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Jennie Fields, “Atomic Love” (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2020)
Jennie Fields
Atomic Love

G.P. Putnams Sons, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network October 13, 2020 GP Gottlieb

Inspired by Leona Woods, the only woman who worked on the Manhattan Project, Atomic Love (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2020) tells the story of Rosalind Porter, a physicist recruited by Enrico Fermi to join his team at the University of Chicago. During the war, Rosalind had fallen in love with Weaver,... Read More
P. K. Adams, “Midnight Fire” (Iron Knight Press, 2020)
P. K. Adams
Midnight Fire

Iron Knight Press, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network October 6, 2020 C. P. Lesley

Most novels about the sixteenth century written in English take place in Italy, France, or England—with the occasional foray into Spain or Portugal. P. K. Adams’ Jagiellonian Mystery series is a welcome exception. Set at the glittering Italianate court of King Zygmunt I of Poland/Lithuania and his son, Zygmunt August,... Read More
Linda Stewart Henley, “Estelle” (She Writes Press, 2020)
Linda Stewart Henley
Estelle

She Writes Press, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network September 24, 2020 C. P. Lesley

Most people think of Edgar Degas as a French painter of ballerinas. But few have heard that his mother came from New Orleans or that he spent five months in that city between October 1872 and February 1873. That five-month period proved crucial to Degas’s career, moving him from the... Read More
Bryn Turnbull, “The Woman before Wallis” (Mira Books, 2020)
Bryn Turnbull
The Woman before Wallis
A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal
Mira Books, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network August 26, 2020 C. P. Lesley

Most modern Americans can identify the names Wallace Simpson and Gloria Vanderbilt. But Simpson was not the first divorced American to win the heart of Great Britain’s future if short-reigned King Edward VIII, known to his family as David. This debut novel explores the life and loves of Thelma Morgan,... Read More
John DeSimone, “Road to Delano” (Rare Bird Books, 2020)
John DeSimone
Road to Delano

Rare Bird Books, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in Literature August 12, 2020 G.P. Gottlieb

In John DeSimone’s Road to Delano (Rare Bird Books, 2020), it’s 1968, and Cesar Chavez is organizing the United Farm Workers to fight for decent working conditions and basic human rights, while growers get increasingly violent in trying to prevent unionization. Teenager Jack Duncan learns that his father’s death did... Read More
Elsa Hart, “The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne” (Minotaur Books, 2020)
Elsa Hart
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

Minotaur Books, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network August 6, 2020 C. P. Lesley

Lady Cecily Kay has just returned to England when she encounters Sir Barnaby Mayne. It’s 1703, Queen Anne is on the throne, and London’s coffee houses are buzzing with discussions of everything from science and philosophy to monsters and magic. Of course, Cecily has no plans to join the ongoing... Read More
Erika Rummel, “The Road to Gesualdo” (D. X. Varos, 2020)
Erika Rummel
The Road to Gesualdo

D. X. Varos, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & Places July 30, 2020 C. P. Lesley

The Italian Renaissance introduced—or reintroduced—many valuable concepts to society and culture, giving rise eventually to our modern world. But it was also a time of fierce political infighting, social inequality, the subjugation of women, religious intolerance, belief in witchcraft, and many other elements that are more fun to read about... Read More
Bill LeFurgy, “Into the Suffering City: A Novel of Baltimore” (High Kicker Books, 2020)
Bill LeFurgy
Into the Suffering City
A Novel of Baltimore
High Kicker Books, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in Literature July 28, 2020 GP Gottlieb

In Bill LeFurgy’s Into the Suffering City: A Novel of Baltimore (High Kicker Books), Sarah Kennecott is a brilliant young doctor who cares deeply about justice for murder victims after her own family is murdered. She’s not like other people; she doesn’t like noises and smells, she doesn’t understand chit chat,... Read More
Will Thomas, “Lethal Pursuit” (Minotaur, 2019)
Will Thomas
Lethal Pursuit

Minotaur, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network July 2, 2020 Michael Morales

London, 1892. Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn have been tasked by the Prime Minister to deliver a satchel to the Vatican. The satchel contains a document desperately desired by the German government, an unnamed first-century gospel. With secret societies, government assassins, political groups, and shadowy figures of... Read More
Janie Chang, “The Library of Legends” (William Morrow, 2020)
Janie Chang
The Library of Legends

William Morrow, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in Literature June 19, 2020 C. P. Lesley

Perhaps in anticipation of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the armistice, or just the reality that the last survivors will not be with us much longer, World War II has dominated the genre of historical fiction for some time. But two years before Hitler’s aggression against Poland set off the conflagration... Read More

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