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2006-07-01
Austin, Lynn Faith of My Fathers:  Biblical Fiction about King Manasseh's Reign
Faith of My Fathers, by Lynn Austin, continues the “Chronicles of the Kings” series about the Old Testament kings.  After covering the life of Hezekiah in the previous three books, Faith of My Fathers begins the story of the next generation:  Hezekiah’s son Manasseh, and Joshua son of the palace administrator Eliakim. 
2005-03-15 Austin, Lynn Gods and Kings: Young Prince Hezekiah
Lynn Austin’s novel Gods and Kings begins a new series "Chronicles of the Kings," telling the story of the Kings of Old Testament Judah. Drawing on material from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, the author tells a story filled with danger and tragedy in a world of apostates and martyrs. Through excellent story-telling, Gods and Kings portrays a world not all that different from our own.
2001-12-01 Austin, Lynn  Hidden Places: A Farm Family During the Great Depression
 Hidden Places, a historical fiction novel by Lynn Austin, vi...
2005-07-01 Austin, Lynn Song of Redemption: King Hezekiah's Days
Lynn Austin continues her “Chronicles of the Kings” series about the life of King Hezekiah, with the second installment, Song of Redemption.  Picking up immediately where Gods and Kings ended, it tells a story of Hezekiah’s first years as King of Judah.  He learns again the true faith, from his grandfather Zechariah, and struggles with his own attitudes toward God, longing for the strong faith his grandfather has, even as he questions his own motives for his early decisions.
2006-01-01 Austin, Lynn The Strength of His Hand:  Chronicles of the Kings, #3
Lynn Austin continues her “Chronicles of the Kings” series with The Strength of His Hand, the third in this series.  This novel covers Hezekiah’s later years as king, beginning with his serious illness from which he miraculously recovered and was granted another 15 years. 
2005-04-15 Bell, James Scott
Glimpses of Paradise: 1920s Los Angeles
Glimpses of Paradise, by James Scott Bell, is a stand-alone novel that brings more of  Bell’s historical fiction: early 20th century Los Angeles and courtroom drama.Starting in 1916 in rural Nebraska, the story follows the lives of two young people – Doyle Lawrence, son of a well-to-do lawyer; and Zee Miller, a wild preacher’s daughter.  
 2001-09-15 Bernardi, Adria  The Day Laid on the Altar: A Review
 The Day Laid on the Altar has no plot in the ordinary sense;...
2002-07-15 Blackwell, Lawana The Maiden of Mayfair: An Orphan's Story in Victorian England
Lawana Blackwell’s novel, The Maiden of Mayfair (first in the Tales of London series), tells a heartwarming story about a young girl living in an orphanage in the slums of London in 1870.
2003-02-15 Blackwell, Lawana Catherine's Heart: A Victorian Romance
Lawana Blackwell continues her historical fiction "Tales of London" series with Catherine's Heart, the follow-up to the tender and sweet Maiden of Mayfair story. It is now 1880, and Sarah and William, and Naomi and Daniel (Sarah's father), live quite comfortably, even enjoying the very newest technology of the day -- telephones. The story now focuses on Sarah's cousin, Catherine...
2004-06-01 Blackwell, Lawana Leading Lady: The Continuing Tales of London
Lawana Blackwell’s Leading Lady is the third installment in her "Tales of London" series. This story continues the Rayborn family saga begun in Maiden of Mayfair and continued in Catherine’s Heart. Jumping ahead over a decade, we now meet the younger generation as young adults in 1897: Catherine’s younger sister, Jewel; Sarah’s half-sister Bethia; and nemesis Muriel Pearce...
2005-12-15 Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks is set in seventeenth century England during the time of the plague.  The novel is based on the real village of Eyam, Derbyshire, in the Pennine Mountains.  Members of the small village begin dying one by one as the plague seeps into their town in the year 1666.  
2004-12-01 Brooks, Patricia Reiss
Mountain Shadows: Regional Fiction about the Adirondacks
Mountain Shadows, by Patricia Reiss Brooks, is an interesting regional historical fiction novel that highlights a unique period in American history. Through the setting – upper New York State in 1926 – we get a look at both the Prohibition-era "rum runners" and the tuberculosis "cure cottages" of Saranac Lake.
2004-10-15 Bunn, T. Davis & Isabella The Innocent Libertine: Early America and the Westward Expansion
T. Davis and Isabella Bunn’s "Heirs of Acadia" series continues, with its second installment, The Innocent Libertine. One of the minor characters from the first book (The Solitary Envoy), then an impish 8-year-old, Abigail Aldridge, is now a young adult in 1824.
2004-02-15 Bunn, T. Davis & Isabella The Solitary Envoy: Heirs of Acadia
The Solitary Envoy, by T. Davis and Isabella Bunn, begins a new series, "Heirs of Acadia," a series-sequel to the "Song of Acadia" series by Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn. Beginning with this story set during and shortly after the War of 1812, we follow the adventures of the Acadian family descendants.
