by envisionmg | Oct 22, 2015 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jim Reviews, Staff Review
By Jim I admit I picked up this book because of the cover. I first saw it on the new book display by the circulation desk in the lobby (if you haven’t checked that display out you really should, there are a lot of gems there). And everything on the cover of The...
by envisionmg | Sep 25, 2015 | Historical Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim One of the things I’m always on the look out for is historical fiction set in an under represented time periods and locations. Elsa Hart’s Jade Dragon Mountain fits both of those categories. This is Hart’s first novel and it is set in 1708 in...
by envisionmg | Jun 22, 2015 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jen The Vintner’s Daughter transports us back to the 1800’s and into vineyard life offering a bit of romance, tragedy and an interesting look into the wine-making process during this time so long ago. Kristen Harnish’s research and affection for...
by envisionmg | Jun 15, 2015 | Historical Fiction, Patron Recommendations
About the book: “We all make mistakes. Some we can fix. But what happens when we can’t? Decades ago, as Nazi planes dominated the sky, Lily Verner made a terrible choice. She’s tried to forget, but now an unexpected event pulls her back to the 1940s...
by envisionmg | Apr 15, 2015 | Historical Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim On the surface, Perez-Reverte’s The Siege is an historical fiction mystery set in Cadiz, Spain during the siege of that city by a Napoleonic army. However the story has much more depth and complexity than a straight-up murder mystery....
by envisionmg | Apr 10, 2015 | Historical Fiction, History, Non-fiction
If you are like most fans of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall series you’ve been climbing the walls waiting for PBS to release the BBC miniseries (which they’ve been watching in England for months the lucky devils). But there’s a problem you can only...
