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Historical Fiction April 2025 |
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The Tiffany girls : a novel by Shelley NobleIn 1899 Manhattan, three “Tiffany Girls,” women responsible for much of the design and construction of Tiffany's extraordinary glassworks, are brought together by chance, driven by their desire to be artists in one of the only ways acceptable for women in their time.
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The life of Herod the Great : a novel by Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston's unpublished novel offers a reimagined portrayal of Herod the Great, not as the notorious villain of the New Testament, but as a philosophical and visionary king who brought prosperity to Judea during a tumultuous period of war and imperial expansion in the first century BCE.
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Isola : a novel by Allegra GoodmanInspired by a real 16th-century heroine, an orphaned and betrayed young woman, Marguerite, is marooned on a desolate island with her lover, where she must confront nature's harshness and her own strength in a desperate fight for survival.
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Shy creatures : a novel by Clare ChambersIn 1964 Croydon, art therapist Helen Hansford, involved in a secret affair with a married doctor, becomes intrigued by William Tapping, a mute artist discovered living in isolation with his deceased aunts; as she uncovers his past, her own life starts to unravel.
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The lotus shoes : a novel by Jane YangIn 19th-century China, Little Flower, a maidservant with bound feet and a rare talent for embroidery, navigates life under the cruel daughter of the Fong family, but when scandal casts them both into the Celibate Sisterhood, her newfound status attracts deadly risks and tests of loyalty.
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One good thing by Georgia HunterIn occupied Italy, Jewish best friends Lili and Esti hide war orphans in a convent where they forge false papers for the Underground, and when Esti is critically injured, she asks Lili to go on the run with her son Theo through Nazi-occupied villages toward Allied territory.
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| The Jackal's Mistress by Chris BohjalianWith her Confederate husband in a Union prison, Libby Steadman runs their gristmill in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, helped only by her 12-year-old niece, a 60-year-old freedman, and his freed wife. Libby faces many dangers as war surrounds her, especially when she hides an injured Union officer. |
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The stolen queen : a novel by Fiona DavisIn 1978, as a valuable Egyptian artifact disappears during the Met Gala, Met curator Charlotte Cross and young assistant Annie Jenkins embark on a high-stakes search that leads them to Egypt, where Charlotte must confront an ancient curse and the haunting tragedy of her past.
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Homeseeking by Karissa ChenSeparated by war and reunited after 60 years, Haiwen and Suchi navigate decades of love, loss and survival across continents, as their shared past clashes with their hopes for a second chance at life.
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The granddaughter : a novel by Bernhard SchlinkBirgit and Kaspar flee East Berlin in 1964 for love and freedom, but after Birgit's death, Kaspar discovers she abandoned a child, prompting a search that leads him into the heart of a neo-Nazi settlement, where he meets a woman who might be Birgit's lost granddaughter.
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