Historical fiction

Perhaps You’ve Been a Soldier, Too? (The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys, trans. Patricia Clancy and Simon Leys)

May 11, 2015

What kind of man would Napoleon have been forced to become had he escaped St. Helena and set off on a quest to regain his empire? [...]

Zelda the Great (Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler)

March 30, 2015

Therese Anne Fowler’s novel is a captivating and lilting view into the life of celebrated sweethearts of the Jazz Age, writers Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. [...]

Locks & Radio Waves (All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr)

March 16, 2015

Anthony Doerr's latest novel captures the experience of World War II in the lives of a blind French girl and an orphaned German soldier. [...]

Lady Interbellum (The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich)

February 9, 2015

Louise Erdrich's The Master Butchers Singing Club explores the complexities of immigration and identity in interwar North Dakota. [...]