Review: More Miracle Than Bird by Alice Miller
More Miracle Than Bird by Alice Miller tells the true story of Georgie Hyde-Lees, who at the age of 25, married famous Irish poet W.B. Yeats (then 52.) Miller’s […]
Category Archives: historical fiction
Review: The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
The Secrets We Kept is a book about one of my favorite books: Doctor Zhivago. In 2002, I discovered Docotor Zhivago through the 2002 mini series with Keira Knightley. I […]
Review: Little by Edward Carey
Little by Edward Carey tells the extraordinary, fascinating origin story of the real Madame Tussaud: Marie Grosholtz. Some people may not know that Madame Tussaud was a real person, as […]
Review: Skin by Ilka Tampke
Also known as Daughter of Albion: A Novel of Ancient Britain in other countries. Skin by Ilka Tampke takes place in the 1st century AD, when the Roman Empire began […]
Review: Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer
Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer fictionalizes the true story of an 18th century Englishwoman who convinced doctors of all rankings–even the King’s own–that she could […]
Review: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier is based on the life of Mary Anning, an early 19th century fossil hunter, collector, and paleontologist (although without a formal education.) I first […]
Review: One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus is an alt-history novel, of sorts, in which the US government agreed to the true to life request of the Cheyenne tribe to […]
