Biographical Fiction

The Breach

By Brian Kaufman - Published 2002

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Biographical FictionMilitary

Although few Americans remember March 6, 1836, many know the event connected with that date – the day Santa Ana’s army breached the defenses of ...Read Review

A Name of Her Own

By Jane Kirkpatrick - Published 2002

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Biographical FictionInspirational

In 1811 Marie Dorion was a Native American from the Iowa tribe, traveling with her husband, Pierre, in the Astor overland expedition. In this ...Read Review

Beyond the Limit: The Dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya

By Joan Spicci - Published 2002

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Biographical Fiction

In mid-1860s Russia, Sofya Korvin-Krukowskaya and her sister Anya are intellectuals in a time of unrest, when women are not permitted to ...Read Review

The Shadow Women

By Angela Elwell Hunt - Published 2002

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Biographical Fiction

In this volume, Hunt, a successful inspirational novelist, gives voice to the women surrounding Moses in his epic life. Each of the women ...Read Review

Avishag

By Yael Lotan - Published 2002

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Biographical Fiction

David, the first king of the ancient kingdom of Israel, lies dying – but not in peace. His ambitious sons contend for the throne, ...Read Review

All Night Awake

By Sarah A. Hoyt - Published 2002

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Biographical FictionHistorical Fantasy

All Night Awake is a sequel to Ill Met by Moonlight, which described young Will Shakespeare’s first encounter with Faerie. He hadn’...Read Review

The Painter’s Daughter

By Carolyn Street LaFond - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction

Alessandra Lippi is the beautiful daughter of the infamous painter Fra Lippo Lippi. Her story begins in 1467, as she tells of her first ...Read Review

An Unclean Act

By Dean Burgess - Published 2002

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Biographical Fiction

A meticulously researched first novel, Burgess’ story concerns what was likely the first recorded divorce in seventeenth century New England. Thomas Burge and ...Read Review

Versailles

By Kathryn Davis - Published 2002

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Biographical Fiction

Kathryn Davis makes use of a clever narrative device in this, her fifth novel: she allows Marie Antoinette’s soul to speak. This ...Read Review

Stitches in Air

By Liane Ellison Norman - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction

This beautifully imagined (if slow to unfold) tale concerns the life of Anna Maria Pertl, wife of the minor Austrian composer Leopold Mozart, ...Read Review