6 November 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, horror
Setting: 1880s, Britain - Victorian, London
8 Stars
4 Comments
The last of my RIP reads, and my All Hallows Swap book. What if Van Helsing had lost? What if Dracula had won that battle, married Queen Victoria, and taken power? What would Victorian England make of vampires coming out … Continue reading
19 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: 1940s, Spain
7 Stars
4 Comments
One of my RIP reads Translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves Book 1 of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books In Barcelona a young boy is brought by his father to a secret place, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. He … Continue reading
24 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: 1920s, Australia
4 Stars
3 Comments
Tom Sherbourne has come back to Australia from World War I. Like many soldiers he has brought many demons back with him. He cannot understand why he survived when so many did. Estranged from his father and brother before he … Continue reading
16 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 1940s, England, Germany
8 Stars
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Book one in the Milkweed Triptych In a remote part of Germany a doctor has been hard at work, he has had plenty of test subjects, the Great War left many orphans and foundlings, and he paid good money for … Continue reading
23 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: alternate world, C19th, Naples
6 Stars
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Conrad Scalese’s latest opera was a great success. Unfortunately the theatre in which it was performed has just been stuck by lightening. And since the composer and many of the performers have fled Naples the church decides to blame him. … Continue reading
10 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, Juv/YA
Setting: 500s, Aksum, Ethiopia
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Book two in The Lion Hunters. After the loss of her family Goewin is forced to flee Britain. In the company of Aksum’s ambassador to Britain, Piamos, she travels across Europe and into Africa. Her father’s ambassador, Constantine, is to … Continue reading
3 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, Juv/YA
Setting: Britain - middle ages
7 Stars
2 Comments
Book one in The Lion Hunters Although this book doesn’t really have any fatastical elements, I am still counting it towards this year’s Once Upon a Time challenge because it is an Arthurian legend inspired book. Medraut is the eldest … Continue reading
2 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 1400s, Aztec hegemony, Mesoamerica
7 Stars
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The Acatl stories : Servant of the Underworld, Harbinger of the Storm, and Master of the House of Darts. Recieved free from Netgalley. Acatl, our narrator, is an Aztec priest. High priest to Mictlantecuhtli, the Mexica god of death and … Continue reading
24 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, romance, sff
Setting: alternate world, Britain - Victorian, Egypt
9 Stars
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An Alexia Tarabotti novel, The Parasol Protectorate: Book the Fifth Seeing as this it the fifth, and final, book in this series, knowing anything about the plot probably counts as spoilers for the previous books. So consider yourself warned. It … Continue reading
19 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 1920s, Alaska
8 Stars
5 Comments
Mabel and Jack have left home and family behind and travelled to Alaska, to the edge of the world, trying to turn the wilderness into a farm that will support them. For Mabel it was an attempt to escape her … Continue reading