Biographical Fiction
The Godmother’s Secret
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The mystery of the Princes in the Tower has fascinated historians for centuries. Upon the death in 1483 of their father, Edward IV of ...Read Review
The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Aberdeen, 1730: the cultured, restless Elizabeth Blachrie resists her parents’ attempts to marry her to a dull but suitable man, for she is in ...Read Review
Mrs Van Gogh
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A tour de force of research, this biographical novel about Vincent Van Gogh and the life of his pictures beyond his own short ...Read Review
Radical Woman: Gwen John & Rodin
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London, 1897: Gwen John’s work as an artist was for many years overshadowed by that of her boisterous and domineering younger brother Augustus, ...Read Review
Rook
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A rook is a chess piece that may move in either direction, a highly intelligent bird with a complex behavioral pattern that pair-bonds ...Read Review
If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love
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Death in childbirth used to be horribly common, even up to modern times. In the historical example that inspired this romantic novel, it ...Read Review
The Welsh Dragon: A Novel of Henry Tudor
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The tail end of the Wars of the Roses has often been told focusing on Richard III, from Shakespeare’s love-to-hate villain to ...Read Review
Strangers in the Night: A Novel of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner
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Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra’s first meeting in 1946 lit a dual spark. He, already a singing sensation from New Jersey on his ...Read Review
Empty Theatre
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Ludwig and Sisi are cousins living in the late 19th century, both born to the Bavarian royal House of Wittelsbach, although Sisi comes ...Read Review
The Eisenhower Chronicles
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This book’s subtitle is “a biographical novel,” leading me to expect a straightforward fictional biography of Eisenhower. It is not. The author’...Read Review
