Title: Alex & Eliza Author: Melissa de la Cruz Publication Date: April 11, 2017 Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Young Adults Format: ARC copy provided by the publisher 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. This novel is a debut and the lady who wrote it is a) younger than me, and b) under 30. So massive props to Hannah Kent. Secondly, this was a manuscript that publishers came to her for. Not vice versa. That’s pretty much unheard of for a debut novel.… Read More Burial Rites – Book Review
Surrender to the Marquess by Louise Allen This is a really intriguing book, above and beyond the charming Regency romance it tells. I found myself thinking about it long after I’d finished, because there’s some really deep stuff in here, far beyond the usual fluff Harlequin romances deliver. Louise Allen really knows her subject, and,… Read More Surrender to the Marquess – Book Review
The Queen’s Daughter is the first book that I have read about Joan, the daughter of King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of the Aquitaine. It is the world where England, France and Toulouse battle each other for lands that are taken and retaken from each over the course of centuries. If you… Read More The Queen’s Daughter – Book Review
The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green Release Date: January 3, 2017 Genres: Historical Fiction, Christian, Romance SYNOPSIS: After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her… Read More The Mark of the King – Book Review
The book: Early One Morning by Virginia Baily Published 2016 by Fleet Pages: 400 My copy: Secondhand paperback The blurb: A grey dawn in 1943: on a street in Rome, two young women, complete strangers to each other, lock eyes for a single moment.
Book Review of: A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Veronica Speedwell has just buried the last of her benefactress aunts, and is preparing to set off on a new scientific journey. Though her occupation as a scientist and lepidopterist is extremely suspicious to the general population in… Read More A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) – Book Review
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, particularly when it gives us a point of view overlooked by official history. So I was really interested in the premise of The Other Einstein… which tells the story of Albert Einstein’s first wife Mileva Marić, who in 1896 is the… Read More The Other Einstein – Book Review
Edenland Edenland is the evocative title of an evocative novel set in the early days of the US Civil War. Its story plunges us into the Great Dismal Swamp that straddles Virginia and North Carolina, and never quite allows us to escape the treacherous waters that threaten to engulf its protagonists. The Great Dismal… Read More Edenland – Book Review
Guillaume by Prue Batten – Review Title – Guillaume (The Triptych Chronicle Book 2) Author – Prue Batten Genre – Historical Fiction Publication – 10th Dec 2016 Pages – 314 My Rating – 5/5 Stars Synopsis The Church – powerful and moneyed. The Heretics – zealous and poor. Lyon – a city that might claim to cast the seeds of… Read More Guillaume – Book Review
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