Biographical Fiction
The Importance of Wives: Chronicles of the House of Valois
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This novel tells the story of a courageous woman of the 15th century, Anne of Brittany. In 1488, before her 12th birthday, Anne inherits ...Read Review
The Traitor’s Son
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Richard Plantagenet, later to be crowned as Richard III, grows up in Baynard’s Castle in London. After his father’s attempt to ...Read Review
The Queen’s Avenger
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This is a powerful tale set between the years of widow Mary Stewart’s arrival from France as Queen of Scotland and her ...Read Review
The Lost Queen
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1191. A third crusade is inexorable: King Richard of England (and Duke of much of France) takes up arms to win back Jerusalem, held ...Read Review
When the Grass Is Rising: A Portrait of Young Sam Houston
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Rose Gonsoulin depicts the early life of the iconic Texan, Sam Houston, in 1805. Gonsoulin reveals the venturing soul in Sam “Kahunah” Houston, as ...Read Review
Jackie
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This powerful literary exploration of the life and loves of Jackie Kennedy Onassis starts her story with the event we all know about – ...Read Review
Life After Kafka
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This unusual literary blend of fact and fiction tells the story of Felice Bauer, one-time fiancée to Franz Kafka, and the invaluable ...Read Review
The Throne: The Machiavelli Trilogy, Book 1
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Niccolò Machiavelli is famously known for his work, The Prince. The Throne is Franco Bernini’s first in a planned trilogy that fictionalizes ...Read Review
The Serpent and the Rose
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This is a beautifully written novel about Marguerite de Valois, princess of France during the 16th century wars between Catholics and Huguenots. Her ...Read Review
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
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As the author says in her note, this is a work of fiction, based on B. A. Windeatt’s translation of The Book ...Read Review
