Biographical Fiction
Lord of All the Dead
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Lord of All the Dead is a curious book. Labeled as a “nonfiction novel,” it opens with the enigmatic sentence, “His name was ...Read Review
Only Gossip Prospers: A Novel of Louisa May Alcott in New York
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Following the success of her novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott took an extended trip to New York City. Only Gossip Prospers presents ...Read Review
Miss Lucy
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From a debilitating childhood illness, to civil servant, to beneficiary of Henry Irving’s coveted patronage, to Acting Manager of the West End’...Read Review
And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis is the subject of Thornton’s new biographical fiction, and although touching on the politics of the day, she ...Read Review
More Miracle Than Bird
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This is a magical novel—in the most literal sense. And yet Alice Miller has based her first book-length fiction, More Miracle than ...Read Review
Code Name Hélène
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The thrilling, astoundingly incredible World War II exploits of the vivacious journalist and socialite Nancy Wake are evocatively portrayed in this ambitiously written ...Read Review
The Queen’s Secret: A Novel of England’s World War II Queen
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King George VI has only been on the throne for two years when war breaks out in Europe. He is about to be ...Read Review
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel
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Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel will always be known as an iconic symbol of couture and high-end perfume. In The Queen of Paris, the reader ...Read Review
Beyond Black There Is No Colour: The Story of Forough Farrokhzad
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In the last century, three major women poets died in their prime. Two, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, took their own lives. Forough ...Read Review
What We Did In The Dark
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Catherine MacFarlane Carswell (1879-1946) was a novelist, biographer of Robert Burns, and journalist who, though she excelled in her studies at Glasgow University, ...Read Review