Tag Archives: historical novel

'Mistress Suffragette' by Diana Forbes is a historical novel set in the Gilded Age. A chronicle of a woman ahead of her time, struggling for her own independence, it's a rich and delightful read.

This novel about the biblical King David gives strong personalities to the women of the story, who in the texts are mostly merely wives, pawns, and victims. And the richness of the flowing prose matches Brooks's heightened imaginative powers.

Interview with author S.W. 'Connell, creator of the Yankee Doodle Spies series and "The Cavalier Spy".

Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies now available in paperback.

Definitely recommended if you enjoy historical novels, or are interested in First Wave feminism.

Booker Prize novel takes a new look at Thomas Cromwell.

Historical novel brings elephants to England in the 18th century.

This historical novel fails to quite come to terms with a great character of history.

Politics is a lonely, desperate life, that ends only in failure. Something to look forward to!