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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Chapel Noir
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The beautiful, adventurous Irene Adler, an American opera singer and private investigator, is the only person to have outwitted Sherlock Holmes. While her ...Read Review
Under the Kissing Bough
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Eleanor Glover learns her parents have agreed to her arranged marriage with Geoffrey Westerly, the son of an earl. Although initially willing, Eleanor ...Read Review
The Bad Luck Wedding Night
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This light romantic read, part of a series with the “bad luck” wedding theme, begins by sustaining the narrative of the wedding night ...Read Review
Conjuring Maud
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The lush, vibrant and often harsh landscape of colonial West Africa provides a stunning backdrop to this tale of offbeat characters and an ...Read Review
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post
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It doesn’t pay to be a hypochondriac, as Oscar Daggett learns the hard way when he overhears his long-suffering doctor telling his ...Read Review
The Romantics
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My assumption is that the title is intended to be ironic, at least in part, since there is very little that’s romantic ...Read Review
Moon Medicine
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Honore Greenwood, by his own admission a genius, fled France for America after slaying a man who raped the woman he loved. At ...Read Review
The Salt Letters
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This short novel reveals, from the point of view of a young woman, the hardships of the sea voyage from England to Australia ...Read Review
The Elusive Voice
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The Elusive Voice is a shadowy and richly satisfying traditional mystery set in late 19th century Boston. Richly set against the backdrop of ...Read Review
Mozart’s Wife
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Mozart’s Wife is a delightfully written novel about Wolfgang Mozart as seen through the eyes of his beloved wife Konstanze. The ongoing ...Read Review
