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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
The Language of Threads
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This novel is a sequel to Women of the Silk and has the same protagonist, Pei. In 1938, Pei leaves China for Hong Kong, ...Read Review
Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)
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Suspenseful, intriguing, absorbing, compelling: all can be used to describe Legacy of the Dead, the third in the series of Inspector Rutledge novels ...Read Review
The Fig Eater
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The Fig Eater is set in 1910 Vienna. The protagonist is a police officer who very much adheres to modern scientific methods in his ...Read Review
Fordlandia
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There is nothing new about the idea of man pitting his wits against nature and failing. In the right hands, though, it generally ...Read Review
Drowning Ruth
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Drowning Ruth is a mystery, a story of self-revelation, a look at the mores of a town and its residents in post-WWI Wisconsin. ...Read Review
The Houseguest
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It’s a good feeling to open up a new book and know after reading the first words that I’ve “discovered” a ...Read Review
Thunder on the Mountain: A Novel of 1936 (Hemlock County)
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The “Thunder” of the titles can be explained in at least different ways. (1) Thunder Oil of Pennsylvania, a family dynasty under the control ...Read Review
South of Eden
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Billed as an “ecological thriller”, this novel lives up (or perhaps down!) to its description. Back in 1905, conservation of the grasslands was a ...Read Review
The Messenger
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In 1920, Aida Cheng, the daughter of a Chinese man and Cuban woman, is propelled into a fantastic situation. Before she dies, she reveals ...Read Review
The Advocate
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This is a military mystery set in WWII England: the mystery concerns the shooting down of an American Airforce fighter by two other ...Read Review
