Biographical Fiction

Emilienne: A Novel of Belle Époque Paris

By Pamela Binnings Ewen - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Émilienne revives the story of the late-19th century Parisian courtesan Émilienne D’Alençon. Desperate to escape her life of poverty in ...Read Review

The Anarchist’s Wife

By Margo Laurie - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In the summer of 1927, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts committed one of the most nefarious of legal injustices in the history of the United ...Read Review

The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York

By Joseph Horowitz - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Horowitz’s novel should appeal both to musical aficionados and those who know Gustav Mahler only from his music. We get a backstage ...Read Review

Reluctant Pilgrim

By ffiona Perigrinor - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Margery Kempe is credited with having written the first English autobiography. Not that she wrote it herself—she did not know how to. ...Read Review

The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt

By Jeff Shaara - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Even those lovers of history who have read the many wonderful biographies of Theodore Roosevelt will enjoy Jeff Shaara’s novel, written from ...Read Review

The Secret Life of Sunflowers

By Marta Molnar - Published 2022

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Biographical Fiction

In this dual-timeline novel, author Dana Marton, writing as Marta Molnar, offers two interlinked stories. In the present day, auctioneer Emsley Wilson is ...Read Review

In the Shadow of a Queen

By Heather B. Moore - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical FictionInspirational Romance

From her thirteenth birthday in 1861 to her marriage in 1871, Moore’s biographical novel traces the coming of age of Princess Louise, sixth child ...Read Review

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown (UK) / The King’s Pleasure: A Novel of Henry VIII (US)

By Alison Weir - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Alison Weir has already told this famous story from the viewpoint of each of the six wives of Henry VIII. Now here is ...Read Review

Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill

By Stephen Greco - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Truman Capote and his circle of wealthy women friends – his swans – defined New York City’s high society of the 1960s and ´70s.  ...Read Review

The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle

By Alyson Richman - By M.J. Rose - By Sofia Lundberg - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The Friday Night Club is absorbing and unique historical fiction.  The novel features parallel storylines: the artistic and spiritual life of Swedish painter ...Read Review