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Ep. #102 - Blast From the Past! Historical Fiction
Description
Take a trip back through time with today's episode where Adam and Jill discuss some of their favorite historical fiction picks! We not only help give a definition of what makes a book historical fiction, but we also discuss multiple timeline novels and "time slip" historical fiction.
Books mentioned in this episode:
American Girl series
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Captive Queen by Alison Weir
The King's Obsession by Alison Weir
Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
The Address by Fiona Davis
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Darkness Knows by Cheryl Honigford
Homicide for the Holidays by Cheryl Honigford
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Time and Again by Jack Finney
A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain
Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson
Outlander by Diana Gaboldon
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Trinity by Leon Uris
Count Belisarius by Robert Graves
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"Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com
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