Biographical Fiction
Josephine Baker’s Last Dance
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Josephine Baker may not be as well-known as some other movie stars of her era, but her rags to riches story is one ...Read Review
That Churchill Woman
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Luminous, passionate, rebellious Jennie Churchill, Winston’s glamorous mother, has inspired many biographies and novels. The latest, by Stephanie Barron, author of the ...Read Review
Katharina: Deliverance
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This is an engrossing tale about the life of Katharina von Bora, the wife of Martin Luther, the controversial priest who defied the ...Read Review
The General’s Cook
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It’s no mystery why so many historical novels have featured cooks as protagonists – food is one of the most vivid windows into ...Read Review
Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr
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Spanning the years from 1932 (Extasy) to 1949 (Samson and Delilah), this is the story of Hedy Lamarr: actress, inventor (if you use a cell ...Read Review
Lady in Ermine: The Story of a Woman Who Painted the Renaissance
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What reader could not fall in love with a heroine—a female Renaissance painter, no less—as she strives to preserve the artistic ...Read Review
The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt and His Times
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In 1862, little Teddy Roosevelt is a sickly child whose medical prognosis is dire. Yet he will go on to become one of America’...Read Review
Anne and Louis: Passion and Politics in Early Renaissance France: The First Years of Anne of Brittany’s Marriage to Louis XII
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This second in a trilogy on the life of Anne of Brittany covers 1498-1500, years in which Anne loses her husband Charles VIII, ...Read Review
The Only Woman in the Room
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Vienna, 1933. Hedy Kiesler stands on stage embracing the accolades she receives for her performance as Bavarian Empress Elizabeth. During her performance, a man ...Read Review
Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America
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Dorothea Lange, most famous for her Depression-era portraits taken for the federal government, is a complex and pioneering figure with a story worth ...Read Review
