Category Archives: Historical Fiction

Review: The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Bantam (January 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0553808125 Source: Publisher Varvara (Russian for Barbara) is the daughter of a book binder.  When her mother and father pass away within a year of one another, Varvara is taken under the employ of … Continue reading →

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Review: More than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (December 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062041193 Source: Publisher When Chelsea’s grandmother passed away she was devastated.  She was incredibly close to Gran and can’t seem to fathom how she and her mother are going to … Continue reading →

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Review: The Bungalow by Sarah Jio

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Plume; 1 edition (December 27, 2011) ISBN-10: 0452297672 Source: Publisher The summer of 1942, young Anne Calloway sets off to the Pacific island of Bora-Bora to serve as a nurse for the Army Nurse Corps.  She’s engaged to … Continue reading →

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Review: Solitaria by Genni Gunn

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:256 pages Publisher:Signature Editions (September 1, 2010) ISBN-10: 1897109431 Source: Publisher When a work crew at an abandoned villa in a small Italian town uncovers a body, an investigation begins to determine the identity. It is revealed that the body … Continue reading →

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Review: Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jenn

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover:368 pages Publisher:Arthur A. Levine Books (August 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0545221307 Source: Publisher Cleopatra VIII Selene, Princess of Egypt, is the only daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius. She’s grown up in luxury in the regal … Continue reading →

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Review: The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:368 pages Publisher:Harper Perennial; Original edition (July 19, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062065092 Source: Publisher Fifteen year old Cat Rozier, once a star pupil, is now a murderer. She admits it to the reader within the first few pages of the book: … Continue reading →

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Review: The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Jenn

  Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Other Press (June 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 1590514440 Source: Publisher One spring morning in 1885, the body of a young pregnant woman is found floating in Richmond’s city reservoir. At first glance, her death appears to … Continue reading →

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Review: 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (March 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061773972 Source: Publisher   Emma Cunningham is a young widow with two daughters.  She meets Harvey Burdell, a wealthy dentist.  Burdell promises her many things, including land, marriage, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jenn

  Audio CD Publisher: Hachette Audio (September 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1600248616 Source: Library In Amsterdam in 1972, a teenage girl discovers an ancient book and papers in her father’s office. The pages of the book are empty except … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Unbridled Books (May 4, 2010) ISBN-10: 1936071614 Source: Publisher Admittedly, I don’t have that great a knowledge of Mexico’s history.  It might as well be galaxies away.  C.M. Mayo’s The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire … Continue reading →

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