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
The Hamilton Affair Synopsis: Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette,The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending—his at… Read More The Hamilton Affair – Book Review
Title: Resolution: Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure Author: Andrew Joyce File Size: 724 KB Print Length: 370 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: Publisher: William Birch & Assoc. Publication Date: April 13, 2016 Sold by Amazon Digital Services, LLC Language: English ASIN: B01E83YVJA ISBN-10: 0692670904 ISBN-13: 978-0692670903 Formats: Paperback and Kindle Goodreads Genres: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Biographical
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