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Just For You! - Historical Fiction

This list is for people who enjoy historical stories with beautiful language and unique places.

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  • The Mayfair Bookshop

    a Novel of Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Happiness

    Knight, Eliza,
    The story of Nancy Mitford, author and a member of the scandalous Mitford sisters, and Lucy, book curator and in desperate need of change, who connect through a magical little English bookshop.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — FICTION KNIGHT
  • From Cuba to Mexico to America, these are mother/daughter stories passed down by fierce and tenacious women who choose to tell the truth.
    Book, 2021New York : Flatiron Books, [2021] — FICTION GARCIA
  • Two friends growing up in a small Singapore fishing village through British Imperialism and WWII must decide who they want to be, in life and to each other.
    Book, 2023New York : Riverhead Books, 2023. — FICTION HENG
  • A multigenerational story of the Tran family, set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War that tears apart not only their country, but their family as well.
    Book, 2020Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020. — FICTION NGUYEN
  • A story of two sisters in 1760’s Ghana. Follow the two branches of the family and their descendants - one that stays in Ghana, the other that is sold in America through the slave trade.
    Book, 2016New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. — FICTION GYASI
  • Based on a book, original letters, journals, and historical facts, this series tells the uplifting effect these women had on the war effort.
    DVD, 2014[Australia] : Screentime Pty Ltd, [2014], c2014. — DVD TV ANZAC