Biographical Fiction
What They Said About Luisa
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Reimagined voices in the life and times of Luisa Abrego in 16th-century Spain come astonishingly to life in this novel of historical fiction. ...Read Review
The Propagandist
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In the 1960s, when she is six or seven years old, Coline begins paying attention to her mother Lucie’s regular morning gatherings ...Read Review
The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts
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Behind the sensational headlines of Oscar Wilde’s affair with Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas is Oscar’s family dealing with the fallout. This “...Read Review
The Sparkler
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It is probably true that many people base their view of Charles Dickens, the man, on his relationship with the characters he created ...Read Review
The Longest Exile (The Exile Duology)
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Being the granddaughter of the great Augustus should come with benefits, right? Not so for the protagonist of Ms. Rebellis’s novel. Instead, ...Read Review
Cleopatra & Julius
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Cleopatra is best-known for her relationship with Mark Antony because that love affair has taken centre-stage in representations such as Shakespeare’s play ...Read Review
Costanza
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She has gazed out at viewers for nearly four centuries: eyes wide, lips parted, hair unkempt, expression determined and sensual. The marble portrait ...Read Review
Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County
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Ryan Coleman’s innovative look at Henry McCarty aka Henry Antrim aka William Bonney aka Billy the Kid, centers on Billy’s part ...Read Review
The Secret War of Julia Child
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Before Julia Child was Julia Child, she was Julia McWilliams, who served in the OSS (predecessor of the CIA) in the Far East ...Read Review
Try Before You Trust: To All Gentlewomen and Other Maids in Love
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London in the early autumn of 1567, and Isabella Whitney, aged 18, arrives at the substantial London home of the widowed Lady Bramwell. As a ...Read Review
