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The Civil War Books This painful, terrible time in our nation's history makes for some poignant, brutal And: which other books should I add to my Civil War historical fiction to-read list? It's set toward the end of the Civil War on the Texas plains, centering around the bare-bones but amazing Weller's Wilderness is set several decades after the Civil War, but the story pivots on Abel Truman's reflections about the war, and it's a beautiful book, so I decided that it's going on my Civil War list

The Civil War Books This painful, terrible time in our nation's history makes for some poignant, brutal And which other books should I add to my Civil War historical fiction to-read list? It's set toward the end of the Civil War on the Texas plains, centering around the bare-bones but amazing Weller's Wilderness is set several decades after the Civil War, but the story pivots on Abel Truman's reflections about the war, and it's a beautiful book, so I decided that it's going on my Civil War list

that I haven't posted Bossy reviews of my first two Towles reads, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility In Rules of Civility, 25-year-old Katey is in a Greenwich Village jazz bar in post-Depression New York

War. Taylor Brown's debut novel Fallen Land is set in the final year of the Civil War. Ava's family is gone, killed by war. This is a rough yet sometimes tender story set at the end of the Civil War, amid the confusion and desperation I included this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War .

The book spans generations of fathers and sons from the Civil War to the twentieth century, includes reflections about the war, and it's a beautiful book, so I decided that it's going on my Civil War list I mentioned Gilead in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War .

The Civil War is looming, and Junie is a sixteen-year-old who has spent her whole life enslaved on an More books about the Civil War I received a prepublication edition of Junie courtesy of Random House-Ballantine For more Bossy reviews of books about the Civil War, please check out this link .

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. In Let Us Descend , she leans on the stories of her warrior female ancestors as she draws increasing Annis lives with her mother on a Carolina rice plantation in the years before the Civil War, and when Without her mother's protection--and inspiring tales of their warrior-woman ancestors--Annis is left Jesmyn Ward is also the author of Sing, Unburied, Sing .

as an audiobook. 02 A Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden Romance, Dragon Languages, and Civil War in an Alternate 1920s London by S. truce with the dragons is corrupt--and her unraveling of the secrets holding it together might start a civil war.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a historical fiction story set just before the Civil War, about listening to middle-grade historical fiction from Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, set during World War 01 Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine The Civil War is looming, and Junie is a sixteen-year-old who has spent publication on February 4. 02 The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin I love a World War You can find my reviews of other World War II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review

elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars presents a historical novel centering around the real-life events of the 1920 and 1921 West Virginia Mine Wars a Lebanese-American doctor (inspired by Taylor Brown's great-grandfather); Big Frank, a black World War title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, plus other novels.

to evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era Texas.

Morgan's Book Brigade , Janet Skeslien Charles's historical fiction in two timelines, focused on a World War , set in the years before the Civil War and told from the point of view of an enslaved young woman, Let territory, by sending an idealistic, headstrong young librarian from the US to Europe and into a World War There she not only helps rebuild communities destroyed by war, but establishes something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose themselves

to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time fighting in the Korean War title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and the upcoming (to be published next week) historical fiction novel Wingwalkers.

Tales of Brave World War II Women Other titles I considered listing here were the Bossy five-star read That Saved My Life, as well as its wonderful sequel, The War I Finally Won. Are there any others you would include on a list of World War II heroines? They're living through wartime challenges but weren't wartime spies or deeply involved in war efforts they imagined before the end of the war.

Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader Jiles also wrote Simon the Fiddler, set after the Civil War, in which Captain Kidd makes a brief appearance

centers around the riveting battles and rebellion against oppression surrounding the West Virginia Mine Wars Brown presents a historical novel centering around the events of the 1920 and 1921 West Virginia Mine Wars title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and other novels.

#memoir, #nonfiction 03 Simon the Fiddler ​ Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. surrender looms and Simon's band plays for officers of both sides at a celebration marking the end of the war Jiles provides wonderful details of 1865 Texas and life at the end of the War Between the States. Paulette Jiles also wrote two other Civil War-era historical fiction books I loved, News of the World War--I'm keeping the wacky reading combos going!

I love Jiles's richly imagined Civil War-era historical fiction, and I'm in for her other books. Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. ragtag band plays for officers from both sides of the conflict at a celebration marking the end of the war part ways, but the thought of her keeps him strong during the hardships and uncertainty of life after war's This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read.

