History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

The Phantom's Apprentice Author: Heather Webb Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Sonnet Press Release Date: February 6, 2018 Pages: 342 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: In this re-imagining of Phantom of the Opera , meet a Christine Daaé you’ve never seen before…      Christine faces an impossible choice: be a star at the Paris opera as Papa always wanted, or follow her dream—to become a master of illusions. First, she must steal the secrets of the enigmatic master who haunts her, survive a world of treachery and murder, and embrace the uncertain promise of love. To succeed, she will risk her life in the grandest illusion of all.      My Review: The Phantom’s Apprentice is a retelling of The Phantom of the Opera . Christine Daae has been singing in the salons of Paris with her father. However, she has always been fascinated with magic tricks and becoming a magician herself. When her father dies, Christi...

Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran Author: Marion Grace Woolley Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Ghostwoods Books Release Date: February 14, 2015 Pages: 288 Source: This book was given to me by TLC Book Tours in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: A young woman confronts her own dark desires, and finds her match in a masked conjurer turned assassin. Inspired by Gaston LeRoux's The Phantom of the Opera , Marion Grace Woolley takes us on forbidden adventures through a time that has been written out of history books.      " Those days are buried beneath the mists of time. I was the first, you see. The very first daughter. There would be many like me to come. Svelte little figures, each with saffron skin and wide, dark eyes. Every one possessing a voice like honey, able to twist the santur strings of our father's heart."      It begins with a rumour, an exciting whisper. Anything to break the tedium of the harem for the Shah's eldest daughter. Pe...