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Reviews

Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

Gabriel’s Story

By David Anthony Durham - Published 2001

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“I reckon we’re nowhere.” This declaration comes from Gabriel Lynch at his first sight of 1870’s Kansas, a flat prairie with few ...Read Review

The Wide World Dreaming

By JoAnne Soper Cook - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction Military

The Wide World Dreaming tells the story of Napoleon’s life, beginning with his childhood on Corsica. Told in the first person from ...Read Review

Saints

By Orson Scott Card - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction Inspirational

The story takes place between 1819 and 1919 and is a fictional biography of Dinah Kirkham, a woman who was central in the growth and ...Read Review

In Sunlight, In a Beautiful Garden

By Kathleen Cambor - Published 2001

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Biographical Fiction

The Johnstown Flood of 1889 in Pennsylvania was one of the worst disasters in American history: over 2,200 people died, including 99 whole families. Kathleen Cambor ...Read Review

Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot

By Emily Brightwell - Published 2000

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Mystery/Crime

This is the latest in the many-volume Victorian Mystery series, starring Mrs. Jeffries. Housekeeper to Inspector Witherspoon, her detective skills far outweigh his, ...Read Review

Kelly and the Three-Toed Horse

By Peter Bowen - Published 2001

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Adventure Biographical Fiction

Based on the real-life adventures of the legendary Luther “Yellowstone” Kelly, or so it’s claimed, this is the third book in the ...Read Review

Pale Truth

By Daniel Alef - Published 2000

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Adventure

This is the first in a projected series of three books the author is titling the California Chronicles. Covering 1829 to 1853 and taking the ...Read Review

Citizen Washington

By William Martin - Published (c1999)Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction

At 675 pages, this is a whale of a novel, but even if you aren’t already intrigued by this period, or particularly moved ...Read Review

Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Tail

By Paul Lussier - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction Military

Somewhere far to the south of history as we know it lies the truth. And somewhere not too far south of that lies ...Read Review

The Old American

By Ernest Hebert - Published 2000

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Biographical Fiction Literary

This wonderful story fictionalizes the real life captivity of Nathan Blake, an English settler who was taken prisoner during a French raid on ...Read Review