Best Historical Fiction

The early 1960’s… America had elected the youngest President in U.S. history. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" was the challenge issued to young and old alike. Nightly news brought rioting and violence into our homes, either supporting or opposing Black civil rights. Through the miracle of television, taped footage showed our President being killed, then TV broadcast it’s first live murder days later. The peanut butter and jelly sandwich days... Read Full Story

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane Throughout his excellent private detective series and his superlative stand-alone mysteries, Mystic River and Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane has explored how individuals become who they are. This theme is also the bedrock of The Given Day, Lehane's most ambitious novel. While it retains some elements of crime fiction, The Given Day leaps into historical fiction with ease and grace, exploring the beginnings of the 20th century and culminating in the 1919 Boston... Read Full Story

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Join Boston Globe bestselling author David S. Brody as he travels the blogosphere in April 2009 with Pump Up Your Book Promotion Public Relations on his first virtual book tour to talk about his latest suspense/thriller novel, Cabal of the Westford Knight . While trying to help an elderly couple save their home, attorney Cameron Thorne is thrust into a bloody tug-of-war involving secret societies, treasure hunters and keepers of the secrets of the Jesus bloodline... Read Full Story

I’ve always been fascinated by the past. Ancient civilizations, mysterious ruins, grand temples, and archaeological sites – they all provide a window into helping us understand the past. But how much do we really know? When did Native Americans really arrive in the New World and how? Did the Egyptians sail to other parts of the world and teach other civilizations how to build giant pyramids? Were the Portuguese the first to sail around the world and map it? These intriguing questions have... Read Full Story

The Innocent Traitor I've always been a fan of historical fiction. Not only do they give you a personal, unique perspective on how that period in history might have unfolded, but it also lets you relive that period in time - at least in your mind. The history of England is one of those periods where historical fiction almost does a better job then straight history books. The interpersonal relationships between the royal family, the political jestering of the elite class, and the social... Read Full Story

The Olympics are coming to China this summer and a lot of eyes are on the country as it emerges as a world power. China now is responsible for 14% of the world’s economy, and consumes over half of the global demand for metal and one-third the demand for oil. There are over 1 billion people living in China, and the population keeps growing each year. So how did China come to be such a giant in the world simply beyond being the fourth largest country in the world? This is an especially... Read Full Story

The Journey I'm a big fan of stories that cover the early pioneer days of U.S. history. Growing up reading the Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, I always pictured myself traveling west across the vast expanses of untamed wilderness, through the big woods of the Midwest and across the Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Well, I never did - simply because I live in the Rocky Mountains - but I still love stories that cover this amazing time in the history of the United... Read Full Story

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So I have a lot of interests when it comes to reading. Throughout much of my childhood, I focused on Nancy Drew , Trixie Belden , Cherry Ames , Bobbsey Twins - see a pattern here? Also anything with horses, like Misty . My love for mysteries continues, but I've found a few other genres that fascinate me. Among these is historical fiction . I think if I had to do it again now, I'd major in history. And one of my favorite time periods is ancient Rome . OK, that isn't really a time period. But... Read Full Story

As we close off April and kick off May, a few friends and fans prodded me to do an end of month round up to mark the 2 month ‘anniversary’ of Laura Reviews. But how can I pick the best? I like them all. I have to because I wrote them. So, I put it back on them to pick their five favorite posts from April. Instead, they picked six, and one from March, because we don’t do anything by the book at Laura Reviews. A quick refresher for old-time fans and new readers - everything at Laura Reviews is... Read Full Story