2004-06-15 Cavanaugh, Jack Above All Earthly Powers: Exciting Conclusion to "Songs in the Night"
Above All Earthly Powers, by Jack Cavanaugh, brings the International Historical Fiction series "Songs in the Night" to a conclusion. The first two books, While Mortals Sleep and His Watchful Eye, told the story of German Christians living in Nazi Germany during the 1940s, up to the end of World War II. Now we revisit the Schumacher family and the "Hadamar Six" children -- over 15 years later, in Communist East Germany.
 2001-08-04 Cavanaugh, Jack  Colonial South Africa of the Eighteenth Century
 Visit Dutch South Africa of the early 18th century, with the...
2002-11-15 Cavanaugh, Jack His Watchful Eye: German Christians During World War II
His Watchful Eye, Jack Cavanaugh's sequel to the Christy-Award winning While Mortals Sleep, begins three years after the first book ends, in the fall of 1943, and continues until the war's end in April 1945. This story has a decidedly darker tone. Though Hitler reigned in the first book, Berlin had not yet seen the devastation of war and harder times.
 2001-06-23 Cavanaugh, Jack  Introductory Historical Fiction: Jack Cavanaugh's "American Family Portrait" Series
 In this eight-book series of historical fiction, Cavanaugh p...
 2001-08-15 Cavanaugh, Jack  John Wycliffe's English Bible Translation: Glimpses of Truth
 Glimpses of Truth, a historical fiction novel, tells a story...
2004-01-01 Cavanaugh, Jack Beyond the Sacred Page: William Tyndale's Bible
Jack Cavanaugh’s Beyond the Sacred Page continues his "Book of Books" series, which began with Glimpses of Truth....It is the well-known time of Henry VIII, and the last year of Queen Anne Boleyn’s life. The Protestant Reformation, begun less than 20 years before in Germany, is the big topic of discussion throughout Europe.
 2001-07-07  Cavanaugh, Jack  Pilgrims, Puritans and the Spies of England
 As most Americans know, the early American Pilgrims and Puri...
 2001-08-25 Cavanaugh, Jack  South Africa: the Dutch Boers Great Trek
 Quest for the Promised Land, Jack Cavanaugh's second book in...
 2001-12-06 Cavanaugh, Jack  While Mortals Sleep: Christians in Nazi Germany
 Jack Cavanaugh’s While Mortals Sleep, the first book i...
2002-08-15 Chaikin, Linda Heart of India: William Carey's India
Heart of India, a three-volume historical fiction story by Linda Chaikin, takes place in 1790s India, in the days of British rule. The three books -- Silk, Under Eastern Stars, and Kingscote -- tell a story about Coral Kendall, heirress to a silk plantation in northern India.
2006-02-01 Davis, Michael A.
The Trial of Abraham Hunt: An American Christmas Story
The Trial of Abraham Hunt: An American Christmas Story, by Michael A. Davis, combines a lawyer’s style of writing (the courtroom) with a thorough presentation of a slice of history from the American Revolution.  Abraham Hunt was a wealthy merchant in Trenton, New Jersey in 1776, and a strong patriot in the early days of the American Revolution.
2003-04-22 DuBose, Sara Review: Where Hearts Live
There is something special about the Southern Writer, a special bond with storytelling, a unique style in the weaving of the craft of storytelling. Sara DuBose is as good a southern writer as one would expect to find. Her unique and heartwarming book, Where Hearts Live, is a gem. She paints a picture of Chantilly, Alabama in the early 1950's that changed my mental picture of the deep south being all swamp and heat.
 2002-02-10  Dunn, Carle  The Last Hookers, Vietnam Story: Thank You Lt. Col. Dunn
 Gloria Campbell's review of The Last Hookers, historical fic...
 2001-07-14 Dwyer, John J.  Review -- Stonewall: A Novel (John J. Dwyer, 1998)
 In this excellent work of biographical fiction, Dwyer relate...
2002-06-11 Elmer, Robert "Promise of Zion" Series for Young Readers: Books 3 and 4
Previous reviews have told of the first two books in Robert Elmer’s "Promise of Zion" series. Now, a look at books three and four in the series...
 2002-04-01 Elmer, Robert A Way Through The Sea: Denmark Children During World War II
 The Andersen twins, Peter and Elise, have experienced German soldiers ...
2002-07-01 Elmer, Robert Freedom Trap: "Promise of Zion" Book 5
This book finds Emily on the island of Cypress, visiting the Jews at the refugee camp run by the British.
 2002-02-07 Elmer, Robert  Peace Rebel: Young Teen "Promise of Zion" Continues
 Robert Elmer’s "Peace Rebel" picks up the exciting sto...
 2002-02-01 Elmer, Robert  Promise Breaker: A Young Teen Look at Israel in 1947
 Robert Elmer’s "Promise of Zion" series fo...
2003-08-04 Filegar, James Review: Fathers, Sons and Brothers
James "Gus" Filegar’s new book, Fathers, Sons, and Brothers, Book One, relates the Civil War service of Nathan S. Clark, an Irish immigrant who joins the Twentieth Maine Infantry Regiment in 1862.
