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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

Maria’s Story: 1773

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Children/Young Adult

The death of her father turns nine-year-old Maria Rand’s world upside down. When her mother should be teaching her the skills needed ...Read Review

The Buccaneers

By Iain Lawrence - Published 2001

Genres:

Adventure Children/Young Adult Nautical

Bound for the West Indies, John Spencer sets sail aboard the Dragon in 1803. The day he sights a lifeboat with one passenger in ...Read Review

God of the Golden Fleece

By Fred Saberhagen - Published 2001

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Saberhagen’s Book of the Gods series is fast-paced, exciting historical fantasy that twists standard mythology into a pretzel. Volume IV of the ...Read Review

Out of Avalon

By Jennifer Roberson ed. - Published 2001

Genres:

Historical Fantasy Short Stories

This collection of Arthurian-themed works consists of fourteen short stories, one poem, and an introduction by the editor, who is no stranger to ...Read Review

Guardian of the Vision

By Irene Radford - Published 2001

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

The members of the Kirkwood family are descended from the legendary Merlin, with powers just as legendary and just as frightening. But when ...Read Review

The Merlin of the Oak Wood

By Ann Chamberlin - Published 2001

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Historical Fantasy

The second in the Joan of Arc Tapestries series, Oak Wood is a well-researched novel in which Chamberlin masterfully interweaves elements of the ...Read Review

India Treasures

By Gary Worthington - Published 2001

Genres:

Saga

A sweeping saga of India past and present, India Treasures concerns the history of India as revealed through the history of Mangarh, a ...Read Review

Sacred Ground

By Barbara Wood - Published 2001

Genres:

Saga

Dr. Erica Tyler, an anthropologist in modern-day Los Angeles, comes across an intriguing situation. An earthquake has revealed a hidden cave containing the ...Read Review

Visible Spirits

By Steve Yarbrough - Published 2001

Genres:

Literary

In the Mississippi Delta where plantations were carved from forest, Jim Crow challenges Reconstruction. It is 1902 and echoes of field chants, like threads ...Read Review

Some Things that Stay

By Sarah Willis - Published 2001

Genres:

This prize-winning novel came complete with a list of superlatives as recommendation. Tamara is a teenager growing up in 1950s America. Her family ...Read Review