Tomorrow by Damian Dibben Tomorrow is the story of a 217-year-old dog in search of his lost master. For 127 years he has waited in Venice, hoping every day for his master’s return. But he has waited in vain… until one day Tomorrow senses his presence and embarks on a journey to find him. As he…
Category: Historical Fiction
The Alice Network
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn In 1947, young Charlie St. Clair, pregnant and unmarried, travels to Europe with her mother to have her “Little Problem” taken care of. As it happens, Charlie has also come up with a plan to escape her mother and search for her cousin Rose, who disappeared during World War II. When…
Only Killers and Thieves
Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth In 1885, brothers Tommy and Billy McBride come home one afternoon after swimming in a remote waterhole to find a devastating tragedy. Enraged and thirsting for revenge, they turn to sly and cunning John Sullivan, their father’s former employer and the wealthiest landowner in the region. Sullivan forms…
Dragon Teeth
Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton It is 1876 and arrogant, entitled William Johnson is attending Yale as a freshman. On a dare from his chief student rival at the University, he joins a summer expedition led by the notoriously eccentric paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh. Marsh becomes convinced that William is a spy for his sworn…
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Young Anna Kerrigan travels one day with her father to meet Dexter Styles, a man her father seems very anxious to impress and who appears to play a vital role in her family’s survival. Several years later, Anna’s father has disappeared, and Anna is working at the Brooklyn Naval Yard…
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys It is the winter of 1945. Four teenagers of different nationalities, each with their own dangerous secrets, converge onto the same path as they fight to get aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise ship used for military transport, which many believe is the path to safety and…
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan Seventeen-year-old Pino Lella is living happily in Italy and has no intention of becoming involved in the war. But when his home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, he is sent to Casa Alpina, where he joins an underground railroad that helps Jews escape from the Nazis…
The Orphan’s Tale
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff The Orphan’s Tale is the story of two women in the middle of World War II. Noa, a sixteen-year-old girl who was thrown out by her family after her affair with a German officer resulted in a pregnancy, has recently had her baby taken from her. When she sees…
The Nightingale
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Nightingale is the story of two young women in France during World War II – Vianne Mauriac and her rebellious sister Isabelle. It is 1939 and Vianne is living in Carriveau when her husband Antoine is drafted into the army to serve as a soldier in the Front. At…
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett When I first started reading this book, I thought it was interesting. I also liked big books, and this is a big book. However, when I hit what must have been about page 100, everything changed. I read a whole page devoted to a sexual scene. After…
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