Historical Fiction

Mini Reviews

April 10, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is round three. Check out round one and round two, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by [...]

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Clair de Lune, by Jetta Carleton

March 13, 2012

Jetta Carleton is the author of a little-known but well-loved novel called The Moonflower Vine. It was, so far as anyone knew, her only book. After her death, her family looked for the manuscript she had been working on but assumed it was lost in a tornado. However, the manuscript was bequeathed to an old [...]

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Mini Reviews

February 1, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. Though they all deserve their own posts, this will have to do. This, in particular, is an excellent crop of books. Enjoy. Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson Rating: I really enjoyed this book, but as [...]

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Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen

January 17, 2012

Title: Scarlet Author: A.C. Gaughen Pages: 304 Originally Published: 2012 Format I Read: Kindle (NetGalley) Publisher: Walker & Company (Bloomsbury) Rating: ____________________________ This is a retelling of the Robin Hood story – with a bit of a twist. Okay, lots of twists. But the major one is that one of the merry men is a [...]

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River in the Sea, by Tina Boscha

January 10, 2012

Title: River in the Sea Author: Tina Boscha Pages: 306 Originally Published: 2011 Format I Read: Kindle Publisher: Self-Published Rating: ____________________________ Tina Boscha contacted me a few weeks ago, asking me to read her self-published historical fiction novel. I was captivated by her email and her description of the book – which is based on [...]

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The Soldier’s Wife, by Margaret Leroy

August 17, 2011

Title: The Soldier’s Wife Author: Margaret Leroy Pages: 416 Originally Published: 2011 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Hyperion Rating: ____________________________ So, all I knew about The Soldier’s Wife when I got it was that it took place during World War II on Guernsey. You know, the little island in the English Channel made famous by [...]

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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, by C.W. Gortner

June 14, 2010

Title: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici Author: C.W. Gortner Pages: 416 Publisher: Random House Copyright: 2010 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on C.W. Gortner‘s blog tour with Pump Up Your Book! As a very young woman, the last of the illustrious Italian Medicis, Catherine de Medici is sent to France to [...]

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The Queen of Palmyra, by Minrose Gwin

May 5, 2010

Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Pages: 390 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2010 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Minrose Gwin’s TLC blog tour for The Queen of Palmyra. It’s the 1960s.  Florence is twelve.  Her mother provides for the family by baking amazing cakes but drinks too much.  Her father [...]

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