History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

Changeling (Sorcery and Society #1) Author: Molly Harper Genre: YA, Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: NYLA  Release Date: 2018 Pages: 264 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: If 14-year-old Cassandra Reed makes it through her first day at Miss Castwell’s Institute for the Magical Instruction of Young Ladies without anyone discovering her secret, maybe, just maybe, she’ll let herself believe that she really does belong at Miss Castwell’s.     Except Cassandra Reed’s real name is Sarah Smith and up until now, she lived her whole life in the Warren, serving a magical family, the Winters, as all non-magical “Snipes” are bound by magical Guardian law to do. That is, until one day, Sarah accidentally levitates Mrs. Winter’s favorite vase in the parlor...      But Snipes aren’t supposed to have magical powers…and the existence of a magical Snipe threatens the world order dictated during the Guardians’ Restorati...

Cleopatra Unconquered (Cleopatra Reimagined Book #1) Author: Helen R. Davis Genre: Alternative Historical Fiction Publisher: Savant Books & Publications LLC Release Date: 2015 Pages: 328 Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The first book of three in a richly imagined ancient world where the course of history is altered by one battle. In this world, Antony and Cleopatra triumph at the Battle of Actium, and Cleopatra emerges as a queen, stateswoman, and politician. Those around her come to life as the reader returns to those days to live them with her.        My Review: Cleopatra Unconquered is the first in a trilogy that that imagines what would happen if Cleopatra won the Battle of Actium. This book narrates Cleopatra’s challenges to becoming pharaoh. She is the favorite child of her father Ptolemy XII. When he dies, Cleopatra marries her brother Ptolemy XIII. However, sh...

The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen: A Novel by a Gentleman Volume I by Collins Hemingway Publication Date: June 20, 2015 AuthorHouse Hardcover, Paperback, & eBook Genre: Historical Fiction Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Everyone should marry once for love – Even Jane Austen      Jane Austen, single and seemingly comfortable in the role of clergyman’s daughter and aspiring writer in the early 1800s, tells friends and family to hold out for true affection in any prospective relationship. Everybody, she says, has a right to marry once in their lives for love.      But when, after a series of disappointing relationships, the prospect of true love arrives for her, will she have the courage to act? The Marriage of Miss Jane AUsten re-imagines the life of England’s archetypal female by exploring what might have happened if she had ever...

Isabella Unashamed: An Alternative History Author: Helen R. Davis and Carolina Casas Genre: Alternative Historical Fiction Publisher: Editorial Calíope Release Date: September 7, 2017 Pages: 144 Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Isabella of Castile is known as Europe’s first great queen. Renowned for her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon and birthing of modern day Spain, Isabella is also known as the queen who launched the Inquisition, completed the Reconquista and expelled the Jews from her nation. Not long after her triumph in 1492, her dynasty came apart and unraveled, and it was whispered by many that the Trastamara line was cursed.      But, What if Isabella had been wiser and not expelled the Jews, some of the very people who ironically helped put her on the throne of Castile? What if Isabella had had more foresight and had her successor be Catalina, who, although the younges...

The Most Happy by Helen R. Davis Publication Date: July 25, 2017 Callipe Editorial Genre: Alternative Historical Fiction Source: This book was given to me by Historcal Fiction Book tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Anne Boleyn is known throughout the world as the beheaded wife of King Henry VIII, a woman for whom Henry discarded a Spanish princess and who was later discarded for the woman who gave Henry his longed-for son. Love her or hate her, it cannot be denied her romance with Henry VIII changed the course of English and European, and perhaps World History, forever. This is a novel that imagines Anne Boleyn giving Henry a son and taking the reins of power as Regent of England when Henry VIII perishes in a jousting accident. Told in the voice of the infamous Anne Boleyn, we are treated to the 16th century world that has recently become famous through programs such as The Tudors. We meet Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, and many of the perso...

27 Days to Midnight by Kristine Kruppa Genre: YA, Steampunk, Adventure Release date: May 3rd 2016 Giant Squid Books Source: This book was given to me by YA Bound Books Tours in exchange for an honest review. Summary:  Everyone in Dahlia's world knows when they're going to die. Except her.       Her father has never shown her the pocket watch counting down the days she has left to live. When he sacrifices himself to save her from her scheduled death, Dahlia abandons her comfortable home and sets off after his murderer to uncover the secrets her father died top rotect...and the time research that could bring him back to life.       Then she meets Farren Reed. She should hate him. He’s an enemy soldier, a cowardly deserter, and the most insufferable man Dahlia’s ever met. Still, she needs all the help she can get, and Farren is the only chance she has to find the man who murdered her father. But Farren has only twenty-seven days left on...

Aurelia (Roma Nova, #4) by Alison Morton Publication Date: May 5, 2015 SilverWood Books Paperback & eBook; 270 Pages Genre: Alternative Historical Fiction Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book tours in exchange for an honest review.                   Synopsis:  Late 1960s Roma Nova, the last Roman colony that has survived into the 21st century. Aurelia Mitela is alone – her partner gone, her child sickly and her mother dead. Forced in her mid-twenties to give up her beloved career as a Praetorian officer, she is struggling to manage an extended family tribe, businesses and senatorial political life.      But her country needs her unique skills. Somebody is smuggling silver – Roma Nova’s lifeblood – on an industrial scale. Sent to Berlin to investigate, she encounters the mysterious and attractive Miklós, a suspected smuggler, and Caius Tellus, a Roma Novan she has despi...

Perfiditas (Book #2 of the Roma Nova Series) Author: Alison Morton Genre: Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Publisher: Silverwoods Books Release Date: 2013 Pages: 288 Source: This book was given to me for the Historical Fiction Virtual Tours Book Tour      My Review: Perifditas is an alternate history and science fiction novel. It is set in a country, named Roma Nova that is ruled and dominated by women. Roma Nova was created in 395 AD when Emperor Theodosius’s final decree banned all pagan religions. Romans, who are still loyal to the old religions and sought refuge, trekked out of Italy and into a country that is similar to Slovenia. Over time, women began to rule over Roma Nova and also became a matrilineal society, while the men defended the country.  At the center of this novel, is Carina Mitela, who is Captain of the Special Forces. Carina must prevent a conspiracy who that not only threatens her country, bu...

The Copper Witch Author: Jessica Dall Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing and Books, LLC Release Date: March 13th, 2014 Pages: 374 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Adela Tilden has always been more ambitious than her station in life might allow. A minor nobleman’s daughter on a failing barony, Adela’s prospects seem dire outside of marrying well-off. When Adela catches the eye of the crown prince, Edward, however, well-off doesn’t seem to be a problem. Thrown into a world of politics and intrigue, Adela might have found all the excitement she ever wanted—if she can manage to leave her past behind.      My Review: Jessica Dall’s debut novel tells the story of the impoverished daughter of a baron who manages to catch the crown prince’s eye. She then rises from her humble beginnings to become the most powerful woman in the country. This is a tale of ambition, romance, and betra...