Reviews

Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

The Red Queen: Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses

By Ruth S. Perot - Published 2000

Genres:

Alternate History

This self-published novel is one of the books that we might have, unfortunately, missed had Perot been forced to try to find an ...Read Review

The Squire’s Tale

By Margaret Frazer - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureMystery/Crime

Robert Fenner, a landholder and former squire, attempts to settle a dispute between his lady wife Blaunche and her former in-laws. Believing that ...Read Review

The Swan Maiden

By Susan King - Published 2001

Genres:

AdventureBiographical FictionLiterary

Highland Juliana, her castle under English attack, is saved by handsome, loyalty-torn Anglo-Scot Sir Gawain. He lets her go and she becomes the ...Read Review

Moon Fire

By Judith Redman Robbins - Published 2000

Genres:

InspirationalLiteraryRomance

Legend among the Anasazi predicts that a child born with six fingers or toes will be gifted. Born with six toes on each ...Read Review

Journey to Compostela

By Bernard Reilly - Published 2001

Genres:

AdventureInspirational

Journey to Compostela is the story of Martin, a farmer on pilgrimage. Through the course of fate, he loses his original comrades and ...Read Review

A Personal Devil

By Roberta Gellis - Published 2001

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeRomance

One may pause and ponder when confronted with a novel that features a prostitute as the heroine, particularly one who is also a ...Read Review

Secret of Santiago

By Bernard Reilly - Published 1977

Genres:

AdventureBiographical Fiction

In the reign of Alfonso II of Spain (791-842), a supernatural revelation led to the discovery of the tomb of St. James. Some ...Read Review

Lord of Silver

By Alan Fisk - Published 2000

Genres:

Alternate HistoryLiterary

In the Museum of London there is a Roman roof tile with a message written into the wet clay just after the tile ...Read Review

Callista

By John Henry Newman - Published 2001

Genres:

InspirationalLiterary

First published in 1856, Callista is set in 3rd century Roman North Africa and tells the story of three characters forced to seek their ...Read Review

The Hostage

By Mary R. DeMaine - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureBiographical Fiction

Although knowledge of the controversies over the Greek poet Homer may not be necessary for enjoyment of the story, readers should still take ...Read Review