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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
The Franklin Affair (An Henri Gruel Adventure)
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Written in the first person, Henri Gruel looks back to his youth and his adventures with Benjamin Franklin during the time of the ...Read Review
The Lost Band
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At the annual Big Council of the People an empty place is reserved in honor of the Lost Band who, at some point ...Read Review
I, Roger Williams: A Fragment of Autobiography
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An elderly Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, reminisces about the people and events that shaped his life, many of them having ...Read Review
The Dark Virgin
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Pitoque is a traveling merchant who sells his wares throughout the Aztec empire. While not an Aztec himself, he acts a spy for ...Read Review
Virgin: Prelude To The Throne
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Maxwell, in her third novel of the Virgin Queen, illustrates in detail a frequently glossed-over episode in the life of the Tudor monarch: ...Read Review
The Twylight Tower
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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime
The Twylight Tower is Karen Harper’s third Elizabeth I Mystery, in which she sets out to solve one of the greatest historical ...Read Review
The Burning Times
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This novel takes place in southern France during the 1300s, a France beset by the Inquisition and visited by the plague. However, it ...Read Review
The White Company & Sir Nigel
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At the Abbey of Beaulieu in 1366, the abbot expels Brother John for a rash of bad behavior, and the brawny youth makes good ...Read Review
Warrior’s Song
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In this rewritten and re-titled version of Catherine Coulter’s 1983 book, Chandra, we meet Chandra de Avenell, a medieval heroine who is tougher ...Read Review
Murder On Good Friday
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Set in Hexham, England in 1220, this novel follows the efforts of the local bailiff, Lord Godwin, to clear the city’s Jewish community ...Read Review