Historical Fiction Stars: 2006

Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless otherwise noted.

Historical fiction is loosely defined on this page - a book set 25 years ago may qualify for inclusion.

Categories on this page include general (period setting), romance, and also worthy of note (time slip, alternate history, generational sagas, etc.)

• Strivers Row
  Author: Baker, Kevin
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 26.95 ISBN: 0060195835 Date: 2006
  PW Booklist
  The riveting conclusion to the City of Fire trilogy tells the extraordinary story of two young men trying to find their way through the temptations and pitfalls of life in World War II-era Harlem.
  Updated 12.5.05
• In the Company of the Courtesan
  Author: Dunant, Sarah
  Publisher: Random $ 23.95 ISBN: 1400063817 Date: 2006
  PW Booklist Kirkus
  Set in Renaissance Italy, this follow-up to Dunant's The Birth of Venus recounts the fantastic escapades of Bucino Teodoldo, a wily dwarf, and his mistress, celebrated courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini, who escape to Venice where intrigue awaits.
  Street Date: 2.14.06
  Suggested Reading: All Stars
  Updated 10.24.05
• White Ghost Girls
  Author: Greenaway, Alice
  Publisher: Grove $ 13 ISBN: 0802170188 Date: 2006
  Kirkus Booklist
  In her astonishing literary debut, Greenway tells a tale of sacrifice and solidarity between two American sisters who tumble into their teenage years in 1967 Hong Kong, against an extraordinary backdrop that is both sensuous and dangerous.
  Suggested Reading: Debuts
  Updated 11.14.05
• The Last Witchfinder
  Author: Morrow, James
  Publisher: Morrow $ 25.95 ISBN: 0060821795 Date: 2006
  PW
  Jennet Stearne's father hangs witches for a living, but when the young girl witnesses the horrifying death of her beloved Aunt Isobel, she makes it her life's mission to bring down the Parliamentary Witchcraft Act.
  Suggested Reading: Witches
  Updated 12.5.05
• An Imperfect Lens
  Author: Roiphe, Anne
  Publisher: Crown $ 25 ISBN: 1400082110 Date: 2006
  Kirkus
  A celebrated author returns with a captivating historical novel set during the cholera epidemic in 1880s Alexandria, Egypt. A French scientist who hopes to find the source of the epidemic falls in love with the daughter of a Jewish doctor, but political intrigue threatens to separate them permanently.
  Suggested Reading: Egypt
  Updated 12.7.05

LINKS:

American Historical Fiction Book List
Historical Fiction for Children & Adults
Historical Fiction Bibliography
Historical Mysteries
Soon's Historical Fiction Site
Uchronia: Alternate History
Yahoo - Historical Fiction