2005-04-01 Foster, Feather Schwartz
Ladies: A Conjecture of Personalities
Ladies: A Conjecture of Personalities, by Feather Schwartz Foster, is an interesting, educational and entertaining book.  Not exactly historical fiction, it blends biography with some speculation, through short “autobiographies” from each of the pre-modern First Ladies.
2005-11-10 Foster, Feather Schwartz Garfield's Train:  Personal Presidential History
Garfield’s Train, by Feather Schwartz Foster, brings an entertaining story, rooted in the author’s expertise --U.S.  About President Garfield (1881), who was assassinated during the summer of his first term, the story is told in an interesting, informal manner, as a story-within-a-story.
 2002-01-21  Fullerton, Alexander  Blooding of the Guns: World War I Naval Battle
 Originally published in England in 1976, Blooding of the Gun...
2005-06-15 Gabhart, Ann H.
The Scent of Lilacs: A Family in 1964
The Scent of Lilacs, a new novel by Ann H. Gabhart, gives a look at life for a family in 1964, in rural Kentucky.   David Brooke is a some-time pastor who also runs the local newspaper, while raising his 13-year-old daughter Jocie. 
2003-02-01 Gerlach, Rita Review of "The Rebel's Pledge: A Peak at 17th Century England and America's Maryland
Rita Gerlach has remarkable talent as a writer. She captures the past and makes it live for today's readers. At the same time, she remains true to life in 17th Century Maryland and England during the English rebellion--in dialogue, social mores and historical fact. Rita's characters become like family--you don't want to leave them at the end of her novel...
2003-08-22 Gerlach, Rita Review: Thorns in Eden
Thorns in Eden is perhaps one of the most outstanding books I have read in quite a while. Set in 1773 in Fredericktowne Md and England, this novel takes you into the intimate world of the people trying to birth a free Nation, under God.You become one with their struggles and the very essence of their lives is etched in your heart forever!
2003-12-05 Gerlach, Rita The Everlasting Mountains
As I sat down to begin my read of Ms. Gerlach's sequel to "Thorns In Eden", I sat in anticipation of the words before me, wondering how the author would be able to pen a work finer than the one before. I was not disappointed ... The author begins the story with our young heroine Rebecah finally standing on the soil where her beloved Nash is.
2004-02-01 Glover, Ruth Back Roads to Bliss: The Canadian Frontier
Author Ruth Glover continues her "Saskatchewan Saga" series about Bliss, a small community in Saskatchewan, Canada (near Prince Albert), in the late 19th century, with the next installment -- Back Roads to Bliss. It is the spring of 1898, when we meet the spirited young Allison Middleton, a spoiled wealthy British girl. She attempts to elope, is caught, and banished to Canada as a disobedient child who brought shame to her family.
2005-07-10 Golna, Cornelia
Under Constantinople's Spell
City of Man’s Desire. A Novel of Constantinople, by Cornelia Golna, appeared some months ago, brought out by the small, independent-minded publishing company, Go-Bos Press.
 2002-03-15 Harmon, Daniel Elton  The Chalk Town Train
 Daniel Elton Harmon’s "The Chalk Town Train & Other Ta...
2002-06-21 Heitzmann, Kristen The Tender Vine: Diamond of the Rockies
Diamond of the Rockies, a historical fiction series from Kristen Heitzmann, concludes with The Tender Vine, book 3.
2005-10-01 Hicks, Robert
Widow of the South: A Review
The Widow of the South, by Robert Hicks, takes an in-depth look at a true event from the Civil War. On November 30, 1864, the Battle of Franklin (near Franklin, Tennessee) was fought, with great loss of life. The McGavock family’s Carnton Plantation became a makeshift hospital for the wounded and dying Confederates after this, the bloodiest battle ever during the Civil War.
 2001-09-01 Hunt, Angela Elwell  Dreamers: Biblical Fiction Set in Ancient Egypt
 Angela Elwell Hunt's book Dreamers is the first in a three-p...
 2001-09-29 Hunt, Angela Elwell  Jamestown: A Story Of Early Colonial America
 Jamestown, Angela Elwell Hunt's exciting follow-up to Roanok...
 2001-07-15 Hunt, Angela Elwell  Learn about King Philip's War: Rehoboth
 Angela Elwell Hunt's novel Rehoboth describes in great detai...
 2001-06-30 Hunt, Angela Elwell  Overview of Angela Elwell Hunt's "Keepers of the Ring" Series
 Keepers of the Ring tells the story of successive generation...
2002-05-11 Jackson, Dave & Neta The Mayflower Secret: Introducing the Pilgrims to Young People
The Mayflower Secret, a Trailblazer Series book, tells a story of 13-year-old Elizabeth Tilley and her experiences
2002-12-15 Jackson, Dave & Neta New Trailblazer Books: Blinded by the Shining Path and Risking the Forbidden Game
The Trailblazer Book series, for young readers (ages 8 – 12) introduces two new stories about boys living in vastly different societies and parts of the world, both of whom are impacted by the Christian missionary of their time.
