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Reviews of some 25,000+ historical fiction books
The Stars Over Rome
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Rome, 1913. Part-Italian Gabriella Hazelwood has no interest in marriage because she dreams of an independent future as a journalist. She meets and, under ...Read Review
With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott
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A jazz prodigy at twenty-three, Hazel Scott’s dazzling performances at Café Society in New York City launched her as a major Harlem ...Read Review
When We Were Brilliant
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This novel delves deeply into the bonds between Marilyn Monroe (1926-62) and famous photographer Eve Arnold (1912-2012). Never knowing her mother or father, ...Read Review
Beyond Seven Forests
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As the novel opens, 18-year-old Renia, a Polish countess and the only surviving member of her family, is on trial and facing a ...Read Review
Hagtale: A Macbeth Origin Story
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O’Reilly’s rich literary fable, set in medieval Scotland, relates a version of the origins of Macbethad mac Findláech, king of ...Read Review
Dance of the Earth
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In 1875, a newborn baby girl is found outside the Alhambra theatre in London. The seamstress Molly Banbury takes her home, names her Rose, ...Read Review
Hattie Mae Begins Again
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Hattie Mae is a North Carolina country girl who comes to Philadelphia to enroll in Miss Abigail’s School for Exceptional Girls, run ...Read Review
Daughter of the Underworld (House of Shadows)
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In this suspenseful page-turner, familiar characters from Greek mythology are reinvented to create a tale of friendship, betrayal, tyranny, and rebellion. Deina is ...Read Review
The Water Lilies of Mishipeshu
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Set on the edge of Lake Michigan, the novel spans 1685 to 2017. Built around the legend of a Native American river goddess, Mishipeshu, this ...Read Review
Book of Forbidden Words
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The titular forbidden words conjure censorship, book-banning, and women suppressed by the patriarchy’s stranglehold. Fein’s three courageous women challenge this inequity ...Read Review
