Historical Fiction

"There are a number of ideas I was exploring in this novel: ideas of truth and fiction in war—how war is mythologized before, during and after the fact; how story-telling acts a way to cope with trauma; how the trauma of the Vietnam War was a trauma of the American family."

This novel about the biblical King David gives strong personalities to the women of the story, who in the texts are mostly merely wives, pawns, and victims. And the richness of the flowing prose matches Brooks's heightened imaginative powers.

Clare Clark's new novel 'We That Are Left' is a heartfelt story about The Great War, and a family that must come to terms with how their lives are irrevocably changed by it.

"I think a novelist has to feel a bond with all their primary characters, has almost to love them, in spite of or perhaps even because of their flaws. Unless you feel them deeply, they never truly come alive."

What better way to step away from the emotional exhaustion provided by this year’s presidential elections than by pitching head first into an awesome new book.

The first of a series of period mysteries craftily blends mythology and post-war politics.

When you think of fall do you imagine fluttering leaves, warmer clothes and a list of awesome new fiction books? Here's a few awesome pick to get you giddy.

'Orchard: A Novel', by Jack H Bailey, is rich with the dust and death of a time period long left behind, one that I am most certainly glad I didn't live through.

"The Last Wife of Attila the Hun" by Joan Shweighardt is a superbly written and excellently researched novel that will mesmerize fans of historical fiction.

The French Graphic Novel "Thoreau: A Divine Life" by Maximilien Le Roy and A. Dan puts a human face to a major figure in American Lit.