Historical Fiction

	Title	Editor rating (1-5)	Reader rating
	Whirl of the Wheel - Catherine Condie - Three children whirl back in time through an enchanted potter’s wheel into the reality of evacuation in 1940s Britain. Whirl of the Wheel pulls feisty Connie, her brother Charlie-Mouse, and school pest Malcolm into dangers on the homefront and towards a military operations secret...	4	4.5
	Britannia - Letitia Coyne - Maia and her step-brother Cilo were raised in an opulent villa in the Seine Valley, until Cilo enlisted in the army in Britannia at fifteen. Maia is married off to her step-brother but is abandoned when he returns to his post in the Roman army. Seizing her chance to escape, she joins a group of...		4.5
	Petra - Letitia Coyne - Aya grew up as a scavenger, trailing the Bedouin caravans. Bought from the arena as a young man, his new life as Sethos, the adopted son of a wealthy Roman merchant, is stained by the stigma of his past. Jaida was raised in luxurious slavery, destined to be a virgin oracle. When the fall...	5	4.4
	From the Next Room - Lowry Pei - From the Next Room is the sequel to Family Resemblances. The story takes place seven years later and is once again set in the small town of New Franklin, Illinois. For another time Karen comes to visit her somewhat outrageous Aunt Augusta. Almost nothing is as it...	5	4.2
	Family Resemblances - Lowry Pei - Fifteen-year-old Karen, upset by the loss of a boyfriend and her parents rocky marriage, spends a hot summer vacation with her Aunt Augusta, an eccentric English teacher, in a small Midwestern town and learns many things about love, life, and growing up. Although set in the 1950s, readers of any...	5	4.2
	Viking Saga - Mark Coakley - VIKING SAGA is a pulse-pounding literary historical thriller, set in 793 AD, when Norway was ruled by many small kingdoms and folk still worshipped the old gods. Halfdan the Black -- a young fighter and beer-soaked poet, with a Norse father and African mother -- vows revenge for the killing of...		4
	Change of Heart - Fran Shaff - "Change of Heart" takes place in 1850s Nebraska. Marietta is traveling from Chicago to Nebraska to collect her orphaned nephew. When a snow storm delays her return trip, she finds herself stranded in an unappealing land ... but with a very appealing rancher.	4	4
	Harald - David Friedman - It’s the perfect storm for conquest. A dysfunctional kingdom reels under a weak monarch. A powerful order of warrior maidens turns to infighting after suddenly losing its charismatic leader. Worst of all, a disciplined and blooded imperial army stands ready to invade and dominate. If ever a...	3	4
	When Women Were Warriors - Book I: The Warrior's Path - Catherine Wilson - In book I of the ‘When Women Were Warriors’ trilogy Tamras arrives in Lady Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior. Her small stature makes her an unlikely swordswoman and to make matters worse Lady Merin assigns her as the servant of a cantankerous...	4	4
	Time Management for Mercenaries - Dai Alanye - Join a team of men and women on an unthinkable journey to forever alter history — for better or worse. Travel, adventure, specialized training — we offer all those and more. Come on! What's the worst that can happen? Sickness, death by misadventure, some mistake that drops you in the middle of...		4