Tag: historical
Books to Read: Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, Lucy Worsley, Pegasus Crime – A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley.
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Books to Read: Bluebird by Genevieve Graham
Bluebird, Genevieve Graham, Simon & Schuster – A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, and a family secret that binds them together for generations to come—from USA TODAY and repeat #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham.
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Songs of Love and Death by Martin & Dozois
Songs of Love and Death, Martin & Dozois, Saga Press – From epic fantasy, post-apocalyptic America, to faerie-haunted rural fields in 18th-century England, to an intergalactic empire, join star-crossed lovers as they struggle against the forces of magic and fate.
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The Chef’s Secret by Crystal King
The Chef’s Secret, Crystal King, Touchstone – Crystal King’s historical novel, “The Chef’s Secret,” is a fictional story based on a true character, Bartolomeo Scappi, who served as the Vatican chef during the 16th century Italian Renaissance.
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Shakespeare Inspires Beatriz Williams’ Novel, The Summer Wives
The Summer Wives, Beatriz Williams, Harper Collins – A fascination with islands and Shakespeare’s The Tempest were among the inspirations for Beatriz Williams’ ninth historical novel, where she explores a new branch of the Schuyler family tree.
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Sally Koslow’s Another Side of Paradise: The Fitzgerald-Graham Romance
Another Side of Paradise, Sally Koslow, Harper Collins – Already an experienced writer, having worked as a journalist and editor-in-chief of McCall’s Magazine, Sally Koslow found herself out of a job.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Mark Sullivan, Lake Union – Italy, 1944. Seventeen years old, Pino Lella comes from a prosperous Milanese family. He’s full of dreams like any boy his age. War seems remote until Allied bombs begin to fall on the city.
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Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko Shows How Life Can Be Rigged Against Korean-Japanese Families
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee, Grand Central Publishing – Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko (2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017, and a USA Today Top 10 Books of 2017 amongst others.
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Intrigue and Dangers in the World of the Djinn
Author Interview: The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty, Harper Voyager – A young woman in eighteenth century Egypt survives by using her wits and stealing from her victims. Nahri doesn’t believe in magic, but she does have tricks for healing. One night while performing what she thinks is a sham zar incantation, she calls up an ifrit – an evil supernatural being who is now out to get her.
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White Houses Offers an Engaging Portrait of Love
Author Interview: White Houses, Amy Bloom, Random House – Amy Bloom’s novel White Houses is a compelling fictive exploration of the love affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickok. This is Bloom’s first book of historical fiction. The novel belies the common narrative of Eleanor Roosevelt as a woman who was disappointed in marriage and became an asexual being.
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Book Review: You Were There Before My Eyes by Maria Riva
You Were There Before My Eyes, Maria Riva, Maria Riva’s illuminating historical novel, “You Were There Before My Eyes,” is marketed as an adventure and love story of two Italian immigrants.
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Chaotic Week in Pre-War New York Brings Irish Brothers to Brink of Disaster
The World of Tomorrow, Brendan Mathews, Little Brown and Company – Francis and Michael Dempsey join their older brother, Martin, in America in June of 1939.
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