Reviews
Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Gap Creek (Oprah’s Book Club)
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“A story of a marriage from the Poet Laureate of Appalachia,” the publisher tells us, along with the – probably economically more salient – fact ...Read Review
Must the Maiden Die
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Glynis Tryon, the librarian of Seneca Falls, New York, participates in the festivities of her niece’s wedding while solving a prominent businessman’...Read Review
Wooden Fish Songs
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“It seemed to me the hollow bok-bok-bok of mallet on fish echoed the emptiness of Oi Ling’s heart.” These are words from ...Read Review
Two Moons
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By 1877 the Civil War has been over for twelve years, but its legacy remains. Cynthia May, the new human “computer” for the US ...Read Review
Henry Plummer: A Novel
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Frank Bird Linderman was a best selling author at the turn of the last century. However, in the 1920s, publishers declined to publish ...Read Review
For California’s Gold
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In April 1849, bitten by the gold bug and feeling that he has “never chosen or decided anything” for himself, Caleb Daniels dreams of ...Read Review
In the Fall
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In this masterfully written debut novel, Jeffrey Lent traces the story of three generations as they struggle to overcome the shadows of the ...Read Review
O Jerusalem
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In Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first book in this series, a short paragraph covers the Palestine interlude with a promise from the author ...Read Review
Murder at Manassas: A Harrison Raines Civil War Mystery
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The author, a longtime Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, puts his passion for American history and his impressive knowledge of Washington’s ...Read Review
Potent Pleasures (Pleasures Trilogy)
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Eloisa James has written two enjoyable Regency-era historical romances that are linked by characters and plot elements—they are best read in the ...Read Review
