Historical Fiction

The Story of the Invention of Wings is told by Sarah and Handful or Hetty. Sarah is the daughter of slave owners who later becomes, along with her sister, heros against slavery. And Handful is …

The Pull of the Stars was both way too familiar and in a very different world. On one hand, the story follows a deadly flu similar to the one we are experiencing in 2020. On …

I’ve read two books from Lisa See, both have been written about here, The Island of Sea Women and Snowflower and the Secret Fan. But I had not read her most popular book about beautiful …

I picked up The Splendid and the Vile without reading what it was about. I had previously read Devil in the White City and was interested in reading another Erik Larson book. Through the introduction, …

I think I may have become obsessed with Lisa See. This is the second book in two months I have read of hers. First, it was Snowflower and the Secret Fan and now it is …

Say Nothing is a crazy story from Ireland and how modern Ireland came to be. In the early 70s, Belfast, Northern Ireland became a political war zone making it one of the most dangerous cities …

I’ve been studying the Chinese language (specifically Mandarin) for over two years now. Part of getting to know any language is also getting to know the culture and the history. What better way to do …