Forget the “Columbus sailed the ocean blue” mnemonic devices and dusty history books. If you want to experience history with dimension and humanity, turn to historical fiction.History becomes real when readers experience it through the eyes of a character – the tastes, the smells, the feelings.
Columnist and popular book advisor Joyce Saricks offers her suggestions to help fiction readers delve into history to gain fresh perspectives on how people of all walks of life experienced history.
现在你可以使历史小说可访问TH.e broadest cross-section of readers by providing them in large print – which improves comprehension for readers of all kinds without adding bulk or weight.
Check out these popular titles recommended by Joyce and available fromThorndike Press.那and read on to see what’s new this month.
- The Dancing Master通过Julie Klassen——发现自己家里的人,伦敦哒ncing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire‚ hoping to start over. Stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing‚ Alec finds an unlikely ally in her daughter. Wary of Julia Midwinter’s reckless flirtation‚ he comes to realize her bold exterior disguises hidden sorrows. With Alec’s help‚ can Julia uncover old secrets and restore life to her somber village?
- 林肯夫人的竞争对手通过Jennifer Chiagilini.– Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Ohio‚ second daughter to the second wife of Salmon P. Chase‚ who rose to prominence in the antebellum years. Appointed to Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet‚ Chase aspired to even greater heights. Beautiful and intelligent‚ young Kate took on the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society. And asThe Washington Star宣称：“没有突出她。”没有，也就是说，但是玛丽托德林肯。
- The Good Lord Bird通过詹姆斯麦克布莱德- 1857年，亨利·索勒福德是一名居住在堪萨斯州境内的年轻奴隶，这是反奴隶制部队之间的战场。当传奇诽谤者约翰布朗和亨利的大师之间的争论变得暴力时，亨利被迫留下棕色，她相信他是一个女孩。在随后的几个月里，亨利 - 布朗绰号“洋葱” - 隐瞒他的身份，保持活力，最终在1859年在哈珀渡轮找到自己。
- 火星的女儿通过Thomas Keneally– In 1915‚ Naomi and Sally Durance‚ two spirited Australian sisters‚ join the war effort as nurses‚ escaping the confines of their father’s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Though they are used to tending the sick‚ nothing could have prepared them for what they confront‚ first on a hospital ship near Gallipoli‚ then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage‚ the sisters become the friends they never were and find themselves courageous in the face of danger.
- 翅膀的发明通过Sue Monk Kidd– Hetty “Handful” Grimke‚ an urban slave in early 19TH.-century Charleston‚ yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls of the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimkes’ daughter‚ Sarah‚ who has always known she is meant to do something large in the world‚ is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. On Sarah’s 11th birthday‚ she is given ownership of 10-year-old Handful‚ and we follow their remarkable journeys over the next 35 years.
- Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker通过Jennifer Chiagilini.- 在1861年3月，林肯夫人选择了前奴隶伊丽莎白的“Lizzie”Keckley作为她的个人模式。随着他们的关系进化，克利利被吸引到林肯家族的亲密生活中。她从她所做的几十个礼服中救了碎片，把称为玛丽托德林肯被子的致敬。她还节省了回忆中的回忆录。在这种无可挑剔的研究中，嘉死利尼将历史带给了丰富，移动的风格。
- 22 Britannia Road通过Amanda Hodgkinson- 第二次世界大战结束了。Silvana和八岁的AUREK板上的船舶将从波兰到英格兰，到她的丈夫Janusz。但战争已经改变了它们。Silvana和AUREK在波兰的森林里躲藏起来。Janusz现在是一个英国人，决心忘记波兰，并作为一个适当的英语家庭开始新的生活。但对于Silvana来说，遗忘不是一种可能性。
- 帮助通过Kathryn Stockett– Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. Aibileen is a wise, regal black maid raising her 17th white child. Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, can cook like nobody’s business but can’t mind her tongue. It is 1962, and these three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step that forever changes a town and the way women — mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends — view one another.
- Mr. Churchill’s Secretary通过苏珊elia macneal.- 伦敦，1940年。温斯顿丘吉尔刚刚在渠道上宣誓，战争愤怒，并在当天越来越大的闪电织机的威胁。Maggie Hope毕业于她的大学课程顶部，拥有英国情报中最精彩的思想的所有技能，但她的性别才有符合她在唐宁街10号最新的印刷师。但为总理工作提供了很多访问权限，而Maggie很快就会在一个间谍，谋杀和阴谋网络中被纳纳。
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- Watch a Video of Joyce Saricks: View an on-demand recording of a webinar during which the popular Reader’s Advisor shared her thoughts on the rising popularity of the historical fiction genre.
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