Biographical Fiction

Annelies

By David R. Gillham - Published 2019

Genres:

Alternate HistoryBiographical Fiction

How we all wish that she had survived. That bright-eyed and brave child diarist, whose candid, wise-beyond-her years journal of her undercover exile ...Read Review

American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

By Karen Harper - Published 2019

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Before Meghan Markle, another American woman became a duchess: Consuelo Vanderbilt. Born in 1877 to Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt, Consuelo led a life ...Read Review

The Jacobite’s Wife

By Morag Edwards - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This absorbing debut creates a fictional biography for the legendary Countess of Nithsdale (c.1680-1749), best known for helping her husband, accused Jacobite ...Read Review

The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero

By Margaret George - Published 2018Published 2018-11-15

Genres:

Biographical FictionEpic

Margaret George’s epic novel, the second of two about the emperor Nero (after The Confessions of Young Nero), begins with Rome on ...Read Review

Pleasing Mr Pepys

By Deborah Swift - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Deb Willett is employed in the household of the diarist Samuel Pepys as a companion for his wife. She is there to help ...Read Review

I Was Cleopatra

By Dennis Abrams - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

Abrams, author of numerous biographies and nonfiction books for young readers, has created a detailed guide to Shakespeare’s world and theater in ...Read Review

A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts

By Therese Fowler - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Alva has one duty: to secure a marriage that will save her family. Though her bloodline traces back to French royalty, her father’...Read Review

Little

By Edward Carey - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

This dreamlike novel imagines the origins of Marie Tussaud, creator of the famous waxworks, and also captures the insanity and chaos of Revolutionary ...Read Review

Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis

By Patti Callahan - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Many readers will know C.S. Lewis, beloved author of nonfiction Christian books and the Narnia children’s series. Lewis’s A Grief ...Read Review

Hotel Sacher

By Alison Layland (trans.) - By Rodica Doehnert - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Hotel Sacher in Vienna, still known today for its famous Sachertorte dessert, was once the stomping ground for Austrian aristocracy and international diplomats ...Read Review