Reviews
Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Charis in the World of Wonders: A Novel Set in Puritan New England
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As an Indian raid threatens young Charis’ household in Falmouth, Massachusetts (now Maine), her mother sends Charis and her young sister Mary to ...Read Review
The Invention of Sophie Carter
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Identical red-headed twins Sophie and Mariah arrive in London in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition. This is only important to Sophie, a ...Read Review
From Cinderella to Countess (Harlequin Historical)
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When Lady Bradbury tells her paid companion, ‘Men like him… never marry girls like you,’ Eleanor Mitcham is mortified. True, she does admire ...Read Review
The Lost Diary of Venice
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Margaux DeRoux’s debut novel, The Lost Diary of Venice, weaves together two stories of forbidden love. In contemporary New Haven, William, a ...Read Review
The Dictionary of Lost Words
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The Dictionary of Lost Words is the first novel by English-born, Australian author, Pip Williams. Set in Oxford, England, the novel spans over ...Read Review
The Music Box Enigma (A Silas Quinn Mystery Book 7)
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Amateur choirmaster Sir Aidan Fonthill is found dead just after morning rehearsal for the 1914 Hampstead Voices’ benefit Christmas concert, his body slumped over ...Read Review
Key to Everything
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Set in 1947, The Key to Everything is a story about the freedom to pursue one’s dreams. Fifteen-year-old Peyton Cabot loves to watch ...Read Review
Hedy’s War (UK) / The Girl from the Channel Islands (US)
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After fleeing from Vienna to Jersey after the Anschluss, Hedy Bercu finds herself trapped and in danger once more when the Germans invade ...Read Review
Aria
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On a wintry night in 1953, Behrouz, a military truck driver, is walking home to the poorer, southern part of Tehran. He discovers and ...Read Review
The Return of the Wolf (A Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger Novel)
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There wasn’t much to keep Josiah Wolfe in the Texas Rangers or in Austin once his wife and daughters died. Besides, he ...Read Review