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By Athena Palmer: With all the hype that time travel books are getting right now, it’s a good time to take a moment and talk about an under-appreciated form of time travel: historical fiction! Here are 7 of our favorite historical fiction books for when you need a break from the present. For readers who…
Get to know the real historical figures that appear in Mary Pat Kelly novel Irish Above All, now available in paperback!
A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure “completely original and totally engrossing.” It’s 1814. Napoleon is exiled on…
“A master at thoroughly believable historical re-creations of unsolved or covered-up crimes, Collins is the perfect fiction writer to tackle the JFK assassination, and he does so brilliantly, working the edges of the story by focusing on the little-known raft of questionable suicides—all documented in the historical record… Even readers who aren’t conspiracy theorists will…
Starred Review: The Confessions of Al Capone by Loren D. Estleman “Estleman’s Capone is a complex and multifaceted figure: jovial family man, convivial host, sharp-dressed fashion plate, and pensive retiree contemplating his memories and mortality. Although mentally deteriorating, he is still, on his good days, a canny judge of character who is capable of ruthless…
“One of the great Civil War novels of our time.” Ralph Peters’ Hell or Richmond gets a starred review in Booklist! Here’s the full review: The author of Cain at Gettysburg (2012) now offers what is intended to be the first of a trilogy taking the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia…