Biographical Fiction
The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov
This beautifully imagined and written novel, which feels more like a literary biography than a fiction, tells the story of…
Insurrection
Insurrection is the first part in Robyn Young’s trilogy about Robert the Bruce. The death of Alexander III of Scotland…
The Master’s Muse
In 1956, 27-year-old Tanaquil Le Clercq is at the height of her career. Principal dancer of the New York City…
Black Mahler: The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Story
Black Mahler tells the story of the almost-forgotten 19th-century composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. This book charts his life, beginning with being…
You, Fascinating You
Editors' choice
This biographical novel has a beautiful nostalgic quality, the sort of feeling you get when watching classic noir films, browsing…
You Are Not Like Other Mothers
Editors' choice
You Are Not Like Other Mothers is a simple title for a book that is neither simple fiction nor dry…
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats
Nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker’s family had been settled in Texas for two years when their home was raided by Comanche…
Watergate
When a reader chooses to delve into the political historical quagmire that surrounded the Watergate scandal, there are a plethora…
The Queen’s Secret
In 1575, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, drains his coffers to put on an Entertainment at Kenilworth Castle for Queen…
Child of Aetos
Child of Aetos is the story of James Stanley, seventh Earl of Derby and supporter of King Charles during the seventeenth-century…
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