Biographical Fiction

Virgin: Prelude To The Throne

By Robin Maxwell - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Mary Lee Settle - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Cecelia Holland - Published 2001

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AdventureBiographical Fiction

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

By James D. Houston - Published 2001

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Biographical FictionEpic

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

By Douglas Kelley - Published 2001

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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

By Jane Alison - Published 2001

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Biographical FictionLiterary

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

By Kate Horsley - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Richard Loomis - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction

  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

By Bruce Farcau - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Peter Bowen - Published 2001

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AdventureBiographical Fiction

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