A tale of family and the impact that war can have, in its many manifestations: death of loved ones, loss, grief or in the hardship it brings
Category Archives: Historical fiction
Death in the Tallgrass by Donald Willerton
A gripping tale of discovery and redemption set in the early twentieth century America filled with treachery, tribes and tribulation
Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce
A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable
Knowing the Enemy: The Last Tribes of Britannia by Lea Moran
A glimpse into ancient Britain told through the eyes of Luca, whose story is one of family, rivalry, relics, roots and war.
The Corset by Laura Purcell
Dorothea visits female prisoners condemned to death, but when she meets Ruth Butterham, she is told a story of murder which is beyond belief
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
A coming-of-age book about a boy with extraordinary abilities who embarks on a quest to find his father when he disappears
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
A nice story, nothing too demanding about a woman escaping a controlling mother to live a life of her own independently
Sam Time by Donna Balon
Imagine if you could travel back in time with ease and interact with Ulysses S. Grant – Donna Balon’s heroine does just this
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy