-year-old Josef Klein leaves Germany for New York. A friendly print shop owner in Manhattan offers him a job. In time a ...Read Review
Dreams of Savannah
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1861. Betrayed, shot, and washed overboard, Confederate soldier Phineas Dunn wakes up on the shores of Cuba. His only hope of survival is a ...Read Review
When I Was Yours
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Vivienne is a naïve teenager living in London during the Great War, later known as the First World War. During the Second ...Read Review
Hunting the Hangman
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In the realm of historical fiction, getting the facts correct is critical. But so is spinning a story the reader cannot put down. ...Read Review
Refining the Debutante
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Ethan Roderick and Miranda Bartley are about to cement their courtship when he suddenly calls it off, on grounds that Miranda is frivolous ...Read Review
An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler
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Jemina St. Maur and her infant daughter are the sole survivors of a shipwreck, but she suffers from complete amnesia, and her mixed-race ...Read Review
Someday My Duke Will Come (Isle of Synne 2)
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Though beautiful and the daughter of a duke, Lady Clara has resigned herself to spinsterhood after a youthful indiscretion. Her determination is undermined, ...Read Review
