Tag: historical fiction
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Speed Reviewing: July 15
This month’s installment of speed reviewing is a little shorter than last months — I guess that means there are fewer books that disappointed me! If you missed last month’s post check it out here.
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Book Review: The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel by Anton DiSclafani Pub Date: June 4, 2013 Rating: 4/5 Lately I’ve been loving historical novels — Above All Things, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, The Bookman’s Tale. When The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel showed up in my mailbox last week I knew…
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Book Review: Gilt by Katherine Longshore
Gilt Gilt by Katherine Longshore Published May 15, 2012 Summary: Though I’veread a lot of historical fiction set during the Tudor dynasty, I had never read a book that chronicled Catherine Howard’s rise to the throne. In Gilt,we see the story from Kitty’s perspective. Kitty is a minor noble who becomes friends with Catherine Hoaward when they…
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Book Review: The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny
Shop Indie Bookstores The Book of Madness and Cures: A Novel The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny Published April 2012 Summary: Set in the late 16th century, this novel is the story of a young woman who has chosen a non-traditional path. Gabriella Mondini learned about medicine from her father and has been keeping…
The Library of Alexandra 