Brooks' forte is taking actual historical details and fleshing out the little we know with a narrative of possibility. The village in Year of Wonders, which isolated itself to keep from spreading the plague, is based on a real village that took that very step. Not being a place of much significanc...
I found this historical fiction piece about the Plague *extremely* fascinating. It's been a few years since I read it, so I don't remember many of the details. I would read it again, though.
This fascinating historical novel is based on a true story. It takes place in the mid seventeenth century in a small British village that succumbs to the plague. It's told through the eyes of a young widow, Anna Frith, whose two sons die from the plague in as sorrowful a recounting as I would ever w...
Year of Wonders is a book I would never have picked up if left to my own devices. I tend to steer clear of too true-to-life accounts of death and despair. Having recently joined a new readers group, and this being the first official selection, I felt duty bound to read it from cover to cover. And I'...
After reading March, I had to immediately read this novel by the same author. It's the story about the plague hitting a small village in England and how the people in the small town change as a result of it. I've been fascinated with historical fictions about plagues since reading Connie Willis' Doo...
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