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Historical Fiction December 2021 |
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For your convenience, beginning in January we will be consolidating our newsletters into one, all-encompassing newsletter. Suggestions from each individual genre will now be included in the new newsletter format on a rotating basis. The separate newsletters for these genres are now discontinued. |
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| Small Pleasures by Clare ChambersWhat it's about: Journalist Jean Swinney's dull life in the suburbs of 1950s London gets turned upside down (for good and ill) when she's sent to report on Gretchen Tilbury, a woman who claims her daughter is the result of a virgin birth.
For fans of: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue; The Stolen Child by Lisa Carey.
Reviewers say: The characters in Small Pleasures "provoke so much empathy, readers may have trouble remembering that they’re fictional" (Booklist). |
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| The Prince of the Skies by Antonio IturbeWhat it's about: the life and work of French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of the renowned novella The Little Prince.
Why you might like it: Author Antonio Iturbe portrays the glamour and drama in Saint-Exupéry's life in an atmospheric tone and rich details.
Reviewers say: "Saint-Ex, his colleagues, and their loves come to life in a novel that would do the author of The Little Prince proud" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian MillerWhat it's about: the solitary life of Sven Ormson, a Swede who banishes himself to life in the Arctic after a disfiguring polar bear attack, and the people (and dog!) who change his life for the better when they arrive some time in 1916.
Read it for: the reflective tone, leisurely pace, and Sven's likeable, introspective narration.
Reviewers say: "Sven’s ugliness is only skin-deep, and readers will love the beauty and depth of his story" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Rizzio by Denise MinaWhat it is: a compelling, atmospheric thriller that revisits the violent murder of David Rizzio, the Italian secretary and royal favorite of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Why you might like it: Despite its fast pace and intricate plotting, Rizzio also presents readers with a cast of well-developed characters and explores what led them to commit their fateful crime.
For fans of: The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips, another tale of an outsider moving in Scottish royal circles. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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