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May 10, 2024 · The Best Historical Fiction of 2024 recommended by Katharine Grant. The judges of the Walter Scott Prize aim to highlight the very best new historical novels, and in 2024 they have settled on a varied shortlist featuring a Trinidadian tragedy, a Vatican-based thriller, and a charming coming-of-age tale from 1960s Middle England.
WINNER 62,211 votes. Weyward. by. Emilia Hart. An artful variation on the historical fiction novel, Emilia Hart’s Weyward follows three desperate women along three timeline threads—separate but related—in 1619, 1942, and 2019. Hart’s story stitches back and forth in time as the women encounter an abiding feminine power, deeply rooted in ...
Dec 5, 2023 · THE WITCHING TIDE, by Margaret Meyer (Scribner, 327 pp., $28). Martha Hallybread, the midwife heroine of Meyer’s first novel, leads a precarious existence: Unable to speak, she communicates via ...
- Alida Becker
Feb 19, 2024 · 2024 releases historical civil war. See it on Amazon. The Great Divide. Cristina Henriquez What It's About: An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there. It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history.
May 26, 2023 · COURTING DRAGONS (Severn House, 210 pp., $30.99) is the first in a new series narrated by Will himself, a sprightly figure with a well-cultivated flair for gossip and a vigorously pansexual ...
- Alida Becker
Dec 4, 2022 · Narrowing down a best-of-the-year list is always daunting. So let’s just say these 10 historical novels, arranged in alphabetical order, are the ones that ranked highest in my personal triage.