 2002-01-01 Jackson, Dave & Neta  Trailblazer Books: Great Historical Fiction for Children
 The Trailblazer Series introduces young readers (ages 8 to 1...
 2001-10-20 Johnson, Pat  Desperate Times: World War II Alternative History
 First-time novelist Pat Johnson brings an alternative-histor...
2003-11-12 Kelly, Leisha Julia's Hope: A Family Story During the Great Depression
First-time author Leisha Kelly brings a family-centered Christian historical fiction novel set in 1931, with Julia’s Hope. The Wortham family, suddenly homeless after terrible losses, hitchhikes its way from Pennsylvania to Illinois, in hopes of finding work with Samuel’s cousin; yet that small hope falls through. Along the way, they come across an abandoned farmhouse in Illinois and learn to make it home.
2002-11-01 Larson, Elyse The Hope Before Us: Conclusion to World War II Series
Elyse Larson's "Women of Valor" series concludes with its third installment, The Hope Before Us.
Set in France during the fall of 1944, this book looks at France shortly after the Occupation, the early days of liberation. The war is not over yet, and indeed the characters see action that would later be known as the "Battle of the Bulge," but the Germans are generally on the run.
2005-08-01 Leon, Bonnie
The Heart of Thornton Creek:  19th Century Australia
The Heart of Thornton Creek, by Bonnie Leon, begins a new series, "The Queensland Chronicles." Set in 1871, The Heart of Thornton Creek introduces 22-year-old Rebecca Williams, a proud and independent young woman living in Boston. She soon meets Daniel Thornton, an Australian visiting Boston to take care of some legal matters.
2006-01-15 MacLean, Verna
Farewell Rhilochan: The Scottish Highland Clearances
Farewell Rhilochan, by Verna MacLean, is a historical fiction novel about a group of Scottish Highlanders uprooted from their homes during the Highland Clearances of the  early 19th century. 
2004-09-01 Maier, Paul L. The Flames of Rome: Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
The Flames of Rome, by Paul L. Maier and first published in 1981, is an excellently researched historical novel about Rome in the days of Nero, including the years preceding and following the Great Fire of A.D. 64. Beginning in 47 A.D., in the last years of Claudius, the story relates the great political and moral corruption of Rome, and the sordid events surrounding those in Rome’s highest power.
2005-06-01 Maier, Paul L. Pontius Pilate: A Roman Perspective of the Gospel Story
Paul Maier’s Pontius Pilate is an excellent companion novel to Flames of Rome, the “prequel” to the later story of the early church.  ... Pontius Pilate tells the gospel story – from Pontius Pilate’s Roman perspective.  Beginning in A.D. 26, when Pilate was first given a promotion, Prefect of Judea (replacing Gratus), through  Pilate’s later years. . .
 2002-01-11 Miller, Calvin  Shade: 1930 Pennsylvania
 Shade, a 160-page novella, tells a light, fun story about th...
2003-05-01 Moore, Ann Gracelin O'Malley
Ann Moore’s novel, Gracelin O’Malley, begins a heartwarming, inspiring story about a young Irish woman during the 1840s. At age 15, Gracelin agrees to marry the local English Squire to help her family pay the rent. Through the next few years, Gracelin experiences both her husband’s increasing cruelty, and the country’s suffering during the potato famine.
2003-05-10 Moore, Ann Leaving Ireland
Ann Moore’s novel Leaving Ireland begins where its prequel, Gracelin O’Malley, ended. It is a time of good-byes and new beginnings for Grace, who is now compelled to leave Ireland and join her brother Sean in America. Now widowed, and wanted by the authorities for shooting a British soldier, she must leave her newborn son behind; only Mary Kate, her young daughter, accompanies her on the voyage to a new home.
2005-02-01 Morgan, Kathleen
Child of the Mist: 16th Century Scotland
Kathleen Morgan’s novel Child of the Mist, recently republished by Baker Books as the first in a new series "These Highland Hills," tells an enchanting story about characters in 16th century Scotland.
2006-02-15 Morgan, Kathleen
Wings of Morning:  16th Century Scotland
Wings of Morning, by Kathleen Morgan, continues the “These Highland Hills” series set in 16th century Scotland.  This story takes place a few years after the first book in the series, and introduces a love interest for Niall  cousin, Iain.
2004-04-20 Morris, Gilbert The Gate of Heaven: Biblical Fiction from the Life of Jacob
Gilbert Morris continues his "Lions of Judah" series with a look at the patriarch Jacob. Specifically, The Gate of Heaven tells the story of Jacob from his birth until just before Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt. The many chapters of Genesis provide great material for this expanded novel of biblical fiction, which is partitioned into the various stages of Jacob’s life.
 2002-01-18 Morris, Gilbert  The Golden Angel: House of Winslow, No. 26
 "The Golden Angel" features descendant Erin Winslow, daughte...
2002-05-21 Morris, Gilbert The Heavenly Fugitive: House of Winslow in the 1920s
Gilbert Morris' "House of Winslow" series continues, with The Heavenly Fugitive, number 27 in the series.
