Biographical Fiction
The Bastard of Colonia
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Set between 692 and 695, this book portrays the childhood of Charlemagne’s grandfather, Charles Martel. Taken from the forest into which he and his ...Read Review
The Promises of a King (The Road to Hastings Book 2)
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Winchester, 1053, and shock news of his eldest son’s death knocks out Earl Godwin, second only in power to the king. The Earl’...Read Review
The Flames
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This is a fictional biography, of sorts, of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele, told from the perspective of four of the key women ...Read Review
Isabel of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
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1429, the Convent of São Bento de Avis, and Isabel, Princess of Portugal, contemplates marriage to Philippe, Duke of Burgundy. It’s a ...Read Review
The Young Pretender
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England in the early 19th century. William Betty, generally known as Master Betty, who was a real-life child actor, was celebrated and feted ...Read Review
The Grand Design: A Novel of Dorothy Draper
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Dorothy Draper, the first woman in America to open her own interior design company in 1925, has been granted the most lucrative contract of ...Read Review
The Stone Rose (The She-Wolves Trilogy)
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Carol McGrath has set herself a mission: to rescue significant women from the shadows of history. The Stone Rose, novelising the life of ...Read Review
Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc
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You might think Joan of Arc’s tale has been told enough times, but this detailed, lived-in portrait puts the legendary historical figure ...Read Review
The Great Passion
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For anyone who loves the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, this novel about his composition of the St Matthew Passion for Good Friday, 1727, ...Read Review
Jackie & Me
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The eventful life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis has inspired many fictional retellings; Bayard has made the curious choice to imagine the courtship ...Read Review
