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Reviews of some 15,000 historical fiction books
Crossings
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Spanning one hundred and fifty years (from the Pacific in the 18th century to Paris in World War Two), seven lifetimes, and read ...Read Review
The Devil in Paradise: Captain Putnam in Hawaii (A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure)
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In 1817, American naval officer Bliven Putnam is now captain of his own ship of war, the sloop Rappahannock, on duty hunting slavers in ...Read Review
Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
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McCash brings her scholarship to life with this vivid reimagining of the life of Marie, Countess of Champagne, a patroness of the arts ...Read Review
A Matter of Interpretation
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Translation is always a “matter of interpretation”, and it can (still) be a matter of life or death for the translator. Elizabeth Mac ...Read Review
The Unseen Hand (Home Front Detective)
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London 1917. In this, the eighth in Marston’s Home Front Detective series, Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy find themselves saddled with an unusual ...Read Review
The Irish Princess
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The author brings medieval Ireland alive with her trademark mix of engaging characters, high politics, and romance. As the daughter of an Irish ...Read Review
Between Darkness and Light
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A tragic accident that costs young Wang his right eye is the opening scene. To the dismay and anger of his father, he ...Read Review
A Shadow on the Lens
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Thomas Bexley is a forensic photographer (one of the first in the country) working for the Metropolitan Police. It is June 1904, and he ...Read Review
The Mitford Scandal (The Mitford Murders)
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This is the third book in the author’s Mitford Murders series set during crime fiction’s golden age between the wars and, ...Read Review
Sigga of Reykjavik
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Sigga’s story starts when she is a young teenager living on a farm in Iceland after the end of World War 1. It ...Read Review