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Reviews

Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

Lady Of Skye

By Patricia Cabot - Published 2001

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Reilly Stanton, the eighth Marquis of Stillworth, is also a trained medical doctor. He accepts a position in Scotland in a small village ...Read Review

Thunder Voice

By Sigmund Brouwer - Published 2001

Genres:

Inspirational Mystery/Crime Western

Sam Keaton is sheriff of Laramie back in the wild western days of the 1870s. He has his work cut out for him ...Read Review

The Maiden Of Mayfair (Tales of London, v. 1)

By Lawana Blackwell - Published 2001

Genres:

Inspirational

This heartwarming work set in Victorian London tells of a young girl’s inspirational journey from abandonment to belonging. Sarah Matthews, raised in ...Read Review

The Dragon’s Bride

By Jo Beverley - Published 2001

Genres:

Romance

When Susan Kerslake and Con Somerford meet again after eleven long years apart, much has changed. Con is the battle-hardened new Earl of ...Read Review

All Gone Widdun

By Annamarie Beckel - Published 1999

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Romance

This is the fictionalized story of the actual search for the remaining members of the Beothuk tribe — the aborigines of Newfoundland. The search ...Read Review

Losers And Keepers In Argentina

By Nina Barragan - Published 2001

Genres:

Adventure

It is 1889 when Rifke Schulman, a young Jewish woman, is sent to Argentina by her family to escape the pogroms of Russia. She ...Read Review

Gob’s Grief

By Chris Adrian - Published 2001

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Gob is Dr. Gob Woodhull, the fictional son of real-life personality Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President in 1872. Gob’s ...Read Review

A Mischief in the Snow

By Margaret Miles - Published 2001

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This mystery is the fourth in a series featuring widowed sleuth Charlotte Willett and set in the village of Bracebridge, Massachusetts shortly before ...Read Review

Ghost Town

By Ed Gorman - Published 2001

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Western

Bryce Lamont is just out of prison and, with his younger brother Paul, has tracked down his fellow bank robbers to collect his ...Read Review

The Sweet Trade

By Elizabeth Garrett - Published 2001

Genres:

Adventure Nautical

This book fictionalizes the short and colorful careers of the two best-known female pirates ever to sail together, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, ...Read Review