Category: Historical Fiction

My story behind reading James is that I wanted to read James as I liked the front cover and saw it had rave reviews. I then read that it’s based on a character from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, so I then bought and read that first to help better understand the context. Just a heads-up, this article includes affiliate links. If you decide to buy something through the links below, I might earn a tiny commission, but it won’t cost you anything extra. Rest assured, these links won’t change my overall thoughts on the product. James follows the character of “Jim” from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Without spoilers, during that story, Huckleberry and Jim get parted, but you follow Huckleberry’s story. In this, we follow James, including the…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has to be one of the most classic of classic books there's ever been. You'd do well to find someone who's not heard of this title. This is a sequel of sorts to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which came out before it, and follows Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and some friends on an adventure. This is what happens after that and how Huckleberry Finn goes on his own adventure with Jim. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. I always think when I go to pick up a classic like this…

Kristin Hannah has quickly become one of my favourite authors. Everything I've read by her so far has been absolutely brilliant and left a mark on me in some way or another. Her ability to write historical fiction novels about women's forgotten roles throughout history and have me always feeling something and admiring these people is something I can't help but admire. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. The Women is Hannah's latest novel and tells Frankie McGrath's story of joining the Vietnam War as a nurse. It focuses on her veteran-loving family's reaction,…

Kristin Hannah is an author who whenever you mention her name, receives a lot of positive comments. If I post about her on socials or mention her in videos, people come flooding to gush about her array of fantastic books. The Nightingale is one of the books brought up quite regularly as one of hers I should definitely read. So when I kindly received this in the post as a gift from a follower, I was very excited to pick it up. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. The Nightingale focuses on the story…

The Marriage Portrait was kindly sent to me by a follower on social media who said they thought the front cover was great and sounded quite interesting. It covers the story of Lucrezia who, at the age of 16 is married off to Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. It tells the story of Lucrezia's time with Alfonso as she grows to know him more and suspect he may have dark intentions that she wasn't initially aware of. He has a portrait commissioned of her to "celebrate…

I bloody love historical fiction and so when we went to Bletchley Park at the start of June - the site where Alan Turing and many other important folk helped reduce World War 2 by years by solving the Enigma Code - I knew I wanted to pick up a book based on those events. A quick scour in the gift shop and a peak on Goodreads led me to The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. The Rose Code is the story of three Wrens…

Demon Copperhead was one of the novels that my followers across social media suggested I read throughout 2024. It's a book that before reading it I'd heard a very 50/50 response to. The comments were either "too long and depressing" or "absolutely brilliant" so I knew what I was getting in for. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Something I didn't know until the last minute either was that this is a modern loose retelling of David Copperfield, a book I've not actually ever read so information of which meant little…

Lonesome Dove was very kindly sent to by a follower over on Instagram after she stated she really wanted me to read it and to hear my thoughts on it as it was one of her favourite books of all time! Lonesome Dove is the first true cowboy book I've read and is over 800 pages long. It took me a while, but I finished it and overall, I really enjoyed it! Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Lonesome Dove tells the story of Captain Woodrow F. Call and Captain Augustus…