Sarah Nesbeitt
The Water and the Blood
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Readers of this journal frequently bemoan the preponderance of 20th century settings in their fiction. The focus on time period above storytelling ability ...Read Review
The Widow of Jerusalem
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The jester Theophilos, aka Feste the Fool, is back in full form in this sequel to A Death in the Venetian Quarter. In 1204, ...Read Review
Not Between Brothers: An Epic Novel of Texas
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This is the highly regarded first novel by the author of Oblivion’s Altar (reviewed last issue). Texas in 1816 was an empty, desolate ...Read Review
The Kitchen Boy
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On the night of July 16, 1918, Empress Aleksandra recorded in her journal that the Romanovs’ kitchen boy, Leonka Sednyov, was mysteriously sent away. In ...Read Review
Rebekah: Women of Genesis
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Rebekah grows up as the beloved only daughter of Bethuel, the leader of his village, and a mother who had died days after ...Read Review
Constructing a World: Shakespeare’s England and the New Historical Fiction
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This work of criticism is the first I’ve seen that examines trends in historical fiction since the 1980s, when literary novelists began ...Read Review
The Conquest
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Sara Rosario González is a rare book restorer at the Getty Museum in modern-day Los Angeles. An attractive young Chicana fascinated by ...Read Review
Fallam’s Secret
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In the year 2001, Lydde Falcone is a 55-year-old single woman living abroad when she’s notified of the death of her dearly loved ...Read Review
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle
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This feminist reimagining of the Tristan and Isolde legend follows the traditional Arthurian story dutifully, but with some creative touches inspired by modern ...Read Review
Across the Nightingale Floor
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This is an entertaining historical fantasy that does nearly everything right. In an imaginary country strongly reminiscent of feudal Japan, young Tomasu was ...Read Review
