Reviews

Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

Murder on Principle (A Will Rees Mystery, 10)

By Eleanor Kuhns - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

A man garbed in a bright yellow waistcoat, fawn-colored pantaloons, and red-trimmed Hessian boots is an unusual sight in the Maine woods, and ...Read Review

The King’s Sword: The First Novel of The Metzlingen Saga

By Rebekah Simmers - Published 2021

Genres:

Saga

“Take their words, labels, expectations, and find a way to define them on your own terms.” 15th-century Germany. A man trying to bury ...Read Review

Deadly Summer Nights (A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery)

By Vicki Delany - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Notwithstanding the murder of a guest at Haggerman’s Resort in the heart of the Catskill region, this narrative offers the reader a ...Read Review

Death’s Long Shadow (A Harriet & Matthew Rowsley mystery, 3)

By Judith Cutler - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set during an unprecedented winter storm, Death’s Long Shadow, third in the Matthew and Harriet Rowsley mysteries, is a standalone without need ...Read Review

Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows

By Sigrid Undset - By Tiina Nunnally (trans.) - Published 2020

Genres:

Literary

In 13th-century Norway, Olav and Ingunn are betrothed to each other as children. As teenagers, romantic love grows between them, but their passion ...Read Review

Victoria II

By Daniel A. Willis - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Victoria II focuses on Princess Vicky, daughter of Queen Victoria, who has become the heir to the throne due to changed historical facts, ...Read Review

Ariadne Unraveled: A Mythic Retelling

By Zenobia Neil - Published 2021

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Best known in Greek mythology as the Princess of Crete who helped the Athenian prince Theseus escape the labyrinth and kill the Minotaur, ...Read Review

Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash

By Tammy Pasterick - Published 2021

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Set amid the factories and coal mines of western Pennsylvania, Pasterick’s novel follows several interconnected families over the course of seven years. ...Read Review

The Prince of the Skies

By Antonio Iturbe - Published 2021

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Iturbe’s second novel opens at Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, in 1922. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s plane is described as an ungainly, oversized ...Read Review

Orphans of the Storm

By Celia Imrie - Published 2021

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September 1911, Nice, France. A terrified young woman sits in a lawyer’s office, struggling to explain why she is there. So begins Celia ...Read Review