Reviews
Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
Midnight Rooms
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In England in 1840, newlyweds Orabella Mumthrope and Elias Blakersby arrive at Korringhill Manor. Black, orphaned, and exchanged by a disinterested uncle for gambling ...Read Review
Hera
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Following her previous novels on the Greek myths, Jennifer Saint tells the story of Hera, Queen of Olympus. After overthrowing the Titans and ...Read Review
D is for Death
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London, 1935. Fleeing an unwelcome arranged marriage, Dora Wildwood takes the milk train to London, where she narrowly escapes abduction by taking refuge in ...Read Review
The Volcano Daughters
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In 1914 El Salvador, Graciela is born into a coffee plantation community. It’s a hardscrabble but cozy childhood surrounded by her four friends ...Read Review
The Palace of Eros
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A shimmering story of love, desire, freedom, and being authentic unfolds in the pages of this book. The ancient Greek myth of the ...Read Review
The Mapmaker’s Wife
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You are going to need your hankies for Hannah Evans’ poignant tale about mixed-race marriage and family secrets that spans the 20th and 21...Read Review
A Nest of Vipers (The Bangalore Detectives Club Series)
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A lot can happen in a circus in Bangalore in 1922. And one evening, a lot does. Kaveri Murthy meets an enigmatic father-son magician ...Read Review
Rose of Greenwood
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In the late 1800s, forty-year-old cowhand Tip Creston rides into the small midwestern farming town of Greenwood. He trails a pack horse with ...Read Review
Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings
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In 1930s Charlottesville, Virginia, ten-year-old Allie Lewis hatches a not-very-subtle plan to find a suitable husband for her mother, alone since Allie’s “...Read Review
Gorse (The Eythin Legacy)
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1781 – Mirecoombe, Cornwall. Salan Dell is found dead on the moor, a red handprint around his neck. He is the fifth to be murdered ...Read Review
