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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Rebellion: A Novel
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Andreas Pum is a war veteran. We meet the recovering amputee after the end of WWI. Rather than being depressed or agonized by ...Read Review
Our Fathers
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This beautiful story set in post WWII Scotland is about the “coming of age” of Jamie, a young boy growing up with an ...Read Review
Frida
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Frida recounts the major points of artist Frida Kahlo’s life. These include her childhood bout with polio, her education, the tragic bus ...Read Review
The Inventory
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Less a unified story than a collection of glimpses into the lives of Germans and Jews before and during WWII, The Inventory deals ...Read Review
Rough Cider (Soho Crime)
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The narrator breaks the fourth wall, addressing the audience: “In 1964, you meet me at the self-assured age of 29.…” Then Dr. Theo Sinclair meets ...Read Review
In the Company of Angels
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Germans were bombing Belgium in 1940, and the small border town of Tournai was no exception. This novel takes the reader through the sordid ...Read Review
In the Mood for Murder (Homefront Mysteries)
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The author of The Victory Dance Murder continues her series on the exploits of amateur detective Kate Fallon with a murder mystery set ...Read Review
Beulah Hill
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The subject of rural race relations with its undercurrents of mob violence, police brutality, and class conflict is usually assumed to belong in ...Read Review
A Student of Weather
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Maurice Dove, a botanist and student of weather, journeys from Ottawa to rural Saskatchewan in the mid-1930s to analyze the climate of ...Read Review
Perlman’s Ordeal
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Alternate HistoryHistorical Fantasy
Set in London during one September week in 1906, Brooks Hansen’s third novel charts the struggle of hypnotist Dr. August Perlman’s battle ...Read Review