In book one, King of Scars, Nikolai was a king rebuilding the kingdom of Ravka following a long civil war--and with twists and turns, intrigue, romance, and characters I loved becoming invested in, Bardugo on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and with life during World Wars He begins the long journey to the war-torn area of northern Sri Lanka to pay tribute to Rani, and he's forced to more fully consider the devastating effects of his nation's thirty-year-long civil war as

titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent the year since the end of the war Jiles writes gorgeously about the unforgiving landscape, post-Civil-War wasteland, and the sprigs of

Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is punish, and at the same time it's horrifying to consider the realities of the Witch Craze of the English Civil War, when 100 to 300 women and men were put to death as witches due to a "vacuum of authority...virulent

He begins the long journey to the war-torn area of northern Sri Lanka to pay tribute to Rani, and along the way he's forced to more fully consider the devastating effects of his nation's thirty-year-long civil war as he views the destruction along his route. Much of the book focuses on Krishan's revisiting of the past as he considers various aspects of war and

This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, to forming friends-like-family no interest in), Grace heads to her deceased mother's old friend in London to take refuge as World War The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop I love a World War II-set book, and I adored The Last Bookshop in London. might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War

STAR, a WING-WALKING WONDER borne upon the wings of CAPTAIN ZENO MARIGOLD, a DOUBLE ACE of the GREAT WAR In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

STAR, a WING-WALKING WONDER borne upon the wings of CAPTAIN ZENO MARIGOLD, a DOUBLE ACE of the GREAT WAR Taylor Brown's upcoming historical fiction novel Wingwalkers (to be published tomorrow), a former World War title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You , and Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War . 01 The Huntress by Kate Quinn I'm all in for World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton Starzmann, during the dark days of the war. List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II .

dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera and Edith in Hungary and Germany during the war creative routes to survival as single young women in Naples along with jarring adjustments to post-war

“What started the war, Pa?" His eyes settled on me. "Stories, Jessilyn. those elements to feel real. 06 News of the World by Paulette Jiles Captain Kidd has fought in three wars , and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader, providing eager listeners along

this genre on my to-read list that I'm particularly excited about are: Liar Temptress Soldier Spy (civil war) by Karen Abbott, The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone, and Code Name Lise by Larry Loftis Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. Quinn's character-driven post-World War II story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about This World War II-era story of female pilots and spies is written in two points of view.

Edith's amateur spy struggle and provides fascinating details of life in Germany at the end of World War on with the British Control Commission to help get schools back up and running for the children in war-torn has a degree in German (and, more importantly and unbeknownst to her, an old connection to a hunted war to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon Jews during the war Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook alludes to the way Edith includes coded intelligence within her letters

to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time fighting in the Korean War title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and Wingwalkers. Rash Ron Rash's Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises

They're living through wartime challenges but weren't wartime spies or deeply involved in war efforts they imagined before the end of the war. What are some of your favorite books about brave women during World War II? That Saved My Life, as well as its wonderful sequel, The War I Finally Won. a few World War II books about brave women in the thick of wartime intrigue and danger for that post

Blakemore Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is smart, shadowy and gothic, often infuriating, and consistently fascinating.

most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary Western; a fantasy story with war to evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era Texas. Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a on everyday, regular-human wartime concerns--with an unlikely-feeling god-war and magical letter-sending

Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You, and Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. 01 The Huntress by Kate Quinn I'm all in for World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton Starzmann, during the dark days of the war. List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II.

In book one, King of Scars, Nikolai was a king rebuilding the kingdom of Ravka following a long civil war. Fjerdan warmongering and the cruel programs of the Shu are condemned.

This is a wonderfully paced and recounted Cold War-era true story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, The Spy and the Traitor is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

to evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era Texas. Rash's newest Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises

titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent the year since the end of the war Jiles writes gorgeously about the unforgiving landscape, post-Civil-War wasteland, and the sprigs of

this genre on my to-read list that I'm particularly excited about are: Liar Temptress Soldier Spy (civil war) by Karen Abbott, The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone, and Code Name Lise by Larry Loftis Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. Quinn's character-driven post-World War II story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about This World War II-era story of female pilots and spies is written in two points of view.

In This is How You Lose the Time War, authors El-Mohtar and Gladstone present rival elite agents, Red and Blue, who exist on opposite sides of an immense futuristic war. One warring creature comes from a technologically based world; the other is from a world of gardens and This is How You Lose the Time War is only about 200 pages, and there are some clever twists toward the

Set toward the end of the Civil War on the Texas plains, The Color of Lightning centers around the bare-bones depicted; naive and uninformed eastern urban white men’s ideas and outrageously rigid ideas meant to “civilize This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read and adored.

In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars Blakemore Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is smart, shadowy and gothic, often infuriating, and consistently fascinating.

“What started the war, Pa?" His eyes settled on me. "Stories, Jessilyn. Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader

Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and wartime introduced to Captain Will Laurence, a young, upstanding seafaring captain fighting in the Napoleonic Wars Temeraire is young, greedy, vain, and outrageously loyal to Will, and Will is attempting to civilize

Lisa Barr's World War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second act as a Hollywood movie star, linking the story's two timelines and revealing In Lisa Barr's newest historical fiction, The Goddess of Warsaw , the author tells a story in two timelines In 1943 Warsaw, socialite Bina Blonski is imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto with her husband and thousands The details of World War II and of resistance to the Nazis are heartstopping, and I was hooked on each

In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. I love a World War II-set book, and I adored The Last Bookshop in London. Stories about Brave Women During World War II.

titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent the year since the end of the war Jiles writes gorgeously about the unforgiving landscape, post-Civil-War wasteland, and the sprigs of Newman's lets the reader into Edi and Ash's rabbit warren of private jokes and moments and memories,