 2001-12-21 Morris, Gilbert  The Sword Of Truth: King Henry VIII's England
 'The Sword of Truth' involves two great historical accounts:...
2005-03-01 Morris, Gilbert
Till Shiloh Comes: Biblical Fiction About Joseph
Gilbert Morris’ "Lions of Judah" series continues with its fourth installment, Till Shiloh Comes. This novel encompasses the story of Joseph and his brothers, from the early days of Joseph the favored son, through his captivity and exaltation to ruler of Egypt, to the final reunion of Joseph with all of his family in Egypt.
 2002-01-08 Morris, Gilbert  The Winds of God: Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada
 Christian Historical Fiction readers will enjoy Gilbert Morr...
 2002-03-01 Morris, Gilbert, and Lynn Morris  Where Two Seas Met: A Series Sequel
 Gilbert and Lynn Morris team together for a new historical f...
 2001-09-08 Musser, Elizabeth  The Swan House: Early 1960s Atlanta (published by Bethany House)
 Elizabeth Musser's new book, The Swan House, introduces Mary...
2002-04-21 Oke, Janette, and T. Davis Bunn The Distant Beacon: Acadians and the American Revolution
Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn's "Song of Acadia" series continues with The Distant Beacon...
 2001-11-01 Oke, Janette, and T. Davis Bunn  The Meeting Place: Colonial Canada
 Set during Acadia of the 1750s, in which the European war be...
2005-07-20 Olasky, Marvin, and John Perry
Monkey Business: The True Story of the Scopes Trial
Monkey Business: The True Story of the Scopes Trial, by Marvin Olasky and John Perry, is a good non-fiction history review of both the actual 1925 trial as well as the larger perspective of Evolutionary theory.
 2001-09-22 Parker, Gary E.  Highland Hopes: The Blue Ridge Legacy
 Written by Gary E. Parker (published by Bethany House), this...
2002-09-15 Parker, Gary E. Highland Mercies: Blue Ridge Legacy
Gary Parker's "Blue Ridge Legacy" continues the story of Abby Porter, who grew up in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina in the early 20th century. Now Abby continues her story immediately where it left off, in the fall of 1929.
2003-08-15 Parker, Gary E. Highland Grace: A Moving Conclusion to the Blue Ridge Legacy
Gary Parker’s three-book series, Blue Ridge Legacy, concludes with Highland Grace. Continuing the story of 100-year-old Abby Porter, this final part tells of the Porter family during the years 1945 to 1974.
2003-06-10 Parks, Abby Island of Refuge (by Abby Parks): Gripping from Beginning to End
Island of Refuge reminds me of those 1940's Hemmingway novels made into movies such as Key Largo and To Have and Have Not that, to this day, glue you to your seat. Island of Refuge is a tightly woven suspense mystery. It keeps you questioning with every turn of the page...
2002-08-01 Patton, Richard His Majesty's Envoy: Young George Washington
The Neophyte Warrior series, by Richard Patton, tells the life of young George Washington during the French and Indian war in the 1750s: a lesser-known period of Washington’s life and great story material.
2002-12-01 Patton, Richard The Reluctant Commander: George Washington's First Command
Richard Patton’s series "The Neophyte Warrior" continues with the second book, The Reluctant Commander. Starting immediately where His Majesty’s Envoy ended, the tale unfolds with the beginning of the French and Indian War in the spring of 1754.
2003-06-01 Patton, Richard The Lion's Apprentice: More Adventures of the Young George Washington
The Lion’s Apprentice, the third book in Richard Patton’s "Neophyte Warrior" series, continues the story told in the previous two books—His Majesty’s Envoy and The Reluctant Commander. This third installment picks up the story after Washington’s debacle at Great Meadows, and covers the next year – from the fall of 1754 to the summer of 1755.
2005-08-15 Patton, Richard Massacre at the Forks:  George Washington in 1755
Book 4 in Richard Patton’s ongoing “Neophyte Warrior” series continues the on-going adventures of young George Washington, and his involvement in the French and Indian war.  The story is now up to the summer of 1755, and tells the details of the Battle of Monongahela on July 9, a disastrous military defeat for the British 
2005-09-01 Patton, Richard Outrageous Interlude: The Battle's Aftermath
Outrageous Interlude, the fifth book in Richard Patton’s “Neophyte Warrior” series, picks up immediately where Massacre at the Forks ended – the weeks immediately following the Monongahela battle.  Whereas the previous book’s emphasized the battle, with most of the action contained within a single day, this part covers the rest of 1755 and all of 1756.
2004-10-01 Pella, Judith The Dawning of Deliverance: The Russians, Book 5
The Dawning of Deliverance, Book 5 in Judith Pella’s "The Russians," continues the story of the Russian Federcenko family. Begun in 1876, this saga now covers the early years of the 20th century – 1904, in particular.
