Historical fiction is a hugely popular genre of fiction providing fictional accounts or dramatizations of historical figures or events. This latest guide in the highly successful Bloomsbury Must-Reads series depicts 100 of the finest novels published in this sector, with a further 500 recommendations. A wide range of classic works and key authors are covered: Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Attwood, Sarah Waters, Victor Hugo and Robert Louis Stevenson to name a few. If you want to expand your reading in this area, or gain a deeper understanding of the genre - this is the best place to start!
Follow the life of French heroine Joan of Arc (1412-1431) also known as the "Maid of Orleans" who united the French against the English occupying forces. Jeanne d'Arc was born to a peasant family in Lorraine, France. At the age of 13, she started to hear voices speaking to her from Saint Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret inspiring her to lead the French against the English. She was burned at the stake in 1431 and charged by the church for being a heretic.
Life changes completely for Margaret Hale when she moves to a smokey northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr. Thornton and dislikes him immediately. But Mr. Thornton falls in love with Margaret.
This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, which encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister.
Margaret Thatcher is the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. No other prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically as she did. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words.
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The Cambridge Introduction to Margaret Atwood
it summerizes Atwood's canon
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