A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooks / Recommended Reads18th-century / American heroine / American Revolution / class differences / Diana-Norman / England / revenge-plot / War / Military5 Comments
Dear Mrs. Norman, Some reviews might lead readers to think this book is dry, historical fiction. But I feel those reviewers would be doing readers a disservice. These characters came alive for me. The times and places seemed real. Your descriptions are so deft that for a day I was ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical Romances / medieval4 Comments
Dear Mr Wainwright, Your debut novel The Adventures of Alianore Audley is a brilliantly funny, subversive spoof that shouldn’t be missed. Elizabeth Chadwick recommended this book on another list and it was well worth the effort to track down. I try to tell people to imagine a female Blackadder intelligence ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Readsancient-greece / classic literature / greek mythology / Historical2 Comments
Dear Ms. Levigne, What a wonderful historical novel you’ve written. It took me straight back to my early teenage years devouring every book I could find on Greek myths and mythology and Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Though I did wait until college before reading the Aeneid. But I digress…. I ... more >