Biographical Fiction
Virgin: Prelude To The Throne
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Maxwell, in her third novel of the Virgin Queen, illustrates in detail a frequently glossed-over episode in the life of the Tudor monarch: ...Read Review
I, Roger Williams: A Fragment of Autobiography
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An elderly Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, reminisces about the people and events that shaped his life, many of them having ...Read Review
An Ordinary Woman
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This is the story of Nancy Kelsey, the first American woman in California, and an elemental part of that great state’s early ...Read Review
Snow Mountain Passage
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Based on the Donner Party tragedy of 1846-47, Snow Mountain Passage tells of American emigration to California in the mid-1800s. Through “The ...Read Review
The Captain’s Wife
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AdventureBiographical FictionNautical
In the summer of 1856 Mary Patten and her husband, Captain Joshua Patten, begin what would become an incredible voyage aboard the clipper ship ...Read Review
The Love-Artist
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Ovid, creator of Metamorphoses, The Art of Love and other works which have been lost to us forever, arrives at his place of ...Read Review
Confessions Of A Pagan Nun
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Based on an obscure 5th century Gaelic manuscript discovered in Ireland, this short novel is written in the form of a diary by ...Read Review
The Song of Giraldus
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This novel presents the recollections of medieval historian and chronicler Giraldus Cambrensis. Giraldus, who narrates in a rather lofty tone, tells of ...Read Review
A Little Empire Of Their Own
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This enthralling story revolves around Empress Charlotte, the lethally sharp-witted widow of Archduke Maximilian, the (very) short-lived Emperor of Mexico. Set during World ...Read Review
Kelly and the Three-Toed Horse
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Based on the real-life adventures of the legendary Luther “Yellowstone” Kelly, or so it’s claimed, this is the third book in the ...Read Review