2005-01-01 Pella, Judith Homeward My Heart: Exciting Conclusion to the "Daughters of Fortune" Series
Judith Pella’s "Daughters of Fortune" series comes to a close with the fourth book, Homeward My Heart. Daughters Cameron, Blair and Jackie have been through many hardships of World War II, scars they still deal with during the war’s aftermath.
2006-05-01 Pella, Judith Mark of the Cross: 13th Century Europe
Mark of the Cross, a stand-alone historical novel by Judith Pella, brings medieval Europe to life through an entertaining story.  In 1265, Philip de Tollard is a young bastard son of the Lord Hawken, who has provided Philip with education but never acknowledged the illegitimate son as his own.
 2002-03-22 Pella, Judith  Written on the Wind: New Judith Pella Series
 "Written on the Wind" introduces a new Judith Pella series, ...
 2003-01-01 Pella, Judith Somewhere A Song: Follow-Up to Pella's "Written on the Wind"
Somewhere A Song, the sequel to Judith Pella's Written on the Wind, begins immediately where the last book ended. Soon all three Hayes daughters--Cameron, Blair, and Jackie--hear the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor -- December 7, 1941.
2004-01-15 Pella, Judith Toward the Sunrise: Three Daughters in World War II
Judith Pella’s "Daughters of Fortune" series continues, with the third installment, Toward the Sunrise. Continuing where the story left off in Somewhere A Song, this book covers the time period from the summer of 1942 until the war’s conclusion three years later.
2004-07-01 Peterson, Amy Rachel Perpetua: Historical Fiction About an Early Church Martyr
Perpetua: A Bride, A Passion, A Martyr, by first-time author Amy Rachel Peterson, tells a fascinating story which is made all the more interesting because it is based on a true one. In 203 A.D., five recently converted Christians in Carthage were turned over to the authorities for the crime of converting to Christianity, during the reign of Septimius Severus.
 2001-10-06 Peterson, Tracie  Treasures of the North: Adventures in the Yukon
 Adventure and romance amidst the Yukon Gold Rush: so begins ...
 2001-10-13 Peterson, Tracie Ashes and Ice: the Yukon Quest continues
 Tracie Peterson’s "Yukon Quest" historical...
 2002-04-11 Peterson, Tracie Rivers of Gold: Conclusion of Tracie Peterson's Yukon Quest
 The second part of "Yukon Quest" left our Yukon friends sepa...
2003-12-22 Peterson, Tracie Shadows of the Canyon: Life with the Harvey Girls
Tracie Peterson’s "Desert Roses" series begins with Shadows of the Canyon, set in Arizona in 1923. Alexandria "Alex" Keegan has worked the last few years as a Harvey Girl in the prestigious El Tovar hotel near the Grand Canyon, hoping to save enough money to leave and take her mother with her, far away from her philandering father.
2006-04-01 Peterson, Tracie Summer of the Midnight Sun: The Alaskan Quest Begins
Tracie Peterson’s new series “Alaskan Quest” gets off to a good start with the first book, Summer of the Midnight Sun.  Set in 1915, in and around Nome, Alaska, the story continues with some of the characters from Peterson’s earlier “Yukon Quest” series. .
 2001-08-18 Peterson, Tracie, and James Scott Bell  City of Angels: Historical Fiction Legal Thriller
 City of Angels, Tracie Peterson and James Scott Bell's first...
2001-11-03 Peterson, Tracie, and James Scott Bell Angels Flight: The Shannon Saga Continues
 The second book in the Shannon Saga, Angels Flight by Tracie...
2002-06-01 Peterson, Tracie, and James Scott Bell Angel of Mercy: Kit Shannon in 1904
Tracie Peterson and James Scott Bell's "Shannon Saga" series concludes with the third book, Angel of Mercy.
2003-11-25 Peterson, Tracie, and Judith Miller Daughter of the Loom: New England in the Industrial Age
Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller’s new series, Bells of Lowell, begins with Daughter of the Loom, set in 1828 Massachusetts. Lilly Armbruster has lived in East Chesholm, which has recently been renamed Lowell and turned into a textile factory town. She misses the countryside, and blames the mills for taking away her father and all she once had. Left with nothing, Lilly takes a job working at the mill and shares a small boardinghouse room with 8 other girls.
2004-03-15 Peterson, Tracie, and Judith Miller A Fragile Design: The Mill Girls of New England
A Fragile Design, by Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller, continues the story of the "Mill Girls" of early 19th century New England. ... The second story takes place a few years later, in 1831, with Arabella Newberry as the new main character.
2002-09-01 Phillips, Michael, and Judith Pella The Crown and the Crucible: Czarist Russia
"The Russians" is a seven-volume series featuring Pella's earlier writings about of Russia. Written by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella, this series begins with The Crown and the Crucible, in 1870s St. Petersburg. Through two teenage girls, one of nobility and one peasant, the authors explore the world of Czarist Russia.
2003-07-12 Plaidy, Jean The Lady in the Tower: Anne Boleyn's Story
English author Jean Plaidy (the pen name for Eleanor Hibbert; also known as Victoria Holt) wrote many historical fiction novels during the latter half of the twentieth century. ... The Lady in the Tower is Anne Boleyn’s story, told in first-person as she sits in the London Tower awaiting her execution in 1536. Having come to this tragic end, she recounts her life story, considering along the way her mistakes and what she could have done differently.
