Biographical Fiction
Charlot
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In 1936, Charlie Chaplin, fresh from the success of Modern Times, ponders his next project: ‘The details of the daily chaos of the working ...Read Review
What We Leave Behind
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Kearney’s heroine Ursula, inspired by her maternal grandmother, is a German war bride who immigrated to Minnesota with her G.I. husband ...Read Review
The Memoir of a Female Soldier: Deborah Sampson’s American Revolution
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Young Robert Shurtlieff does credit to the Continental Army. Acquitting himself well as a soldier, he is eventually invited to join the staff ...Read Review
Disobedient
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Rome, 1599: six-year-old Artemisia Gentileschi is hoisted onto the shoulders of the painter Caravaggio in order to witness the public beheading of Beatrice Cenci. ...Read Review
Queen of Exiles
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Hayti (Haiti) became a sovereign nation in 1804, free of slavery, after defeating Napoleon’s forces. The formerly enslaved now rule the new nation. ...Read Review
Caesar’s Soldier (The Mark Antony Series, 1)
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AdventureBiographical FictionMilitary
We all recall the name Mark Antony, largely from Shakespeare. We know he was a trusted supporter of Julius Caesar. But what do ...Read Review
The Stolen Crown
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In 12th-century England, King Henry I has a problem. He has no male heir, just a daughter, Maud, and no one believes a ...Read Review
I, Julian: The Fictional Autobiography of Julian of Norwich
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This reimagining of the life of the anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich is a triumph. Taking the few known facts, Gilbert creates ...Read Review
The President’s Wife
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In 1915, Edith Galt, a wealthy widow living in Washington, DC, is introduced to Helen Bones, a cousin to President Woodrow Wilson, who is ...Read Review
Margaret of Austria
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History, as most of us know it and are taught it, is filled with the names of kings and emperors. Few women make ...Read Review
