Posts tagged with ‘Historical Fiction’
June 2, 2013
THE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH COURT of Aethelred and Emma, vividly depicted in all its wicked intrigue. Tudors? Pfft!
Grade: B PLUS
SHADOW ON THE CROWN
Viking
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, England, Historical Fiction, Novels
May 30, 2013
TWO YOUNG WOMEN weather the changes of the 1960s in different ways. A complex, deft portrait of friendship!
Grade: B PLUS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF US
Henry Holt and Company
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Women's Fiction, Women's Issues
May 22, 2013
SLEUTH EASY RAWLINS’S near death in a brutal crash adds a metaphysical perspective to this intricate LA noir.
Grade: B PLUS
LITTLE GREEN: AN EASY RAWLINS MYSTERY
Doubleday
2013
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
May 19, 2013
A CHILD’S DISAPPEARANCE plays out against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this complex, deft historical.
Grade: A MINUS
IS THIS TOMORROW
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels
May 16, 2013
GLORIOUS, DREAMLIKE SPANISH novel riffs on the life and death of poet García Lorca. Luminous new translation!
Grade: B PLUS
THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL
Yale University Press
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Interest, Literary History, Novels, Spain
May 10, 2013
A TINY MEXICAN VILLAGE is transformed by a US quack doctor’s pirate radio station. Lovely 1930s historical.
Grade: SOLID B
DR. BRINKLEY'S TOWER
Steerforth Press
2013
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mexico, Novels, Solid B Reviews
May 6, 2013
NAZI CYBORG WARRIORS, warlock magic, and time travel combine in this brilliant, spooky World War II thriller.
Grade: B PLUS
NECESSARY EVIL
Tor
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Thriller
May 1, 2013
WONDERFUL ENGLISH COZY features a precocious sleuth, a spooky tomb, and various 1950s village shenanigans.
Grade: B PLUS
SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES: A FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL
Delacorte
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
April 28, 2013
A WILD HISTORICAL PICARESQUE races from 1930s Berlin to LA, complete with pulp staples like ghosts and spies.
Grade: B PLUS
THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT
Bloomsbury
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction
April 17, 2013
ARTFUL HISTORICAL SETS a family’s Massachusetts summer home as the centerpoint for change and connection.
Grade: B PLUS
THE END OF THE POINT
Harper
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels