Biographical Fiction
Life After Kafka
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This unusual literary blend of fact and fiction tells the story of Felice Bauer, one-time fiancée to Franz Kafka, and the invaluable ...Read Review
The Throne: The Machiavelli Trilogy, Book 1
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Niccolò Machiavelli is famously known for his work, The Prince. The Throne is Franco Bernini’s first in a planned trilogy that fictionalizes ...Read Review
The Serpent and the Rose
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This is a beautifully written novel about Marguerite de Valois, princess of France during the 16th century wars between Catholics and Huguenots. Her ...Read Review
Vincent’s Women: The Untold Story of the Loves of Vincent van Gogh
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Vincent’s Women tells the dramatic and little-known story behind the women in Vincent van Gogh’s life—the lovers, prostitutes, heartbreakers, caregivers ...Read Review
Katharine, the Wright Sister
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This is the lightly fictionalized story of Katharine Wright, the younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville. Early in life, the three ...Read Review
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
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As the author says in her note, this is a work of fiction, based on B. A. Windeatt’s translation of The Book ...Read Review
The Tower
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A pregnant Mary Stuart, known usually as Queen of Scots, is taken to the isolated, bleak water-girt island of Lochleven Castle in the ...Read Review
Boryslav in Flames
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Ivan Franko (1856-1916) was an author, poet, journalist, literary critic and political activist in his native Galicia, a man of many parts and ...Read Review
Imperatrix: The Empress Who Was Once a Slave (Nero and Sporus)
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In 65 CE, Emperor Nero, although not officially declared a deity, thought himself equal to the gods of Olympus; untouchable, all-seeing, all-knowing, and capable ...Read Review
Rosalind (UK) / The English Chemist (US)
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Rosalind takes up the now familiar cudgels and, using the mass of proven evidence available to her, reprises Rosalind Franklin’s whole sad ...Read Review
