Biographical Fiction
Dance of Resistance: The incredible true story of Josephine Baker
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
A first-person narrative of the life of the Black dancer Josephine Baker, Dance of Resistance is a travelogue, biography and political statement all-in-one, ...Read Review
Cleopatra
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51 BCE, Egypt: two young women bicker amicably as they play a game. One chews a sun-warmed fig, the other’s linen dress ripples ...Read Review
Daughter of Egypt
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In Daughter of Egypt, Marie Benedict tells the story of two women who defied the expectations of their time: Lady Evelyn Herbert, daughter ...Read Review
The Quiet Wife
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Frances Leyland is used to having her opinions ignored or derided by her overbearing, nouveau riche husband Frederick. But even she is shocked ...Read Review
Almost English
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1886, Quetta, India (present-day Pakistan). On a frosty, windy day, in a bungalow, newlyweds Lily and Stephen Turner huddle for warmth under a blanket ...Read Review
Dearest Blood, A Romance of the Revolution
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In 1775, fifteen-year-old Fanny Montusan is living a comfortable life in the shire town of Westminster (then part of the colony of New York, ...Read Review
The Nightingale of Bath: Love, Jealousy, Betrayal and Revolution in Georgian England
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The tragic life of the celebrated 18th-century singer Elizabeth Linley and playwright Richard Sheridan reads like a cautionary tale. Elizabeth, a beautiful and ...Read Review
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta
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In 1710, 10-year-old Agata’s beloved mother dies, leaving Agata in the dubious care of her father, a talented but unstable violinist. Frightened about ...Read Review
Boleyn Traitor
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Philippa Gregory continues her fascination with the Boleyn women which began with Anne Boleyn’s sister, Mary, in The Other Boleyn Girl (2001). In ...Read Review
Salt People of the Cloud Houses: The Story of Sarah Rapalje and Dutch Manhattan
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Doyle’s debut is a fine introduction to the life and times of a lesser-known American foremother: Sarah Rapalje (1625-85), considered the first ...Read Review
