Reviews
Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Moonshine
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It’s 1932 and the Depression is going strong in rural Tennessee, along with Prohibition. Distilling illegal liquor is the only way to survive ...Read Review
White Light Red Fire
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On the island of Andore in the Third Age, a mysterious alchemist offers a powerful king the means to conquer the known world. ...Read Review
The Big Dive (Joe Stryker mysteries)
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Denver cop Joe Stryker marvels at “choir boy” partner Benedict Greene’s unwillingness to accept even a free cup of coffee while they’...Read Review
On a Turning Tide
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It’s tricky arriving late at the flicks. The audience are by now au fait with both plot and protagonists; you aren’t. ...Read Review
The Giver of Stars
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Books provide people with education and entertainment; they change lives as they introduce different worlds and unfamiliar experiences. During the Depression, the women ...Read Review
A Step So Grave (A Dandy Gilver Mystery)
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Aristocratic, amateur sleuth Dandy Gilver and her family travel to remote Applecross in the Scottish Highlands to meet Mallory, her son’s betrothed ...Read Review
The Mad Wolf’s Daughter
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Drest is the youngest of the Mad Wolf’s six children. While her speed, climbing abilities, and bravery set her apart from her ...Read Review
The Secret Orphan
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Elenor Cardew is no stranger to hardship. Forced to work the farm by her two drunken brothers, she escapes to Coventry before World ...Read Review
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Lost Love
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Most readers will have heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: pastor, theologian, and a member of the German resistance movement. Opposed to Hitler’s regime ...Read Review
The Glittering Hour: A Novel
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This is 1920s London as remembered and described by Selina Lennox, a former Bright Young Thing. The story of her time in the ...Read Review