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...
by envisionmg | Apr 1, 2015 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Reading Lists
May 7 will be the 100 anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania (see Chris’s review of Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy and the End of the Edwardian Age) by German U-20 off the Irish coast. Like a lot of anniversaries of major historical events this one has spawned...
by envisionmg | Mar 25, 2015 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Today In History
The Today In History Reading List is a list of books, fiction and non-fiction, to go along with some of the events that happened today. 421 Traditional Date Given for the Founding of Venice No one knows the actual founding date of Venice but it is traditionally held...
