Biographical Fiction

Faking

By James King - Published 1999

Genres:

Biographical FictionSaga

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

Cane River

By Lalita Tademy - Published 2001

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterarySaga

Cane River, Lalita Tademy’s literary debut, is a stunning family saga mixed with incredible historical detail and honest, yet brutal and painful, ...Read Review

The Poyson Garden

By Karen Harper - Published (c1999)Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionMystery/Crime

“Down wi’ the Boleyns, e’en the royal one!” is the cry of a group dedicated to the destruction of the Boleyn family, ...Read Review

Longing

By J.D. Landis - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

J. D. Landis’ second book is the story of Robert Schumann, a 19th century German composer, and his wife, Clara Wieck, a world-renowned ...Read Review

A Mystery of Errors

By Simon Hawke - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionMystery/Crime

After viewing a performance by a traveling theater troupe, stage-struck apprentice blacksmith Symington “Tuck” Smythe leaves his country village and heads for London, ...Read Review

Going Home (Skye’s West)

By Richard S. Wheeler - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureBiographical Fiction

This novel opens at the tail end of the Rendezvous of 1832. Englishman Barnaby Skye has to make a choice. His job as a ...Read Review

Duchess

By Murray Levine - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionInspirationalLiterary

The Duchess of the title is Diane de Poitiers, one-time mistress to the King of France, François I, and thereafter, full-time mistress ...Read Review

Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan

By (tr. William Scott Wilson; abridged) - By Eiji Yoshikawa - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionEpicMilitary

This book spans a period between 1536 and 1583, and is essentially the story (very well-known there) of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s rise from street brat ...Read Review

Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works

By Robert Nye - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

This is Anne Hathaway’s story, written years after her husband has died. Her daughter Susanna has given her a beautiful book of ...Read Review

The Old American

By Ernest Hebert - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

This wonderful story fictionalizes the real life captivity of Nathan Blake, an English settler who was taken prisoner during a French raid on ...Read Review