Based on the true story of a privateer who became Governor of Jamaica, F. Van Wyck Mason’s novel Cutlass Empire is a swashbuckler whose swash has long since buckled.
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Dull Edge to Cutlass Empire
Posted in 1949 Bestselling Novels, Fictional biography, Historical, Romance, tagged 1600s, Caribbean, England, F. Van Wyck Mason, France, Jamaica, New World, Panama, privateer, Spain on April 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Mary Is No Entertainer
Posted in 1949 Bestselling Novels, Fictional biography, Religious, tagged Bible, Jesus, Nazareth, Sholem Asch on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sholem Asch’s novel Mary has to follow the familiar Biblical narrative about the mother of Jesus, which doesn’t leave a lot of room for surprises. Before you open the cover, you know what’s going to happen.
Dangle in 1948 files for Big Fisherman
Posted in 1948 Bestselling Novels, 1949 Bestselling Novels, Fictional biography, Historical, Religious on April 1, 2009 | Comments Off
The #2 bestseller for 1949, The Big Fisherman, was #1 in1948.
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The Dear and Glorious Physician is Luke Warm
Posted in 1959 Bestselling Novels, Fictional biography, Historical, Religious on February 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Dear and Glorious Physician is worth reading for the setting and scenery. Look elsewhere for entertainment or better understanding of people.
Fictional account of 1847 scandal still a sensation
Posted in 1938 Bestselling Novels, Fictional biography, Historical, Romance, tagged 19th century, American History, Henriette Desportes, Henry Field, murder, Rachel Field, trial on July 2, 2008 | Comments Off
As a child, Rachel Field was curious about her great aunt, Henriette Desportes, whose tombstone told the date of her death but nothing of her life. In All This, and Heaven Too, Field fleshes out the facts she later learned about Henriette’s sensational trial for murder with details she imagined.
Big Fisherman, Big Disappointment.
Posted in 1948 Bestselling Novels, Fictional biography, Historical, Religious, tagged Antipas, Apostle Peter, Christianity, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East on March 26, 2008 | Comments Off
In The Big Fisherman, Lloyd C. Douglas explores the rise of Christianity in a complicated story tangled around the figure of Simon Peter.
The Winthrop Woman Makes History Live
Posted in 1958 Bestselling Novels, Adventure, Fictional biography, Historical, My Top Pics, Religious, tagged colonial America, Dutch, Massachusetts, Puritans, witchcraft on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Historical fiction doesn’t get any better than The Winthrop Woman, Anya Seton’s fascinating tale of Puritan America. The facts, dates, and circumstances are all true. Sexton said the story didn’t need any additions to make it exciting. (She’s right.) She even incorporated characters’ written words into the novel’s dialogue.
