Victorine is about Victorine Meurent, an accomplished but forgotten painter who posed nude for Edouard Manet’s most famous, controversial paintings such as Olympia and The Picnic in Paris. History has forgotten (until …
[review] Songbird by Karen Heenan [blog tour]
Songbird is a stand-alone historical fiction novel set in the court of King Henry VIII. The story revolves around a young girl, Bess, as she comes of age in a notoriously …
[review] The Case of the Curious Client by T.G. Campbell
The Case of the Curious Client is the first book in the Bow Street Society mystery series by T.G. Campbell. This mystery series is set in the Victorian era and …
[review] The Course of All Treasons by Suzanne M. Wolfe
The Course of All Treasons is the follow-up to A Murder by Any Name, one of my favourite discoveries of 2019. I was, obviously, very excited to see if the sequel …
[review] Katherine – Tudor Duchess by Tony Riches [blog tour]
Katherine – Tudor Duchess is the third book in Tony Riches’ Brandon Trilogy. Since the Tudor/Elizabethan eras are my favourite historical fiction to read, I jumped at the chance to …
[review] Shadows of Hemlock by K.M. Pohlkamp
Shadows of Hemlock is the worthy sequel to K.M. Pohlkamp’s award-winning novel, Apricots and Wolfsbane. Both of these books feature a strong female assassin in Tudor England. That one line …
[review] The Dead Don’t Wait by Michael Jecks
The Dead Don’t Wait is an interesting historical mystery set during the reign of Queen Mary. This is the fourth book in the series, but the first one that I …
[review] The Queen of Warriors by Zenobia Neil [blog tour]
The Queen of Warriors, Alexandra of Sparta, vowed her sword and her heart to the goddess Artemis. And the goddess blessed her. But no warrior lives at peace, and soon, …