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Dunlap, Susanne
4 Reviews
(3)
YA
In 1799, Eliza Monroe (daughter to the future president) arrives at her French boarding school and meets Josephine Bonaparte's daughter Hortense and Napoleon's sister Caroline. She is quickly embroiled in their family drama and the girls' schemes, which grow complicated and dangerous. The prose is somewhat dense, but it's offset by the suspense of the fictionalized insider-look at France's powerful families.
Reviewer: Amanda Mc. MacGregor
(3)
YA
Gutsy sixteen-year-old parlormaid-turned-nurse Molly Fraser ministers to wounded soldiers in a Crimean hospital run by the no-nonsense Florence Nightingale. Despite arduous toil and abominable conditions, Molly finds herself falling in love with both a doctor and a soldier. Molly is a believable character in this engaging work of historical fiction that pays homage to Nightingale's groundbreaking accomplishments.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
YA
This romantic historical novel imagines the teenage years of Anastasia Romanova, the youngest daughter of Russia's last csar. Anastasia's first-person narration conveys both the opulence of her royal life and the terror of her family's exile. The princess's growing maturity and secret relationship with a young Bolshevik guard propel the baroque story to a conclusion where the future is appropriately uncertain.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan
(3)
YA
In eighteenth-century Vienna, fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria discovers that her murdered father, a violinist in Franz Joseph Haydn's orchestra, was also a spy investigating the persecution of Hungarian gypsies. As she moves between the court of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy and the gypsy camps, the strong-willed Theresa tells her own story. The details of this historical novel, part mystery, part romance, are intriguing.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
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