Category: Historical Fiction


Review: The Girl Who Fought Napoleon by Linda Lafferty

Review: The Girl Who Fought Napoleon by Linda Lafferty

Title: The Girl Who Fought Napoleon: A Novel of the Russian Empire Author: Linda Lafferty Publication: September 20th 2016 by Lake Union Publishing Genre: Historical FictionPurchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository  Rating: 2/5 In a sweeping story straight out of Russian history, Tsar Alexander I and a courageous girl named Nadezhda Durova join forces against Napoleon. […]


ARC Review: The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

ARC Review: The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

Title: The Witchfinder’s Sister Author: Beth UnderdownPublication: March 2nd 2017 by Viking Genre: Historical FictionPurchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Kobo Rating: 3/5 A thrilling debut novel, a literary historical thriller based on the devastating witch hunts in 1640s England conducted by “Witchfinder General” Matthew Hopkins—for readers of Sarah Waters and Katherine Howe. […]


ARC Review: The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer by Lucille Turner

ARC Review: The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer by Lucille Turner

Title: The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer Author: Lucille TurnerPublication: November 19th 2016 by Hengist Press Genre: Historical FictionPurchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository Rating: 5/5 When Vlad Dracula arrives at the court of the Ottoman Sultan, Murad II, his life is turned upside down. His father, Dracul, cannot protect him, and he must battle […]


{Blog Tour} Review: Roma Amor: A Novel of Caligula’s Rome by Sherry Christie + Giveaway (US Only)

{Blog Tour} Review: Roma Amor: A Novel of Caligula’s Rome by Sherry Christie + Giveaway (US On..

Title: Roma Amor: A Novel of Caligula’s Rome Author: Sherry ChristiePublication: April 15, 2016 by Bexley House Books Genre: Historical FictionPurchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | IndieBound Rating: 5/5 READ EXCERPT Marcus Carinna hears a voice whisper, “Your turn,” as he rides past his family tomb. An unseen presence also startles the Germanic priestess Aurima, whom he […]


Blog Tour ~ Review: Katharina Luther: Nun, Rebel, Wife by Anne Boileau

Blog Tour ~ Review: Katharina Luther: Nun, Rebel, Wife by Anne Boileau

Title: Katharina Luther: Nun, Rebel, WifeAuthor: Anne BoileauPublication: October 4th 2016 by Clink Street Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction Purchase: Amazon UK | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Rating: 4/5 On 31st October 1517, Martin Luther pinned ninety-five theses on the Castle Church door, Wittenberg, criticizing the Church of Rome; they were printed and published by Lucas […]


Blog Tour ~ Review: The Learn by Tony Halker

Blog Tour ~ Review: The Learn by Tony Halker

Title: The LearnAuthor: Tony HalkerPublication: September 29th 2016 by Clink Street Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction Purchase: Amazon UK | Amazon US | Foyles Rating: 2/5 Blending reality, history and legend, about a time when women were considered as important as men, taking power in an oral society that worships the Goddess. A whole Celtic Druid world […]