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Tagged: Historical Fiction

Fantasy / Historical

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A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes, in her new novel A Thousand Ships, explores the Trojan War through the experiences of the goddesses, princesses, Amazons, townswomen, and captives who in some cases drove it forward...

Mystery

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Light on Bone by Kathryn Lasky

In Light on Bone, Kathryn Lasky takes us to the New Mexico Ghost Ranch of 1934, gifting us with its beauty as seen through the eyes of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Although...

Fiction / Historical

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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

To retrieve history we need rigour, integrity, unsparing devotion and an impulse to scepticism. To retrieve the past, we require all those virtues, and something more. If we want added value...

Fiction / Historical

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Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor

Set on a fictional Welsh island in 1938, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor introduces its reader to eighteen-year-old Manod Llan, a lifelong islander, who feels a deep attachment to her small...

Fiction / Historical

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Clear by Carys Davies

“The Welsh writer Carys Davies has, over the course of three impeccably elegant novels to date, revealed herself as a model of restraint. Each book has been short and concise, with...

Fiction

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Beloved by Toni Morrison

“Something that is loved is never lost.”                ― Toni Morrison, Beloved In observation of Banned Books Week 2023, I decided to treat myself and reread Beloved by my favorite author, Toni...