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B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / Historical / Historical fiction / Rome1 Comments
Dear Ms. George, The Splendor Before the Dark is your epic sequel to The Confessions of Young Nero, which I reviewed previously. I found it to be a touching, beautiful, sweeping story; and, like Confessions, it is very long—581 pages in the print version. I commend you for your heroic ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArgentina / Historical fiction / World War 22 Comments
Dear Ellen Keith: We often ask ourselves, what would I do if I lived in a period of horror like the Holocaust? Would I save people? Would I be like Captain America or Oskar Schindler? Am I a Good Person? Most of like us to think this. It comforts us, ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / bride / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / YA3 Comments
Dear Catherine Faris King: We should all know the story of Scheherazade, right? It’s the frame story of the Arabian Nights, and famous enough in its own right. Once there was a murderous king, who, after he finds his first wife to be unfaithful, marries dozens of women, murdering every ... more >
Book Reviews / C- ReviewsArtist / cartoons / European-Historical / France / French-Revolution / Georgian / Historical fiction / nurse6 Comments
Dear Ms. Coffman, There’s something uniquely disappointing about reading a bad book from a favorite author. I felt this way recently after reading your historical novel, Veronique, after years of reading your wonderful Gothic romances—Moura and The Alpine Coach are wonderful, but my favorite is The Dark Palazzo, a dreamy, ... more >
Book Reviews / D Reviews17th-century / countess / France / Historical fiction / historical romance26 Comments
Dear Serge and Anne Golon, I have long heard about Angelique, your big romantic bestseller from 1957, when I was a little kid in the ‘80s. Even in the ‘80s, the books from the series always sat moldering on shelves in the used bookstores of my hometown, and they looked ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Readsancient-Rome / Historical3 Comments
Dear Margaret George: I had the pleasure of being given a copy of your new epic novel, The Confessions of Young Nero. Admittedly I was skeptical about it. As strange as it sounds, I have been a Nero fan as long as I can remember. I always had the feeling ... more >