It’s 1898, and Tillie Reese is about to attain her lifelong dream. Being a housemaid at Biltmore — the palatial home of George and Edith Vanderbilt — is more than she could have ever imagined, and now she has the chance to become lady’s maid to Mrs. Vanderbilt herself. There’s just one problem: Mack Danvers,…
Tag: historical fiction
Review: The Book of Madness and Cures
Committed to following in her father’s footsteps through the world of medicine, Gabriella Mondini has worked for years to become a legitimate doctors, despite the sexism of 1590 Venice. But when her father — her patron in the male-dominated society — goes missing, Gabriella’s already-precarious position becomes even more so. Using clues in the letters…
Review: The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
Two years after surviving an assassination attempt by John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln is on the brink of impeachment; his enemies accuse him of overstepping his authority during and after the Civil War, and the case is not looking good. Enter Abigail Canner, the newest clerk at Dennard & McShane, the law firm responsible…
Review: My Antonia
New York lawyer Jim Burden has come a long way from Black Hawk, Nebraska, but he has never forgotten his days on the prairie — or Antonia Shimerda, the immigrant girl who was his first friend. My Antonia is the story of a young man and the situations and people who influenced him most, and…
Review: The Scarlet Pimpernel
(I read this book as part of the Back to the Classics Challenge. Click on the link or image to join in the fun!) 1792 Paris is not an ideal place to be an aristocrat. The French Revolution is well underway, and heads are rolling faster than one can count. Aristocrats, guilty or not, are…