Tag: historical-fiction

  • THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART: MOLLY RINGLAND

    THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART: MOLLY RINGLAND

    GENRE: FAMILY SAGA/AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY FICTION They shouldn’t sell this book at airports! It was a mistake to read this book on back-to-back long-haul flights and in airports because I ugly-cried and I said things like, ‘Oh No!’ out loud, attracting concerned looks from the physically perfect young Danish man sitting next to me. And I…

  • BURIAL RITES: HANNAH KENT

    BURIAL RITES: HANNAH KENT

    GENRE : HISTORICAL FICTION In 1829, the last public execution in Iceland took place (you can still see the specially commissioned axe in the National Museum in Reykjavik). A man and a woman were beheaded for a murder committed on a remote farm. There being no prisons in Iceland, the condemned woman, Agnes Magnusdottir (great…