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Category Archives: Historical Fiction
Review: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl
Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Random House (February 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 1400066573 Source: Publisher In 1868 Boston, a new school opens up on a former wasteland: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It promises to study science for the well-being of all, … Continue reading
Review: Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Kensington Books (February 28, 2012) ISBN-10: 0758246854 Source: Author Maddie Kern is a young violinist living in Los Angeles in 1941. She and her brother, TJ, have been on their own since their mother died. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Kensington, Review, Women's Fiction
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Review: The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (February 14, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451657471 Source: Publisher Hannah Levi is known throughout the Jewish ghetto of Venice as a midwife that can coax the most reluctant babies out of the wombs of their mothers. … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Books, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review
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Review: The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
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
Posted in Bantam, Historical Fiction, Review
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Review: More than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay
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
Review: The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
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
Posted in General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Penguin, Plume, Review, Women's Fiction
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Review: Solitaria by Genni Gunn
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
Posted in Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review
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Review: Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
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
Posted in Historical Fiction, Review, Scholastic, YA
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Arthur A. Levine Books, Cleopatra, Rome
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Review: The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
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
Posted in Harper Perennial, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review
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