Title: Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter Author: Lizzie Pook Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Mantle Publication Date: 3rd March 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: 1886, BANNIN BAY, AUSTRALIA. The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining … Continue reading Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook – Blog Tour Review
Tag: Historical Fiction
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Embroidered Book Author: Kate Heartfield Genre: Historical Fantasy Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: 17th February 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: ‘Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more difficult, that’s all’ 1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives … Continue reading The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield – Blog Tour Review
Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
Title: Devotion Author: Hannah Kent Genre: Literary/Historical Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne … Continue reading Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen – Book Review
Title: Land of Snow and Ashes Author: Petra Rautiainen Translator: David Hackston Publisher: Pushkin Press Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Finnish Lapland, 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death, he struggles to hold on to his humanity. … Continue reading Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen – Book Review
Blackout by Simon Scarrow – Blog Tour – Book Review
Title: Blackout Author: Simon Scarrow Genre: Historical Thriller / Crime Publisher: Headline Publication Date: 16th September 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, … Continue reading Blackout by Simon Scarrow – Blog Tour – Book Review
Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig – Book Review
Title: Rose Nicolson Author: Andrew Greig Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Riverrun Publication Date: 5th August 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Embra, winter of 1574. Queen Mary has fled Scotland, to raise an army from the French. Her son and heir, Jamie is held under protection in Stirling Castle. John Knox is dead. The people are … Continue reading Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig – Book Review
The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Master of Measham Hall Author: Anna Abney Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Duckworth Publication Date: 15th July 2021 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and now the Great Plague engulfs the land. Alethea … Continue reading The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney – Blog Tour Review
The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Metal Heart Author: Caroline Lea Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication Date: 29th April 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Orkney, 1940. Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands. Resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters Dorothy and Constance. Already … Continue reading The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea – Blog Tour Review
People Like Us by Louise Fein – Book Review
Title: People Like Us Author: Louise Fein Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Head of Zeus Publication Date: 7th May 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Leipzig, 1930s Germany Hetty Heinrich is a perfect German child. Her father is an SS officer, her brother in the Luftwaffe, herself a member of the BDM. She believes resolutely in her … Continue reading People Like Us by Louise Fein – Book Review
The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood – Book Review
Title: The Hiding Game Author: Naomi Wood Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 11th July 2019 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. Eccentric and alluring, the more time Paul spends with his new … Continue reading The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood – Book Review
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