Biographical Fiction
Unsinkable
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This dual-timeline story follows the lives of Violet Jessop, who in real life survived the maritime disasters of the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic, ...Read Review
The Diamond of London
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Though Lady Hester Stanhope led a uniquely adventurous life, Penrose focuses this fictional biography on the years 1799-1810, when Hester makes a splash ...Read Review
The Dove Upon Her Branch: A Novel Portrait of Christina Rossetti
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The Rossettis were a truly remarkable family. As Anglo-Italians they stood out among the English Victorians with whom they lived. Arriving from their ...Read Review
The Adored One
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The life and career of Lillian Lorraine, starlet of the early Ziegfeld Follies, followed the spectacular arc of so many starlets. A beauty, ...Read Review
Picasso’s Lovers
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In sultry, sun-drenched southern Europe during the 1920s, various women fall in and out of favor with the famously passionate painter Picasso. Meanwhile, ...Read Review
War Cry (de Norton trilogy)
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AdventureBiographical FictionMilitary
The title refers to the second Barons’ War (1264-67). Fifty years earlier, rebel nobles had curbed royal power with the Magna Carta. Now ...Read Review
A Nurse’s Tale
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Set in 1935-1948, and 2018-19, A Nurse’s Tale showcases the real-life Nigerian Princess Adenrele (Ade) Ademola, a maternity nurse at Guy’s ...Read Review
Becoming Madam Secretary
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Frances Perkins, a woman with a remarkable life and career, became the first female Secretary of Labor in 1933 when appointed by President-elect Franklin ...Read Review
Holliday
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In the 1880s, Doc Holliday has done it all—dentist, outlaw, gambler, and more. But now he’s called a “lunger,” a cruel ...Read Review
The Rossetti Diaries
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In the mid-19th century, a group of rebel artists challenged the art establishment with their avant-garde ideas, techniques, and behavior. These were ...Read Review
