Reviews
Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
The Vanishing Half
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Brit Bennett’s second novel, a national bestseller, deserves all the attention it’s been getting. Spanning over three decades, from the Jim ...Read Review
The Figure in the Photograph
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The novel begins in Cuba at the end of the 19th century, during the war between America and Spain over the future of ...Read Review
The Highlander’s English Bride (Clan Kendrick)
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London, 1822. Graeme Kendrick has a job to do—one that requires concentration, stealth, and no small amount of footwork. When Lady Sabrina Bell ...Read Review
Naked Truth: Or Equality, The Forbidden Fruit
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Hayes’ debut novel couldn’t have more captivating or exciting protagonists. Victoria Woodhull and her sister, Tennessee Claflin, led careers as spiritualists, aspiring ...Read Review
The Nun’s Betrothal
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The nun referred to in the title is young, beautiful Gilda, who has not yet taken her vows. It’s a good thing, ...Read Review
The Interpreter
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The Interpreter is a fictional biographical WWII thriller, alternating between 1939-40 and 1945, gleaned from family records, particularly the experiences of Kurt Berlin. In 1939, 17...Read Review
Appalachian Summer
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Set in the mountains of eastern Kentucky during the Great Depression, this novel tells the story of the Frontier Nursing Service. A relatively ...Read Review
The Cotton Spinner (The Mill Town Lasses)
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Lancashire, 1826. When mechanisation comes to the cotton industry, like so many others, Titus and Jennet Eastwood and their little daughter, Peggy, are forced ...Read Review
Rachel’s Legacy
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There are times when the plot of a book is better than the execution. This is one of those cases. In this WWII ...Read Review
Atomic Love
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Rosalind (Roz) Porter is a scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project. Now in Chicago in 1950, she is working in Marshall Field’...Read Review