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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
When We Meet Again
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British book publishers during World War II had to contend, not only with the normal uncertainties of the trade, but with paper rationing, ...Read Review
Cecily
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King Henry VI was nine months old when he became king of England. Shortly afterwards, he became the disputed king of France and ...Read Review
Masters of Rome (Rise of Emperors)
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Masters of Rome is the second in the series The Rise of the Emperors. The story picks up from the previous Sons of ...Read Review
The Artful Dickens: The Tricks and Ploys of the Great Novelist
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From the pun in the title to the final footnote, this delightful book plays a double game. It’s an eye-opening analysis of ...Read Review
The Lost Daughter (The Love and War Series)
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Twenty-first-century Britain finds Elizabeth Swingle in a very grim place: an unhappy marriage, a difficult daughter, and caring for a mother struggling in ...Read Review
The Shut-Away Sisters
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Through a series of diaries, letters and poems found in the old home of two aunts she had barely known, Kate Miles uncovers ...Read Review
Yasodhara and the Buddha
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When Prince Siddhartha begins the series of pilgrimages that lead to his becoming the Buddha, he leaves behind his wife, who is pregnant ...Read Review
Haven Point
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This novel is a multigenerational story of the Demarest family, who spend their summers at Haven Point, Maine, the backdrop for heartbreaks that ...Read Review
Between Tides
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With a brief but personal memory of a little-known aspect of the American Civil War, this novel mostly covers events of the 1890s ...Read Review
Nile Cat
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In December 1871, 14-year-old twins Rose and Lily accompany their mother and Egyptologist father to Egypt. After Rose is given a small cat statue, ...Read Review