Reviews
Reviews of some 15,000 historical fiction books
Reign of the Marionettes
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This historically charged novel takes place during the late 17thcentury counter-reformation under Charles II. The Duke of York, his heir, has converted to ...Read Review
The Soldier’s Return
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Germany, 1636, and the Thirty Years’ War is raging in central Europe between Protestants and Catholics. It is also dividing the loyalties of people ...Read Review
This Deceitful Light
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This book, set against the English Civil War, begins with the Battle of Newbury in 1643. The plot includes the murder of a young ...Read Review
The Three Musketeers
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Lawrence Ellsworth provides a vibrant, modern-day English translation of the classic high adventure, The Three Musketeers, first released by Alexandre Dumas in serial ...Read Review
Blood’s Game
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Having successfully reimagined Robin Hood in the bestselling Outlaw Chronicles, Angus Donald turns his storytelling talents to Restoration London and the internecine rivalries ...Read Review
Traitor’s Knot
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Elizabeth Seton is shunned as a traitor’s daughter after her father’s actions in the English Civil War, and her mother’s ...Read Review
Windigo Moon: A Novel of Native America
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This late 16th-century love story is interwoven in the history and culture of one Ojibwe clan. Ashagi is a young Ojibwe woman whose ...Read Review
Publish and Perish
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It is an art to bring the past to life, an art at which Ms Castle excels. Through a myriad of small details, ...Read Review
The Assassin of Verona
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Venice. Three players, Oldcastle, Hemminges and young William Shakespeare, disguised as the English ambassador and his servants, have discovered a Papal plot against ...Read Review
Season of Blood
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The medieval mystery subgenre is flooded with similar stories, characters that often blend into one another, and settings that are sometimes indistinguishable from ...Read Review