Biographical Fiction
The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Books)
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Gillian Bradshaw takes the title of her novel about Archimedes from one of the ancient thinker’s own works. It’s difficult to ...Read Review
Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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While the story of the exploration and settling of the American West by white Americans in the face of stubborn resistance by red ...Read Review
The Hippopotamus Marsh: 1 (Lords of the Two Lands)
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In ancient Egypt, “Lord of the Two Lands” was one of Pharaoh’s titles, and Pauline Gedge’s new series is the story ...Read Review
Awen: A Novel of Early Medieval Wales
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May 4th, 793 AD. Cynfarch mab Cadeyrn Penllyn, called Brys, appears for trial in the court of his foster father, Brochfael King of Powys. ...Read Review
The Words of Bernfrieda: A Chronicle of Hauteville
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“The past is interesting only when it foreshadows greatness,” explains the monk Gaufredus Malaterra to this novel’s narrator, Bernfrieda, who questions why ...Read Review
Dorcas Good: The Diary of a Salem Witch
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Choosing to tell the tale of the 1692 Salem witches as a diary written by one of them seemed like a brilliant idea to ...Read Review
Dark Eagle: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution
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The name Benedict Arnold is synonymous with the word “traitor” in the American vocabulary. With this novel the author attempts to set the ...Read Review
American By Blood
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Biographical FictionMilitaryWestern
First, the bad news about this first novel. Dealing with the aftermath of Custer’s disaster at the Little Big Horn, in 1876, and ...Read Review
The Waters of Babylon: A Novel about Lawrence after Arabia
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T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) easily qualifies as one of the most fascinating and controversial military figures in Britain’s long history ...Read Review
