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Lawrence Scott

Dangerous Freedom

By Lawrence Scott - Published 2020

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This isn’t a typical novel about slavery. It is a fictional portrayal of a real figure, Dido, the daughter of an African ...Read Review

Light Falling on Bamboo

By Lawrence Scott - Published 2012

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Biographical Fiction Literary

My mother-in-law asked me recently what to call fictionalized biographies of famous historical figures. Historical novels, I said, thinking of the book I ...Read Review

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