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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
The War Between Us
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In the immediate wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a young Korean American, Alex Moon, leaves his home in California and ...Read Review
Plaint for Provence
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The third in the Troubadour Quartet is a beautiful labour of love. The plot is complex and nicely laid out. It involves royal ...Read Review
The Caduceus and the Swastika
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“The harrowing flight of three medical students and their professor as the insulated world of academia crumbles under the onslaught of Nazism.” Steven ...Read Review
Fall Irmgard: Operation Irmgard
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An American woman, Addie Bridges, accidentally finds herself in the center of a tense power-struggle in Rand Charles’ gripping and tremendously effective debut ...Read Review
Whore of Babylon
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We meet Eliana some months after the Babylonians have conquered her city of Nippur. Her sister is on the eve of marrying the ...Read Review
Demon Hunter Severian – Lady of the Night Gates
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AdventureHistorical FantasyMystery/Crime
Demon Hunter Severian is an exciting tale of mystery and action about Aurelius Severian, a demon hunter who works for the Holy Roman ...Read Review
The Craigsmuir Affair
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Daisy Charlton is a young woman of artistic talent who dreams of furthering her art studies in London. In the meantime, she is ...Read Review
Heyday: Britain and the Birth of the Modern World
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This is a highly readable account of the technical advances in the 1850s which opened up communications, beginning with the telegraph cable that ...Read Review
West of Eden: An American Place
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This is the book for anyone who needs to be reminded that money does not buy happiness. In fact, the lesson taught by ...Read Review
Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to Well-Set Table
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Oneida’s author, Ellen Wayland-Smith, is descended from an original family of the Oneida community, a group founded by John Humphrey Noyes in ...Read Review
