Historical Fiction Reviews (Feb 1 – 12)
A round up of the reviews I’ve reposted for the social media promotion #FebruarySheWrote, highlighting women writers. I’ve focused on historical fiction authors for this month (primarily), and these are all reviews I’ve written, either for this website, or for Discovering Diamonds.
The War In Our Hearts: WWI fiction. ‘The depiction of {Jamie’s} troubled, doubting soul and the courage and resilience of Aveline are the centrepieces of this debut novel’
Discerning Grace: 19th C High Seas adventure. ‘an admirable debut novel, and a beguiling blend of historical fiction and women’s fiction.’
Summer Warrior: 12th C Scotland. ‘both entertaining and informative; a book to be enjoyed.’
Dear Comrade Novak: 20th C Romania. ‘one of the most devastatingly honest and brutal books I have ever read, yet I could not put it down. ‘
The Unseen/The Jealous: ‘mystics and mysteries in 10th-century Baghdad’
A Wider World: Tudor. ‘prose as close to perfect as it comes, and settings and history thoroughly researched but conveyed with a light touch,’
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