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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Exiled From Camelot
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In Arthurian England, the mysterious young Prince Loholt comes to court, claiming to be the son of King Arthur and the lady Lisanor, ...Read Review
Hang My Head And Cry
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Pat Montella, a refugee from Philadelphia blessed with Sight, now lives in rural Virginia with Miss Maggie Shelby. In Miss Maggie’s back ...Read Review
In The Country Of The Young
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In 1848, the Irish emigrant ship Tír na nÓg broke up against the rocky Maine coast, drowning many, including a seven-year-old girl. ...Read Review
The Songcatcher
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Accompanying one Appalachian family down through the years is a ballad first learned by Scotsman Malcolm McCourry aboard ship in 1751. Another inheritance brought ...Read Review
Death Of A River Guide
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This novel is a wondrous piece of skilled work, and, incredibly, Richard Flanagan’s first novel. His language is as rich and fecund ...Read Review
Killing Gifts
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During the Depression, Americans often found themselves poor and hungry. The fortunate who lived near the Hancock Shaker Village outside of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ...Read Review
Grace
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There have been many, many novels about World War II, and if the majority of them have focused on life in combat, on ...Read Review
Lost
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This important little book lays open the psyche of ordinary Germans after World War II. Having lost their firstborn son in the flow ...Read Review
Murder On Gramercy Park
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Thompson’s third Gaslight Mystery once again plunges the reader into life in turn-of-the-century New York City. Midwife Sarah Brandt and Police Detective ...Read Review
The Bonesetter’s Daughter
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No writer navigates the emotional terrain of family relationships – particularly mother-daughter relationships – better than Amy Tan. She writes of mature relationships laden with ...Read Review