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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: March 16, 2018March 15, 2018

Gateway to the Moon, by Mary Morris

There are many factors that contribute to the creation of a person. Three of them […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: March 14, 2018March 12, 2018

Tomorrow, by Damian Dibben

One of the firmest rules I follow in my reading is that I do not […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy / Horror Posted on: February 11, 2018February 6, 2018

The Silent Companions, by Laura Purcell

It’s not a delusion if someone else sees something strange, right? This is what I […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: January 21, 2018January 20, 2018

Peculiar Ground, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s Peculiar Ground meditates on the function and meaning of walls. The themes of separation, incarceration, […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: December 8, 2017August 16, 2024

The Maze at Windermere, by Gregory Blake Smith

Shakespeare said it first: “The course of true love never did run smooth.” This is […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction Posted on: June 30, 2017

The Willow King, by Meelis Friedenthal

The seventeenth century was a time of great confusion—even more so on the edge of […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction Posted on: May 17, 2017

Crane Pond, by Richard Francis

While I know some of the history of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, Arthur Miller’s The […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: May 7, 2017May 7, 2017

The Weight of Ink, by Rachel Kadish

The truism that history repeats itself is even more true in fiction. Rachel Kadish’s The Weight […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction Posted on: March 28, 2017March 28, 2017

The Witchfinder’s Sister, by Beth Underdown

Between 1644 and 1647, Matthew Hopkins traveled through rural East Anglia killing hundreds of people. […]

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Book Review / Contemporary Fantasy / Historical Fantasy Posted on: September 7, 2016

The Devourers, by Indra Das

Alok shouldn’t trust the stranger he meets at a baul (a musical performance by Bengali […]

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