Category Archives: Historical Fiction

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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Review: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Jenn

  Paperback: 848 pages Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (June 22, 2010) ISBN-10: 0385342462 Source: Publisher *Warning: Spoiler alert! If you have not read the previous books in the Outlander series what you read below will be considered spoilers. Proceed at … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review: For the King by Caterine Delors

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (July 8, 2010) ISBN-10: 0525951741 Source: Publisher   On December 24, 1800, an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Napoleon brutally massacres several innocent bystanders. Chief Inspector Roch Miquel must rush to find the guilty … Continue reading →

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Review: So Cold the River by Michael Kortya

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition (June 9, 2010) ISBN-10: 0316053635 Source: Received at BEA Eric Shaw is a failed filmmaker who, rather than making the films in LA as he’d hoped and dreamed, … Continue reading →

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Review: On Folly Beach by Karen White

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (May 4, 2010) ISBN-10: 0451229215 Source: Publisher  Emmy Hamilton is a recent widow; her husband, a soldier, was killed in Afghanistan.  As to be expected, she’s having a difficult time getting over … Continue reading →

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Review: Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Crown (April 6, 2010) ISBN-10: 0307463214 Source: Publisher When artist Claude Monet sees a young woman in a train station, it’s love at first sight. Fate brings them together and Monet asks the young woman, … Continue reading →

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Review: Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 7, 2010) ISBN-10: 0547069677 Source: Publisher Beth Southerns is a poor beggar woman who lives in Pendle Forest in Northern England. Desperate to keep her family fed, she draws from the folk … Continue reading →

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