Biographical Fiction
The Other Princess
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One of the more curious byways of colonialism, common to all colonial powers, was the taking of selected individuals, often children, from the ‘...Read Review
Anything But Yes: A Novel of Anna Del Monte, Jewish Citizen of Rome, 1749
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This beautifully written novel is based on the true story of Anna del Monte, a young Jewish woman in Rome in 1749, who was ...Read Review
Charming Young Man
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
At first glance, Eliot Schrefer’s Charming Young Man appears to be a romance novel. The story is set in Paris at the ...Read Review
The Swan’s Nest
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In the 1840s, Elizabeth Barrett, well-known as a poet but confined by poor health to her family’s home in London’s Wimpole ...Read Review
Tomorrow We Will Know: A Novel of Imperial Constantinople 1453
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In 1444 CE, Zoe, the vivacious eleven-year-old redhaired daughter of a Greek duke, is already smitten by Prince Constantine, who will later become the ...Read Review
The Clairvoyant: The Man Who Predicted Hitler’s Rise to Power
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The Clairvoyant: The Man Who Predicted Hitler’s Rise to Power tells the true story of Eric Jan Hanussen, one of the greatest ...Read Review
The Heathen Horde (Alfred the Great, 1)
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The novel opens in AD 868, some years after the murder of Ragnar Lodbrok, when his sons come to England to take revenge for ...Read Review
Caracalla (The Damned Emperors, 4)
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It’s 189 AD when little Marcus, firstborn son of distinguished Roman commander Lucius Septimius Severus, has his first glimpse of his father’s ...Read Review
Diva
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The drama that surrounded Maria Callas, onstage and in her personal life, is brought to life fully and sensitively in this complex novel. ...Read Review
When Light Breaks Through: A Salem Witch Trials Story
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This is the story of Ann Putnam, one of a group of girls who claimed to be bewitched in or around Salem, Massachusetts, ...Read Review
