Q&A with Robert Parry on his novel Wildish
Q&A with Robert Parry on his novel Wildish Comment to be entered in a giveaway: 1 paperback or ebook (winner’s choice) Ends May, 20, 2013, Open Worldwide Wildish is set in Georgian England, under King…
review: Wildish by Robert Parry
Set in Georgian England during the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, this is the story of Matthew Wildish, Master Wig Maker, socialite and something of a ladies’ man. Though he is not a titled gentleman, he…
giveaway: The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones
The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf The explosive and controversial debut novel by a major new voice in fiction… Meet Tristan Hart, a brilliant young man of means. The year…
Fact and Fiction: Emma, Lady Hamilton
Emma Hamilton, celebrated mistress of British Naval hero, Horatio Nelson, is only a minor character in A Royal Likeness by Christine Trent, but made a positive impression on this reader. I could tell there were…
review: Annette Vallon by James Tipton
Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution by James Tipton Set during the tumultuous French Revolution, this story revolves around a young upper-class, though untitled, lady named Annette Vallon. An unfortunate incident during her…
review: All for Love by Amanda Elyot
All for Love: The Scandalous Life and Times of Royal Mistress Mary Robinson by Amanda Elyot Actress, poetess, novelist, essayist, playwright — Mrs. Mary Robinson was all of these as well as a devoted wife…
review: Madame du Barry by Jean Plaidy
Madame du Barry by Jean Plaidy This is the story of Jeanne Becu, most famously known as Madame du Barry, mistress to Louis XV of France in the last years of his reign and the…
review: Finding Emilie by Laurel Corona
Finding Emilie by Laurel Corona Set in the decades leading up to the French Revolution, this is a story of two women: Emilie du Chatelet, the love of the famed French writer and philosopher Voltaire,…
review: The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Isabelle, a lacemaker’s daughter, lives a poor and somewhat miserable life until, delivering lace to a noble at the palace, she is noticed by the queen,…
review: Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey The first in a trilogy, this is a rare look at Marie Antoinette’s early years, and is told in her unaffected and refreshingly naive perspective. Growing up in the…
review: Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran Chronicling the famous wax figure maker’s years in France during the French Revolution, this novel gives a panoramic view of the Reign of Terror from a unique perspective. Marie Grosholtz…
review: The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap
The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap Set in 1779 Vienna, Theresa is the daughter of a respected violinist under renowned composer Haydn. On Christmas Eve the family is shocked to find their much loved husband…
Interview with Juliet Grey
Inspired by her latest novel, DAYS OF SPLENDOR, DAYS OF SORROW, I posed these questions to the author, Juliet Grey, on writing and the French Revolution. If you haven’t picked up this novel yet, I…
review: Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow by Juliet Grey
Juliet Grey, along with Amanda Elyot, is a pen name belonging to the lovely and talented Leslie Carroll—one of my favorite historical novelists. Having read seven of her books thus far, fiction and non-fiction, I…
review: Darcy’s Story by Janet Aylmer
Darcy’s Story by Janet Aylmer This is the story of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice as related by the character of Mr. Darcy—nothing new to the incredibly prolific sub-genre of Austen variations, but possibly one…
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