Articles tagged with: Historical Fiction
ARC Review: The Nine Fold Heaven by Mingmei Yip
Author: Mingmei Yip
Title: The Nine Fold Heaven
Release: June 25, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: Skeleton Women #2
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai …
Review: The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
Author: Kathleen Tessaro
Title: The Perfume Collector
Release: May 2013
Reviewer: Mona Leigh
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
An inheritance from a mysterious stranger . . .
An abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank of Paris . . .
And …
Review: The Queen’s Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile by C.W. Gortner
THE QUEEN’S VOW: A NOVEL OF ISABELLA OF CASTILE BY C.W. GORTNER
No one believed I was destined for greatness. So begins Isabella’s story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history’s most famous and controversial …
ARC Review: The Emperor’s Conspiracy by Michelle Diener
Author: Michelle Diener
Title: The Emperor’s Conspiracy
Release: November 27, 2012
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Edelweiss, publisher
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
From nineteenth-century London’s elegant ballrooms to its darkest slums, a spirited young woman and a nobleman investigating for the Crown …
ARC Review: The Wild Princess by Mary Hart Perry
Author: Mary Hart Perry
Tittle: The Wild Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Defiant Daughter
Release: July 31st 2012
Series: Novels of Queen Victoria’s Daughters #1
Reviewer: Elvie
Source: William Morrow
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Four of the five daughters of …
How I discovered Georgette Heyer and special Sourcebooks Happy 110th Birthday to the “Queen of Regency Romance,”Giveaway!
Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today’s bestselling authors. Despite her enormous popularity, she never gave an interview or appeared in public.
Georgette Heyer …
Review: The Painted Lady by Maeve Haran
Book: The Painted Lady
Author: Maeve Haran
Release: August 19, 2011
Reviewer: Noa
Purchase: Amazon – The Book Depository
‘This is my tale and I will leave you to tell whether it be high romance or tragedy.’
Sixteen-year-old Frances Stuart arrives …
Interview with Stephanie Dray
Stephanie Dray graduated with a degree in Government from Smith, a small women’s college in Massachusetts where–to the consternation of her devoted professors–she was unable to master Latin. However, her focus on Middle Eastern Studies …
Review: Song Of The Nile by Stephanie Dray
Author: Stephanie Dray
Book: Song of the Nile
Release: October, 2011
Series: Cleopatra’s Daughter #2
Reviewer: Steph (Eowyn)
Source: Author
Sample/Purchase: Free Excerpt - Amazon – Barnes & Noble
Sorceress. Seductress. Schemer. Cleopatra’s daughter is the one woman with the power to destroy …