Biographical Fiction

A Tip for the Hangman

By Allison Epstein - Published 2021

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Biographical Fiction

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) is the Jimi Hendrix of great playwrights. Marlowe’s meteoric career fizzled mysteriously 427 years ago. Just a few brilliant plays ...Read Review

Unto This Last

By Rebecca Lipkin - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

John Ruskin was approaching forty when he agreed to teach drawing to the nine-year-old Rose La Touche, with whom he gradually fell in ...Read Review

Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce

By Nuala O’Connor - Published 2021

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Biographical Fiction

In light of Brenda Maddox’s brilliant and exhaustive biography of Nora Barnacle—wife and muse of the writer James Joyce—and the 2000 ...Read Review

Sons of Rome (Rise of Emperors 1)

By Gordon Doherty - By Simon Turney - Published 2020

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Biographical FictionMilitary

The first of a projected series called The Rise of the Emperors, this book details the intertwining lives of two major figures of ...Read Review

Jerningham

By Cristina Sanders - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

In 1841, nineteen-year-old Edward Jerningham Wakefield arrives on New Zealand’s shores brimming with energy and tasked with acquiring territory for the New Zealand ...Read Review

Iva: The True Story of Tokyo Rose

By Mike Weedall - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

Weedall’s debut tells the unforgettable story of Iva Toguri, a young Japanese-American woman who, after World War II, was tried for treason ...Read Review

Sergeant Salinger

By Jerome Charyn - Published 2021

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Biographical FictionLiterary

This fictionalized account of J. D. Salinger’s WWII years and recovery (1942-47) opens in New York City. He lives with his parents ...Read Review

Elizabeth and Elizabeth

By Sue Williams -

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Biographical Fiction

Elizabeth and Elizabeth is bestselling Australian journalist and non-fiction writer, Sue Williams’ first historical novel, based on the true story of two colonial ...Read Review

The Doll: A Portrait of My Mother

By Ismail Kadare - By John Hodgson (trans.) - Published 2020

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Biographical FictionLiterary

Winner of the inaugural Man Booker International Prize and other prestigious awards, Ismail Kadare is Albania’s most well-known novelist and poet. This ...Read Review

In the Garden of Spite: A Novel of the Black Widow of La Porte

By Camilla Bruce - Published 2021

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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime

Big Brynhild, now known as Nellie, escapes her harsh Norwegian village life for America, reluctantly leaving behind her sister, Little Brynhild. Little Brynhild, ...Read Review