Reviews
Reviews of some 15,000 historical fiction books
Canticle
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In 17th-century Spain, Fray Martin de Sepulveda is living in relative obscurity after a scandal nearly brought him unwanted attention from the Inquisition. ...Read Review
Beyond the Bay
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Isobel and her husband Brendan left England to make a new life in New Zealand, but after ten years of struggling they have ...Read Review
The Hundred Wells of Salaga
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Near the end of the 19th century, as transatlantic slavery has been essentially abolished, internal slavery persists in Ghana. Two quite different young ...Read Review
Leading Men
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Leading Men achieves what historical fiction does best. Taking the spotlight from the famous protagonists in history, the novel projects its luminous beam ...Read Review
The Blue
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Genevieve Planché, granddaughter of French Huguenots, desperately wants to escape her stifling existence in Spitalfields to be a “history painter” in the fashion ...Read Review
The Children of Jocasta
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Another group of girls break their silence in this brilliant adaptation of the Oedipus myth, told from the perspective of its female protagonists. ...Read Review
Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots
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This very readable and fast-paced biography relates the story of Mary Stuart in a fresh and engaging way. As in any book on ...Read Review
Erebus: The Story of a Ship
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In 1826, HMS Erebus, a ‘bomb’ vessel strong enough to carry heavy mortars, was built of oak and reinforced with iron. In 1839, having demonstrated ...Read Review
Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
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Ranked among ships of historic note—Drake’s Golden Hind, Bligh’s Bounty, Franklin’s Erebus, Titanic—is the Endeavour, in which Lieutenant ...Read Review
Fight to the Finish: The First World War – Month by Month
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There have been many books written about the Great War. This one, I’d suggest, be made a textbook for secondary schools discussing ...Read Review