Mara Faye Lethem), Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpí, Open Letter (faux-historical romp about a real-life conquistador who founded New Catalonia in the wilds of Venezuela)Ĭharlotte Betts, The Fading of the Light, Piatkus (historical saga) Melanie Benjamin, The Children’s Blizzard, Delacorte (a story of courage on the prairie, inspired by the devastating storm that struck the Great Plains in 1888) Marie Benedict, The Mystery of Mrs Christie, Sourcebooks Landmark (1920s – explores one strong woman’s successful endeavor to write her own narrative and take her history into her own hands) Beller, Faith’s Mountain Home, Bethany House (3 rd in Hearts of Montana romance series) Jenny Ashcroft, Meet Me in Bombay, SMP (romance set in Bombay, India, 1913)Ĭharles Belfoure, The Fabergé Secret, Severn House (historical adventure journeying from the gilded ballrooms of Imperial Russia to the grim violence of the pogroms) Clarissa Botsford), The Children’s Train, HarperVia (based on true events – about poor children from the south sent to live with families in the north to survive deprivation and the harsh winters) Gina Apostol, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Soho Press (story of a visually impaired member of a 19th-c anti-Spanish Philippine revolutionary society) Susan Andersen, The Ballad of Hattie Taylor, Berkley (coming-of-age Western) Rose Alexander, Along the Endless River, Canelo (1890 – when her husband dies suddenly on the treacherous waters of the Amazon, a pregnant Katharine must decide whether or not to continue his dream, alone) Other than short excerpts, please link to this page rather than copying the entries – thank you!Īnita Abriel, Lana’s War, Atria (story of a young woman recruited to be a spy for the resistance on the French Riviera during World War II) Details are compiled by Fiona Sheppard (US, CAN, UK, AUS) and are based on publisher descriptions.

The Historical Novel Society lists mainstream and small press historical titles for books set in eras up to the early 1970s.

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