2003-10-01 Rada, James Jr. Between Rail and River
Between Rail and River, by James Rada, Jr., continues a story begun in Canawlers, about a family living and working in a canal boat along the C&O (Chesapeake and Ohio) Canal during the Civil War.
2002-10-01 Randolph, Octavia Ceridwen of Kilton, by Octavia Randolph
Reviewed by Lauren O'Brien.
2003-06-20 Raymond, Boris The Twelfth Vulture of Romulus: The Last Generation of Ancient Rome
Beginning in 458 AD, The Twelfth Vulture of Romulus traces events of this last generation, until the fall of Rome in 476 AD. These years also span the career of the ever-ambitious Orestes, from his early service to Attila the Hun, years as head of the Roman army, to his final grab for the Purple when his young son became the last Roman Emperor.
 2001-07-28 Rivers, Francine  As Sure as the Dawn: Early Christians in Rome
 As Sure as the Dawn, Francine Rivers' conclusion to the thre...
2006-06-15 Sawyer, Kim Vogel
Waiting for Summer's Return:  German Mennonite Immigrants
Waiting for Summer’s Return, a new historical novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer, takes place in eastern Kansas among a community of German Mennonites in 1894.  Summer Steadman is the sole survivor of her family that had traveled from Boston, bound for Oklahoma but stricken with typhoid near Gaeddert, Kansas.
2004-03-01 Schalesky, Marlo Only the Wind Remembers: The Last Yahi Indian
Marlo Schalesky transforms an interesting true-life tale into fictional form, with Only the Wind Remembers, about the last primitive Indian to enter civilization. Ishi, of the extinct Yahi tribe, left the mountains of California and came to live in an Indian museum in San Francisco in 1911.
2005-11-20 Schaub, Christine Finding Anna: The Story Behind a Beloved Hymn
Finding Anna, by Christine Schaub, is the first in a new series called “Music of the Heart.”  Each story in this series is an expanded, fictionalized account of the characters behind a great hymn, beginning with the story of the Spafford family.
2005-12-01 Schumacher, Eric
God's Hammer: A Story From The Dark Ages
Eric Schumacher’s novel, God’s Hammer, is based on the fascinating true story of Hakon Haroldsson, king of Norway during the 10th  King Harold Fairhair of Norway sent his youngest son, Hakon, to the court of King Athelstan of England (then called “Engla-lond”), where Hakon was raised and educated as a Christian. 
2004-05-10 Schweighardt, Joan Gudrun's Tapestry, by Joan Schweighardt
Set in the fifth century crumbling Roman Empire, Gudrun's Tapestry consists of two perfectly interwoven and elegantly conceived stories: Gudrun's heroic quest to single handily bring down Attila The Hun and her life among her tribe prior to that dangerous adventure, a life poignant and beautiful, culminating in the kind of cathartic tragedy the Greeks would have envied.
2002-05-01 Schrock, L.A., Jr. Synopsis: He Led Us Through Paradise
by L. A. Schrock, Jr.
 2002-01-15 Snelling, Lauraine  A Dream To Follow: Return to Red River
 Lauraine Snelling, author of the "Red River of the North" se...
2002-10-15 Snelling, Lauraine Believing the Dream: Return to Red River Continues
Lauraine Snelling's series sequel, Return to Red River, brings a second installment with Believing the Dream. Beginning soon after the first book, A Dream to Follow, this story chronicles Thorliff's second year of college in Northfield, Minnesota.
2003-04-01 Snelling, Lauraine More Than A Dream: More From Return to Red River
Lauraine Snelling’s third book in the Return to Red River series, More than a Dream, continues the stories of young Thorliff Bjorklund and Elizabeth Rogers. Now up to the years 1895 to 1897, their career ambitions seem on the verge of finally happening...
2003-11-01 Snelling, Lauraine Ruby: A New Western Series
Ruby, a novel by Lauraine Snelling, begins a new western series, Dakotah Treasures. In 1882, Ruby Torvald, age twenty, and her 10-year-old sister Opal leave their home in New York City to see their dying father, who has sent them a letter from Little Missouri in Dakota Territory (now North Dakota).
2003-01-15 Steinhouse, Carl Wallenberg is Here! -- A True Holocaust Story
Carl Steinhouse’s new book, Wallenberg is Here!, tells a fascinating, true story about a "lost hero." Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat of the famed Wallenberg family, used his wits and resources to take on the Nazis in Budapest, Hungary. His efforts saved tens of thousands of Jews from certain death.
2003-09-01 Tatlock, Ann I'll Watch the Moon: An Inspiring Story from Ann Tatlock
It is 1948, and Minnesota (and the rest of the country) is in the midst of a polio epidemic. The situation becomes personal for 9-year-old Nova Tierney when her 14-year-old brother Dewey contracts the dreaded disease. Both children enjoy astronomy and watching the night sky – so when Dewey despairs, looking always at a hospital ceiling, Nova promises him that she will "watch the moon" for him.
