Title: This Mortal Boy Author: Fiona Kidman Genre: Fiction (based on real events) Publisher: Gallic Books Publication Date: 1st August 2019 Cover: Summary: Auckland, October 1955. If young Paddy Black sings to himself he can almost see himself back home in Belfast. Yet, less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of … Continue reading This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman – Review
Tag: Historical Fiction
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead – ARC Review
Title: The Nickel Boys Author: Colson Whitehead Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Fleet UK Publication Date: 1st August 2019 Cover: Summary: from publisher Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clearsighted grandmother, Elwood … Continue reading The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead – ARC Review
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins – Review
Title: The Confessions of Frannie Langton Author: Sara Collins Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 4th April 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 'They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done?' 1826, and all … Continue reading The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins – Review
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Title: The Glass Woman Author: Caroline Lea Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin UK - Micheal Joseph Publication Date: February 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new … Continue reading The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
Title: Invitation to a Bonfire Author: Adrienne Celt Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Cover: Summary: from Amazon A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having … Continue reading Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
Title: The Mercy Seat Author: Elizabeth H. Winthrop Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
Title: The Hunters Author: Kat Gordon Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Borough Press, out May 31st Summary: Sweeping, evocative and sumptuously told, The Hunters is a dramatic coming-of-age story, a complex portrayal of first love and family loyalty and a passionate reimagining of the Happy Valley set in all their glory and notoriety. Theo Miller is … Continue reading The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
