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Biographical Fiction

Stone Tables

By Orson Scott Card - Published 2000

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Card once again produces an enjoyable story of biblical fiction, his Stone Tables is the story of Moses and the Exodus, but with ...Read Review

Saints

By Orson Scott Card - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction Inspirational

The story takes place between 1819 and 1919 and is a fictional biography of Dinah Kirkham, a woman who was central in the growth and ...Read Review

The Hostage

By Mary R. DeMaine - Published 2000

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Adventure Biographical Fiction

Although knowledge of the controversies over the Greek poet Homer may not be necessary for enjoyment of the story, readers should still take ...Read Review

The Wide World Dreaming

By JoAnne Soper Cook - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction Military

The Wide World Dreaming tells the story of Napoleon’s life, beginning with his childhood on Corsica. Told in the first person from ...Read Review

Frida

By Barbara Mujica - Published 2000-11-01 Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction Literary

Frida recounts the major points of artist Frida Kahlo’s life. These include her childhood bout with polio, her education, the tragic bus ...Read Review

Secret of Santiago

By Bernard Reilly - Published 1977

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Adventure Biographical Fiction

In the reign of Alfonso II of Spain (791-842), a supernatural revelation led to the discovery of the tomb of St. James. Some ...Read Review

White Rose (Una Rosa Blanca)

By Amy Ephron - Published (c1999)Published 2000

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Adventure Biographical Fiction Inspirational

Evangelina Cisneros is a political prisoner in a women’s prison in Havana in 1897 when Charles Duval arrives ostensibly to interview her for ...Read Review

The Floating Lady Murder: A Harry Houdini Mystery (Harry Houdini Mysteries)

By Daniel Stashower - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction Mystery/Crime

This sequel to The Dime Museum Murders is second in a mystery series featuring struggling young stage illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874...Read Review

The Swan Maiden

By Susan King - Published 2001

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Adventure Biographical Fiction Literary

Highland Juliana, her castle under English attack, is saved by handsome, loyalty-torn Anglo-Scot Sir Gawain. He lets her go and she becomes the ...Read Review

Faking

By James King - Published 1999

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Biographical Fiction Saga

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847 or 1852) was an Englishman, a historical figure and, approximately, a Man of Letters who tried, in the best Regency ...Read Review