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Category Archives: historical fiction
A Daughter of Fair Verona
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was a cautious tale about the dangers of pride and unbridled passion. A Daughter of Fair Verona says phooey on that, tweaks Shakespeare so that our teenage lovers prove too incompetent to actually do … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, Medieval, Shakespeare, thriller
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Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade
France, 1918: the Great War is almost over, but it doesn’t feel like it for civilians close to the lines, where the threat of a German resurgence hangs as close to the battered ground as the dust from the constant … Continue reading
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Tagged 1910s, bookshops and libraries, France, historical fiction, The Great War, women
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Constance is a young woman who’s just arrived in Hazelbourne, there to take care of an older family friend who’s just had a bout with flu. She enters into a new social circle thanks to this connection, and despite the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1910s, aviation, Britain, Helen Simonson, historical fiction, women
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The Shadow of War
JFK’s presidency is off to a… start. Dismissed as a greenhorn who has no idea what he’s up to, he’s just had to eat crow on the national stage after admitting to the fiasco that was the Bay of Pigs … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Age - Cold War, Cold war, Cuba, historical fiction, Jeff Shaara
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Breaking Point: Beating Hitler with Spits and math
Britain, late summer 1940. Jerry plans to pay southern England a visit, and Johnny Shaux and the other boys in the RAF intend on giving him a warm reception. Breaking Point is an unusual and fascinating fictional take on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, aviation, Britain, historical fiction, John Rhodes, military, WW2
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To So Few
France has fallen, the British army barely got out of Europe running from Hitler’s panzers, and now Britain stands alone. Only her brave lads in the Hawker Hurricanes stand between Hitler and global domination! …well, the guys in the Spitfires, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, aviation, Britain, historical fiction, WW2
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A Prince of Wales
Gwynedd calls for aid! A few years ago, the rightful king of Gwynedd, Lylwelyn, marched to the assistance of the Earl of Chesire, largely out of friendship to the Earl’s men Roger and Roland. Now, ambushed after a parlay with … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Britain, historical fiction, Inness Legacy, Medieval, military, Wales, Wayne Grant
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The Dangerous Years
Hard to believe, but the bloody war’s over. Lieutenant Kelly McGuire distinguished himself as much as he was able, but it wasn’t much of a naval war, the Great One. But while the big war might be over, peace isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, China, Eastern Europe, historical fiction, Max Hennessy, military, naval
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The Ransomed Crown
Sir Roland Inness is returning to the hills he fled from as an outlaw, as a boy who’d slain three Norman men-at-arms for murdering his father and burning his home. He comes here not merely to pay respects to the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Britain, historical fiction, Medieval, military, Wayne Grant
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The Broken Realm
Two young men land in England and begin their journey home, to the Welsh marches. They are not the cheerful young boys they were nearly two years ago, when they set off for the Holy Land with their lord. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, historical fiction, military, Plantagenet England, Robin Hood, Wales, Wayne Grant
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