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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
A Real Somebody
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June works in the typing pool of McAulay Advertising in downtown Montreal in 1947. Following WWII, her father is unable to find work, and ...Read Review
Burke and the Lines of Torres Vedras
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British officer James Burke and his sergeant-manservant William Brown have been sent to Lisbon to catch spies. These are Portuguese spies betraying their ...Read Review
Queen of the Union
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This novel, Book 2 of the Queen of the West trilogy, is set in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the brink of the Civil War in 1855. ...Read Review
Ride a Fast Horse (A Captain Tom Skinner Western)
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In this cinematic western, part of a series set in Arizona in 1889, the plot moves as fast as the horses. Kevin Warren’s ...Read Review
The Woman from Lydia (The Emissaries)
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In 31 CE, Euodia is a widowed business owner living in the city of Philippi after leaving her tragic past behind in Lydia. Yet ...Read Review
Proud Sorrows (A Billy Boyle WWII Mystery)
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May 1942: a German bomber struggles to stay airborne over the coast of Norfolk, England. People from the village of Slewford see or hear ...Read Review
Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo series, 3)
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This is the third book to feature Cesare Aldo, an officer of Florence’s criminal court. As the title suggests, heat is at ...Read Review
Ventura and Winnetka
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Ventura and Winnetka are locations in Southern California, where this rollicking coming-of-age novel is set in 1978. J.G. Bryan does a great job ...Read Review
A Game of Deceit: A Richard Knox Spy Thriller
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This is a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The book opens with a death on a cargo ship, where an unfortunate crewman ...Read Review
A Council of Dolls
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A story told through the eyes of three young girls, each a generation apart, struggling with the impacts of colonialism on Yanktonai Dakota ...Read Review