Biographical Fiction
Old Abe
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Set in the early 1860s, Old Abe chronicles the ascendency of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of the United States of America, through ...Read Review
The Mystery of Love
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In this strikingly original and ambitious book, Andrew Meehan gives us an account of the marriage of Constance and Oscar Wilde seen through ...Read Review
The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo’s David
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Laura Morelli’s novel transports readers to early 16th-century Florence. The Italian Renaissance is in full swing, and the cathedral has sponsored a ...Read Review
Breaking Barriers: A Novel Based on the Life of Laura Bassi
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Laura Bassi (1711-1778) broke new ground in many ways. She was the second woman in Europe to earn a doctorate in philosophy, the ...Read Review
The Piano Student
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In Lea Singer’s biographical novel, The Piano Student, an elderly man, Nico Kaufmann, brings a younger man on a guided tour of ...Read Review
The Mortimer Affair: Joan de Joinville’s Story
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A marriage is arranged between Joan de Joinville, a young and wealthy heiress, and Roger, a member of the powerful Mortimer family. Unusually, ...Read Review
Maria II
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Not many English-speaking readers will have heard of Dona Maria II, Queen of Portugal – and to add her full title “Portugal and the ...Read Review
The Cold Hearth: The Atheling Chronicles: #3
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The Cold Hearth (The Atheling Chronicles, #3) by Garth Pettersen is an enthralling medieval Norse tale that continues the adventure of the little-known historical ...Read Review
The Revolt
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Listen to the inner voices of Richard the Lionheart and his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, resounding down the centuries, courtesy of the powerful ...Read Review
Vindicated: A Novel of Mary Shelley
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Written as a series of diary entries, Vindicated spans the years between Mary’s life as an idealistic teenager to a woman of ...Read Review
