The Dancing Barber by AC Michael is a novel with powerful historical hints about a Ukrainian who was able to survive and even escape the worst of the cruelties of the Soviet communist dictatorship. This story is set against the backdrop of the Soviet Union...

Growing up, Victoria Woodhull — the sixth of ten children — knew nothing but abuse at the hands of her father, poverty, and all sorts of dysfunctional family ties. Her first marriage proves even worse than the family she was born into. In spite of...

The Last Season is an historical novel written by Robert Joseph. Lady Mary Ashmore's fancy has been set on Lord Andrew Buckford, the eldest son and heir of Lord Simon Buckford, for as long as she can remember. She's not at all pleased to hear...

To Live Out Loud: A Novel by Paulette Mahurin is not only a novel, it’s a good primer on the Dreyfus case, a cause celebre in late 19th century France that highlighted the issue of French anti-Semitism. In To Live Out Loud, the story is...

The Abduction of Nelly Don by Patrice Williams Marks is a historical fiction novel based on the real kidnapping of Nell Donnelly during the 1930s Great Depression. Nell grew up poor, but had a knack for making her own clothing. When she was old enough,...

Gwen Banta's The Fly Strip is an uproariously funny historical novel that will have you in stitches. Cue Shawn Mendes. Malcolm "Weed" Clapper is a seventeen-year-old boy who has suffered a tragedy so painful that when he moved in with his grandmother, he made up...

Set in 1889, The Island of Worthy Boys is an historical novel by Connie Hertzberg Mayo. A Protestant boy named Charles befriends a Catholic boy named Aidan. Together they form more than a simple business partnership as little thieves in the streets of Boston; it's...

The Austrian: A War Criminal’s Story by Ellie Midwood opens with a short prologue entitled “Nuremberg prison, October 1946.” Ernst Kaltenbrunner, a former leader of the Austrian SS, has been tried by the International Military Tribunal and sentenced to hang. He is preparing to meet...

Gwyn had just joined her parents in Israel for a holiday. As they toured the country and visited places of historical significance, Gwyn - a history major at university - could not help but dream about how amazing it would be to go back in...

The Outhouse is an historical coming of age debut novel written by David W. Gordon. Jeffrey and his older brother, Jason, had always pondered the mystery of the grandfather they never met. Their father refused to talk about him, save for telling them that the...