Well, that was intense. Ellen Keith's WWII novel The Dutch Wife is a dramatic multi-point of view story about a Dutch woman taken to a Nazi...
Review: The Dutch Wife
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Review: Tombland by CJ Sansom
(This is a guest post by Claire Miles of The Hisdoryan. Thanks Claire!) In the historical fiction section at your local bookshop, you can’t move for...
Review: A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
Therese Anne Fowler's 2013 bestselling novel Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald was an astonishing piece of literature. Fowler's descriptions of 1940s...
Alewives, Brewsters, and the Birth of the Witch
(Insert cartoonish witch cackle here.) October wouldn't be complete without a blog post relating to the spooooookiest day of the year—Halloween of...
Interview/Giveaway: The Gold Pawn by L.A. Chandlar
In partnership with Kensington Books, we're giving away a really awesome prize pack! Make sure to see the details after the interview to learn more...
Review: The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews
I've read two of Mimi Matthews' historical non-fiction books and enjoyed them very much so I guessed her Victorian romance novel, The Lost Letter,...
Bess Foster: the Other Woman
This is a guest post by Jess Toole. Thanks Jess! As a fan of the 2008 film, The Duchess, and a regular visitor to Chatsworth house in Derbyshire,...
Review: The Alice Network
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn is one of those novels where you finish it and you’re immediately sad because the adventure is over, but you’re...
Interview: Anna Lee Huber, Author of Treacherous is the Night
Treacherous is the Night by bestselling author Anna Lee Huber comes out later this month and focuses on WWI’s most vital clandestine fact-collecting...
A Feminist Glance at History: Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
This is a guest post by Marina Jovanović. Thanks Marina! Today, when feminism is stronger than ever, it is interesting to see there have always been...
Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (Film)
Knowing that a film adaptation was to be released within the year, I borrowed the audiobook of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society...
Review: A Victorian Lady’s Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty is Matthews' newest publication and, like many books from Pen & Sword, it's small but mighty....
Jillianne Hamilton writes delightful historical fiction and historical romance featuring rebellious heroines and happy endings.
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