Polarized political interests and religious extremes are emphasized in Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise, a historical tome set against a backdrop of verdant landscapes, tribal ceremonies, insurrections, and perilous trade.... Read More

Harrowing wartime experiences leave an indelible mark on the lives of hardy soldiers in the gripping historical novel "The Tenth Trail Mark". In Joe Looby’s solemn historical novel "The Tenth Trail Mark", a soldier undertakes a... Read More

The human beings affected by World War I are centered in the moving historical novel "An American Nurse in Paris". In John F. Andrews’s affecting historical novel "An American Nurse in Paris", a journalist becomes a Red Cross army... Read More

In Karen Barnett’s arresting historical novel "Through Water and Stone", a Christian family’s adoption leads to a deeper perspective on God’s provisions. In the 1940s, Henry, a Zion National Park ranger, is married to Alma. There... Read More

In Katie Moore’s moving historical novel "Under the Pink Triangle", gay men navigate Dachau in 1942. Manny and Rudi are imprisoned in Dachau, forced to wear pink triangles, because they are gay. They form a deep connection with one... Read More

Jerome Charyn’s bracing biographical novel is about Maria Callas’s transformation from a New York daughter of Greek immigrants to a world-famous opera soprano. When she’s a teenager, Maria’s ambitious mother brings her to Athens.... Read More

With its men off to war, a Highland community is protected by witches in Shona Kinsella’s propulsive historical novel "Daughters of Nicnevin", set during the time of the Jacobite rising. Mairead, a lonely witch, wanders Scotland alone... Read More

In Kaethe Schwehn’s numinous historical novel "The Gospel of Salome", an aging physician is asked about her connection to Jesus of Nazareth. In 38 CE, Salome, an elderly Greek woman and physician with a thriving clinic in Alexandria,... Read More