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Reviews of some 25,000+ historical fiction books
Before He Was Red
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In the late 19th century, the hitherto mighty Ottoman Empire is crumbling at the edges. Not only is the empire dealing with external ...Read Review
Alias O. Henry
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By the time William Sydney Porter decides to make New York City his home, he’s already sold many short stories under the ...Read Review
Crimson Velvet Heart
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Set in late 17th-century France under King Louis XIV, this novel portrays the remarkable life of Princess Marie Adélaïde of the ...Read Review
The Other Moctezuma Girls
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Tenochtitlan, 1551. The last Aztec empress has died, and her youngest daughters are left with a mystery. They’ve discovered their late mother’s ...Read Review
Graceless Heart
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Graceless Heart is advertised as Isabel Ibañez’s first foray into adult fiction, having previously written YA novels. I’m not sure ...Read Review
Vengeance of the Damned: A Viking Age Novel (Olaf’s Saga Book 5)
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The concluding book to the Olaf Saga opens in AD 995 at a time when the ruler of Norway, Hakon Jarl, has been weakened ...Read Review
The Fortunes of Ashmore Castle
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The Fortunes of Ashmore Castle is the fourth novel in the Ashmore Castle series and a sweeping, historical family saga set at the ...Read Review
Nonesuch
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London, 1939. Iris Hawkins is a secretary for stockbrokers Cornellis & Blome, but she’s a would-be financier and the only person at the ...Read Review
The Water Women
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Opening in Sardegna (Sardinia) in 1910, this novel tells the story of three generations of water women, followers of an ancient tradition founded by ...Read Review
Tyrant of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 24)
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62 CE. Centurion Macro and his wife, Petronella, are caught up in some trouble at the Forum. Four hundred slaves are being executed for ...Read Review
