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Reviews of some 25,000+ historical fiction books
Night Fire
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England, 1943. Sergeant Stan ‘Wakey’ Wake, aged twenty-one, is a bomb aimer in the RAF, based in Lincolnshire. Along with his six fellow crew ...Read Review
Crescendo
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Set in Paris in the 1950s, this novel has not one protagonist but two—twins Max and Natasha Kitson. Although still a young ...Read Review
Where the Sea Lavender Grows
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Marsh House, an historic cottage near the North Norfolk coast, is a character in this novel. Not only does the story revolve around ...Read Review
Our Better Natures
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Our Better Natures follows the experiences of three woman against the backdrop of early 1970s America, examining ideas about feminism, poetry, the repressive ...Read Review
How to Fake It in Society
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Regency London. Titus Pilcrow rents a small shop from where he runs a modest watercolour and oils paint-making business. A regrettable brief sexual ...Read Review
Remember That Day (A Ravenswood Novel)
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Winifred Cunningham is a pacifist; Nicholas Ware a cavalry colonel and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. She is an adopted orphan with little ...Read Review
The Queen’s Game
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It is 1564. Lady Mary Grey, hunchbacked and mousy, serves as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. Though a royal cousin, she lives under ...Read Review
Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England’s Lost Queen
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Part travel journal, history, and fascinating side trips (stone carving, anyone?), this book is a delight. Historian Alice Loxton treats the reader as ...Read Review
A Remedy for Fate
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A Remedy for Fate is a beautiful, feel-good, cosy fantasy novel set in Prague in 1769. The cover art alone is worthy of comment, ...Read Review
Legend: The Ripper’s Eternal Echo: An Immortal Investigator Mystery
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
Late-19th-century London is terrorized by the Ripper murders, but soon enough real-life terrors will be defeated by supernatural intuition and skills. Finn ...Read Review
