Book Reviews of Historical Fiction books
Book Review of Ashes on the Moor by Sarah M. Eden I love that this book takes place in Victorian England! It reminds me more of a Jane Austen or Bronté sister novel than the other proper romances have. The research that went into this book shows through, and I like that it’s historical fiction …
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[Book Review] The Lady of the Lakes by Josi S. Kilpack I’m loving the historical fiction proper romance thing going on here! How fun to learn about a real literary historical figure and his love story. It’s fiction, of course, but Ms. Kilpack did her best to base the story off of real events and …
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[Book Review] An Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel by Anne Perry One day last fall, this book just showed up in my mailbox. Best day ever, right? I’m assuming it came from the publisher, but I’m not sure? So, thank you to the mystery sender! I hope you enjoy my book review of An …
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12 Amazing World War 2 Books Today I thought I’d switch things up a bit!(I know, it’s unlike me…spring fever maybe??) My 12 Favorite World War 2 Books Here are my 12 favorite Wold War 2 Books. Some of them are nonfiction and some of them are fiction; I like both–I can’t help it!(I didn’t …
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Photo Credit: Goodreads.com A Tangled Mercy by Joy Jordan-Lake Blurb: “Told in alternating tales at once haunting and redemptive, A Tangled Mercy is a quintessentially American epic rooted in heartbreaking true events examining the harrowing depths of human brutality and betrayal, and our enduring hope for freedom and forgiveness. After the sudden death of her troubled …
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Photo Credit: Goodreads.com Hum If You Don’t Know The Words by Bianca Marais Blurb: “Life under apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a nine-year-old white girl growing up in a mining town in the 1970s Johannesburg. In a rural village, worlds apart, Beauty Mbali struggles to raise her children alone in the …
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All That Makes Life BrightbyJosi S. Kilpack Blurb: “When Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe on January 6, 1836, she is sure her future will be filled with romance, a family (in due time), and continued opportunities to develop as a writer–Calvin has said she must be a literary woman, after all. Though Catharine, Harriet’s sister, …
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*This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Lilli De Jong by Janet Benton Blurb: “A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and …
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner Blurb: “February 1946. World War II is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Devereux, the wronged daughter of a French Resistance spy. Now the two …
The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George Blurb (Taken from amazon.com): “The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history. Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar’s imperial dynasty is only as …