Category: historical fiction

  • Review of “A Day of Fire”

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    I am extremely glad I do not live in Ancient Pompeii, just saying. A Day of Fire is an anthology of short stories written by six different authors: Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Victoria Alvear. Each of their six stories tells the events of the final days of Pompeii…

  • Review of “The Auschwitz Escape”

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    I really struggled while reading this particular book because of its content primarily. The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg is the first book I have ever read by him and was both great and incredibly sad. As the title indicates it is about WWII, more specifically it is a fictional account of a Jew…

  • Review of “House of Crimson Roses”

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    War is always a bloody and destructive thing and in House of Crimson Roses by Chad Lester we see first-hand how it affects people. The book opens on the eve of the American Civil War with the attack on Harper’s Ferry. It soon transitions to one particular family, the Beaumonts, and the slaves that they…

  • Review of “Fall of Giants”

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    I absolutely love a good historical fiction epic and I think a found a good one. Fall of Giants is the first book in The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett. He also wrote the Kingsbridge series that I have also talked about previously. This book opens shortly before WWI and covers the events of the…

  • Review of “Cecile’s Secret”

    Three generations of women all tied together by secrets. In the book Cecile’s Secret by Ruth E. Hill, it all starts with one secret held by a woman named Cecile Legrand. The book opens on Cecile being recruited to serve as a spy and resistance operative in WWII France in 1944. While there she ends…

  • Review of “Warlock”

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    Ancient Egypt, a world full of magic and a little bit of wonder. A place we return to in Warlock, the second book in the Ancient Egypt series by Wilbur Smith. It opens a few decades after the end of the previous book when Taita is training Nefer, the grandson of Lostris and son of…

  • Review of “The Watchmaker of Filigree Street”

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    I did not know that a watch could save a life but in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley it does just that. Nathaniel Steepleton is a lowly telegraphist for the British Government in the 1880’s. One day he comes home to his rented room and finds a random pocket watch on a…

  • Review of “River God”

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    Time to travel back in time. River God is the first book in the Ancient Egypt series by Wilbur Smith and it starts the story of Taita. Taita is a slave and a eunuch that serves a rather brutal noble. The time frame is approximately 4,000 years ago. It opens during the festival of Osiris…

  • Review of “One Thousand White Women”

    Before I start discussing today’s book, I have a bit of a funny story to tell. It first came to my attention when my mom mentioned it a while back, so when I saw it at the library I decided to check it out thinking that if my mom is mentioning it then it is…

  • Review of “White Mulberry”

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    White Mulberry is the debut novel of Rosa Kwon Easton. It tells the story of Miyoung, a young Korean woman born in the 1920’s who lived under Japanese occupation. Starting when she was a child it covers her move to adulthood and the challenges she faces in doing so. At the same time it also…