Historical Fiction TBR Public

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  1. Conjure Women by 

    4 stars

    A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the heart of this …

  2. Dangerous Women by 

    No rating

    London, 1841. The Rajah sails for Australia. On board are 180 women convicted of petty crimes, sentenced to start a …

  3. The Animals at Lockwood Manor by 

    4 stars

    August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum’s collection of mammals. …

  4. The Tailor's Daughter by 

    No rating

    Set in 1860s Victorian England, Janice Graham's suspenseful new novel tells the story of Veda Grenfell, a passionate young woman …

  5. The Year Without Summer by 

    4 stars

    1815, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia Mount Tambora explodes in a cataclysmic eruption, killing thousands. Sent to investigate, ship surgeon Henry Hogg …

  6. The Luminaries by 

    4 stars

    It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the West Coast goldfields. On the night …

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