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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books
A Thimbleful of Hope
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In 1864 Violet Rayfield’s father is a prosperous Dover ship owner. She had hoped to marry his most promising apprentice, William Noble, but ...Read Review
Park Avenue Summer
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Park Avenue Summer is a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of the iconic Cosmopolitan magazine and its equally iconic editor, Helen Gurley ...Read Review
The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature
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This is a story of WWI for ages 8-12. It concerns Pierre, a French soldier who leaves his post for two days and ...Read Review
The Last Year of the War
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A metaphorical thief. The war. Lost friendship. And Davenport, Iowa, my hometown. The Last Year of the War grabbed me from the first ...Read Review
Louise’s Crossing (A Louise Pearlie Mystery)
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Louise’s Crossing is the seventh in Shaber’s mystery series featuring Louise Pearlie, a widow stationed in Washington, DC, working for the ...Read Review
A Sinister Splendor: A Mexican War Novel
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In 1845, General Zachary Taylor and his American army arrive at Corpus Christi, Texas. Taylor has been ordered by President James K. Polk to ...Read Review
The King James Men
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Supreme irony: spending one’s days translating former versions of the Bible into a new King James Version in early 1600s England while ...Read Review
Arrius: Volume III, Enemy of Rome
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This third novel in the Arrius trilogy finds the Romans expanding northwards into Scotland from Hadrian’s Wall. Arrius, once a career Roman ...Read Review
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived #18)
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This book is a part of the I Survived series written for upper elementary students. Each book transports the reader to a significant ...Read Review
The Miner’s Wife
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The Miner’s Wife begins in last-century Britain, with the burial of Hannah Spendlove’s mother, which sets in motion the decision that ...Read Review