Posts tagged with ‘Historical Fiction’
September 15, 2012
ATMOSPHERIC HISTORICAL MYSTERY set in a stately English manor haunted by World War I–and by family secrets.
Grade: SOLID B
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Solid B Reviews
September 14, 2012
MARIE ANTOINETTE’S LOVER, Swedish diplomat Axel von Fersen, is brought to life in a complex fictional memoir.
Grade: SOLID B
THE QUEEN'S LOVER
Penguin
2012
Tags: France, Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
September 9, 2012
TWO ENGROSSING NOVELLAS from one of the UK’s star crime writers, Minette Walters. Complex and entertaining!
Grade: SOLID B
INNOCENT VICTIMS: TWO NOVELLAS
Mysterious Press
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Short Fiction, Solid B Reviews
September 7, 2012
EXTRAORDINARY, RIVETING NOVEL from the incomparable William Boyd: great historical fiction, great spy yarn.
Grade: SOLID A
WAITING FOR SUNRISE
Harper
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid A Reviews, World War I
August 22, 2012
GORGEOUS, ELEGAIC PRIVATE-EYE yarn captures the spirit of 1970s Chile–with poet Pablo Neruda as the client!
Grade: B PLUS
THE NERUDA CASE
Penguin
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Chile, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
August 20, 2012
INTRICATE, DETAIL-RICH MYSTERY set in 1845 New York paints a vivid picture of the changing city. Haunting!
Grade: A MINUS
THE GODS OF GOTHAM
Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, New York City, Novels
August 13, 2012
LUSH HISTORICAL NOVEL follows the career of a 19th century French courtesan, artists’ model, and survivor.
Grade: B PLUS
THE UNRULY PASSIONS OF EUGENIE R.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, France, Historical Fiction, Novels, Women's Fiction
August 2, 2012
METICULOUSLY CRAFTED NOVEL explores the appeal of technology, difficulty of love in modern and Victorian times.
Grade: B PLUS
THE CHEMISTRY OF TEARS
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels
July 27, 2012
ELEGAIC, MOVING RE-IMAGINING of the lives of Emmett Till, the girl who loved him, and her family. A triumph.
Grade: A MINUS
GATHERING OF WATERS
Akashic Books
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, African American Writers, Black Writers, Historical Fiction, Novels
July 10, 2012
ENTHRALLING RECREATION OF the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal, with vivid characterizations, detail.
Grade: A MINUS
WATERGATE: A NOVEL
Pantheon
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Politics