Biographical Fiction
Leading Men
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Leading Men achieves what historical fiction does best. Taking the spotlight from the famous protagonists in history, the novel projects its luminous beam ...Read Review
My MacArthur
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Douglas MacArthur and Isabel Rosario Cooper meet in 1930 in Manila, the Philippines. He’s a successful army leader and she’s an aspiring ...Read Review
The Beginning of His Excellent and Eventful Career
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Francisco “Pancho” Villa describes the underpinnings of the Mexican Revolution and how he came to be involved in it. Readers first learn about ...Read Review
The Unbeliever
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The Unbeliever is fictionalised history rather than historical fiction. It is based closely on the real-life story of a Bulgarian diplomat who was ...Read Review
Dreams of Discovery: A Novel Based on the Life of John Cabot
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Imagine being a child who falls in love with pirates, adventure, and seeing the world beyond one’s local city: Genoa, Italy. Giovanni ...Read Review
The Dane Law: The Atheling Chronicles: #2
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The Dane Law is the second in Garth Pettersen’s Atheling Chronicles series, following The Swan’s Road. In this installation, Cnute is ...Read Review
The Lily of the West
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Kathleen Morris attempts to fill a gap in Old West lore with her novel of Mary Katherine Haroney, better known as “Big Nose ...Read Review
America’s Forgotten Founding Father: A Novel Based on the Life of Filippo Mazzei
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
“I have never wished anyone to ask, ‘Why is Mazzei here?’ but rather, ‘Why is Mazzei not here?’” The quote attributed to Filippo ...Read Review
The Greenest Branch: A Novel of Germany’s First Female Physician (Hildegard of Bingen)
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This is a well-written, impressive imagining of the early years of Hildegard von Bermersheim, later von Bingen, about whose formative years as a ...Read Review
The Age of Light
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I love learning about women whom history has downplayed or ignored, such as Lee Miller, American fashion model-turned-photographer. The novel begins with Lee ...Read Review