Biographical Fiction
Anny in Love
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As the grown, unmarried daughters of acclaimed novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, Anny and her sister, Minny, live a contented existence with their father, ...Read Review
The Royal Rebel (Jeanette of Kent duology)
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Elizabeth Chadwick’s website describes her as standing ‘at the pinnacle of historical fiction’ and, judging from her latest novel, it is hard ...Read Review
Isola
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Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval, a young girl in 1530s France, has inherited the vast wealth of her father – a château, ...Read Review
The Girl of Many Crowns
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Judith is the eldest daughter of King Charles of Francia, grandson of Charlemagne. Her role in life is to marry a king with ...Read Review
Let’s Call Her Barbie
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Can an 11 ½” doll have a “coming of age”? In this case, maybe, because that’s what Rosen’s ambitious novel feels like. In ...Read Review
Rebel Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome (Theodosian Women)
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This novel tells the dramatic story of Athenais, wife of Theodosius, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople in the 5th century ...Read Review
The Last Boy
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Dedicated to the real George Brewster, this story is based on the last child sweep who died by getting stuck in a chimney. ...Read Review
The Many Lives & Loves of Hazel Lavery
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Hazel Martyn, John Lavery, Michael Collins: three names pivotal to Cahall’s fine biographical fiction, which features a large secondary cast of early 20...Read Review
The Little Books of the Little Brontës
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
The childhoods of the Brontë family have inspired a number of picture book creators for all ages, particularly the playful worlds they wrote ...Read Review
Arden
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In 16th-century England, Will Shakespeare wants nothing more than to leave his father’s gloving business, provide for his family, and make his ...Read Review
