Category Archives: Historical Fiction

Review: Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (October 9, 2012) ISBN-10: 0547567847 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) At the age of eight, Hildegard von Bingen was offered to the Church. Starting at an early age Hildegard saw visions, mainly white orbs … Continue reading →

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Review: Quarantine by John Smolens

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Pegasus (September 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1605984183 Source: Publisher The trading ship Miranda prepares to sail into the harbor in Newburyport, Massachusetts when it is boarded by the town doctor, Giles Wiggins. The ship, sailing on its … Continue reading →

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Review: Hemingway’s Girl by Erika Robuck

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: NAL Trade (September 4, 2012) ISBN-10: 0451237889 Source: Publisher Mariella Bennet is the the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman living in Key West during the Depression. Since her father passed away, Mariella … Continue reading →

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Review: City of Women by David R. Gillham

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (August 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 039915776X Source: Publisher Set in 1943 Berlin, the midst of World War II, the majority of the men have been sent to the battlefront. Berlin has essentially become a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Harper (June 26, 2012) ISBN-10: 0061140325 Source: Publisher “The most valuable thing a girl possessed was hidden between her legs, waiting to be sold to the highest bidder.  It was never a question of yes or … Continue reading →

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Review: The Unseen by Katherine Webb

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 22, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062077880 Source: Publisher Reverend Albert Canning and his wife, Hester, live in a quiet Berkshire village in 1911. Both are young, Hester is already dreaming of filling … Continue reading →

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Review: The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023647 Source: Publisher It’s the seventeenth century in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (present day Manhattan).  Orphans are disappearing, only to be found later severely mutilated. The colonists, a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Far Side of the Sky by Daniel Kalla

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 076533233 Source: Publisher November 9, 1938 is a well-known date in world history. Also known as Kristallnacht, a night of terror for Jews living in Germany, the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1594487014 Source: Publisher Cora Carlisle lives in Wichita with her husband and twin sons. On the surface, she leads a fairly traditional life as a homemaker, volunteering her time … Continue reading →

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Review: Overseas by Beatriz Williams

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399157646 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Kate Wilson is a twenty-something Wall Street analyst, trying to make a name for herself. At an important client meeting, she’s banished to her cubicle, expected to sit … Continue reading →

Posted in General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Putnam, Review, Romance | 2 Comments