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Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
2M ago
Publisher : Macmillan; Main Market edition (15 Feb. 2024)
Language : English
Hardcover : 480 pages
ISBN-10 : 1035005670
ISBN-13 : 978-1035005673
Book BlurbIt would be the journey of a lifetime . . .
‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California’s idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
3M ago
Publisher : Avon (4 Jan. 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008591512
ISBN-13 : 978-0008591519
Book Blurb
Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything.
Mistaken for the star, Elodie is whisked backstage, where she uncovers an underground resistance movement hidden beneath the glitz and glamour.
Drawn into a whisper network of spies, Elodie accepts a perilous mission: to go undercover as Josephine’s cousin and gather vita ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
5M ago
Publisher : Zaffre (28 Jun. 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 656 pages
ISBN-10 : 1785767038
ISBN-13 : 978-1785767036
Book Blurb
A RULER DRIVEN BY GREED
THE FUTURE OF EGYPT AT STAKE
ONLY ONE MAN HAS THE POWER TO RESTORE BALANCE
In his long life, Taita has gone from slave to warlock, and now his wisdom and abilities are known throughout the kingdom. But even his immense skills cannot protect those close to him from the evil that lurks at the heart of Egypt in the form of Lord Naja, self-proclaimed Regent until the Prince comes of age.
Taita must summon all of his formidab ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
6M ago
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks (26 Oct. 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063268248
ISBN-13 : 978-0063268241
Book Blurb
Cleo Davenport has heard the whispers: the murmured conversations that end abruptly the second she walks into a room. Told she was an orphan, she knows the rumor—that her father is none other than the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. And at her childhood home at Cairo’s Shepheard’s Hotel, where royals, rulers, and the wealthy live, they even called her “The Princess.”
But her life is turned upside down when she tu ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
6M ago
Publisher : Matador (17 April 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 360 pages
ISBN-10 : 1803136766
ISBN-13 : 978-1803136769
Book Blurb
Summer, 1814. Thomas Hammond is an apothecary surgeon in a village near London whose dreams of a grand medical career were ruined by a shameful secret. He longs to see his apprentice, his son Edward, become a great surgeon. His other apprentice is eighteen-year-old local orphan, John Keats. Thomas sees John as a daydreamer who wastes time reading. John asks Thomas how he copes with his patients’ suffering, but Thomas has no real answer. After ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
7M ago
Publisher : Macmillan; Main Market edition (26 Sept. 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 752 pages
ISBN-10 : 1447278836
ISBN-13 : 978-1447278832
Book Blurb
1792 Revolution is in the air
A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France’s neighbours are on high alert.
Kingsbridge is on the edge
Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingbridge’s prosperous cloth mills a misery. Rampant modernization and dangerous ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
7M ago
Publisher : Zaffre (28 Jun. 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 672 pages
ISBN-10 : 178576697X
ISBN-13 : 978-1785766978
Book Blurb
AN ANCIENT SCROLL
A 4,000 YEAR OLD LEGACY
A BATTLE FOR THE TRUTH
It is 4,000 years since the battle for the Egyptian Kingdom, and Duraid and Royan al Simma have just uncovered the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Queen, Lostris, alongside the secret scrolls of the most trusted servant of the Pharaoh, Taita. When the couple are the victims of a vicious attack that leaves Duraid dead, Royan realises that she must continue their joint work: to use the ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
8M ago
Publisher : Mantle; Main Market edition (6 July 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 496 pages
ISBN-10 : 1509806911
ISBN-13 : 978-1509806911
Book Blurb
The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain – Louise Reydon-Joubert – and her courageous crew has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids.
But now the Ghost Ship is under attack – its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among them a ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
8M ago
Publisher : Macmillan; Main Market edition (20 July 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 1529084415
ISBN-13 : 978-1529084412
Book Blurb
It’s the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear he can’t support her past the coming winter. On the small, Scottish island of St Kilda, her options are limited. But the MacKinnons’ neighbour, Donald, has a business acquaintance on distant Harris also in need of a spouse. A plan is hatched for Donald to chaperone Mhairi and make the ..read more
Bookliterati Book Reviews » Historical Fiction
9M ago
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd (3 Aug. 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1460758153
ISBN-13 : 978-1460758151
Book BlurbAfter a shocking discovery, Grace Woods leaves her vast Australian sheep station and travels to tumultuous post-war Paris in order to find her true identity.
While working as a mannequin for Christian Dior, the world’s newly acclaimed emperor of fashion, Grace mixes with counts and princesses, authors and artists, diplomats and politicians.
But when Grace falls for handsome Philippe Boyer she doesn’t know tha ..read more