2004-04-01 Tenney, Tommy Hadassah: Biblical Fiction, Queen Esther's Memoir
Author Tommy Tenney brings a fascinating biblical story to life with his new novel, Hadassah: One Night With the King. This novel blends Bible history--the Old Testament story of Esther—with the historical setting of Ancient Persia, for a more detailed account of Esther, Mordecai, King Xerxes and Haman, the major characters of the Bible story
 2001-07-21 Thane, Elswyth  Overview of The Williamsburg Novels (Elswyth Thane)
 The Williamsburg series of historical novels by Elswyth Than...
2004-09-15 Thoene, Bodie In My Father's House: Post-World War I America
Bodie Thoene’s "Shiloh Legacy" begins with In My Father’s House. Starting near the end of World War I, In My Father’s House covers a tumultuous period of history: the horrors of the Great War, the Flu Epidemic, and then the racial violence of the post-war years.
 2001-10-15 Thoene, Bodie and Brock  Of Men and Of Angels: Ireland of the 1840s
 Of Men and Of Angels, the second book in Bodie and Brock Tho...
 2001-08-11 Thoene, Bodie and Brock  Only the River Runs Free: A Story from 1840s Ireland
 Only the River Runs Free, the first book in Bodie and Brock ...
2005-01-15 Thoene, Bodie
The Shiloh Legacy: World War I Veterans 10 Years Later
Bodie Thoene’s Shiloh Legacy series includes two more books after the great beginning of In My Father’s House. The next two books, A Thousand Shall Fall and Say to This Mountain, are written as a double-novel, one continuous story that takes place ten years after the first book’s end.
2003-09-15 Thoene, Bodie Zion Covenant: Vienna Prelude and Prague Counterpoint
Bodie Thoene's popular Zion book series includes the Zion Covenant series, published after the Zion Chronicles series, with a setting prior to the Chronicles. Beginning with Vienna Prelude, we experience the horrors of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s, not long before World War II.
2003-07-01 Thorpe, Thomas The Patriote Proposition
Thomas Thorpe's, "The Patriote Proposition," is a delightful and historically rich novel centered on 1833 Canada. This work of fiction cleverly combines history, adventure and political intrigue while creating a fast-paced tale thick with plots and counterplots.
2003-03-01 Toews, Bonnie Review of "Treason and Triumph"
Treason and Triumph opens with the Spanish Civil War and takes the reader into the nerve center of the Third Reich. It is the late 1930's. Hitler's agenda spreads through Germany like a vile poison. His war machine rages through Europe, bringing insurmountable suffering and destruction, especially to the Jewish people. American journalist, Marla Franklin is sent to cover the war for the London Times....
2003-10-15 Turner, Deborah
If I Perish
Deborah Turner’s talent as a writer shines through the pages of her novel If I Perish. She took on the daunting task of writing a fictional account of the Biblical story of Queen Esther. Through vivid narrative and true-to-life dialogue, If I Perish is an excellent story that transports you thousands of years into the past, to the world of a young Jewish girl called of God to save her nation.
2004-05-20 Walton, C.S. The Voice of Leningrad: The Story of a Siege
The Voice of Leningrad by author C.S. Walton is a fascinating look at the ordinary lives of Russian citizens trapped in Leningrad during the great siege of World War II. From the fall of 1941 to the spring of 1944, Hitler’s troops surrounded the city, and about a third of the population, a million people, died – mainly of hunger and related maladies.
2004-05-01 Whitson, Stephanie Grace Secrets on the Wind: A New Western Series
Stephanie Grace Whitson’s Secrets on the Wind begins a new American Western series, "Pine Ridge Portraits." The setting is 1878 at Fort Robinson in northwestern Nebraska, and here we see a portrait of the day-to-day life at a military camp – and a glimpse at the greater historical excitement at the year’s end -- the tragic "Cheyenne Outbreak."
2004-11-12 Whitson, Stephanie Grace Watchers on the Hill: Pine Ridge Portraits Continues
Stephanie Grace Whitson continues her Nebraska western series, Pine Ridge Portraits, with Watchers on the Hill, sequel to Secrets on the Wind. Ten years later (1890), recently widowed Charlotte Valentine Bishop, with her son Will, returns to Camp Robinson to live with her father (Doc Valentine).
 2001-11-10 Williamson, Denise  The Dark Sun Rises: Slavery and Education in the Antebellum South
 Denise Williamson's historical novel, The Dark Sun Rises, ta...
2005-11-01 Yoder, Elwood
Margaret's Print Shop: A Novel of the Anabaptist Reformation
Margaret’s Print Shop, by Elwood Yoder, tells the story of the 16th century Anabaptist Reformation in narrative form.  Set in 1525 in Strasbourg, Germany (now part of France), the story’s main character is Margaret, who runs a print shop.  It is the early days of Gutenberg’s printing press, when various groups learn to get their messages out more easily, through the printed word.