Based on actual events, Brutal Exclusions focuses on life in Charleston, SC, during a decade that changed history: The Sixties. After a school bus is toppled by eight Charleston businessmen in protest against school desegregation, Alethea Jamison, the only African American youngster on a bus full of white children, suffers Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The review below explains Dann's motivation in writing the novel, as well as tells a bit of BE's evolution.

Nine year old Geraldine gose to the White House

by reubergcn

Book Review / Historical Fiction

March 09, 2015

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Geraldine

by reubergcn

Book Review / Historical Fiction

March 08, 2015

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nine year old Geraldine gose to the White House

Liesel's Important Lesson

by Bai0123

Book Review / Historical Fiction

April 28, 2014

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A book review over The Book Thief by Markus Zusack.

A Book Review: Medieval Realms 1066-1500

by Bey El Press

Book Review / Historical Fiction

September 14, 2013

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Tags: world, education, lies, history, book, uk, moors, miseducation, korrectness

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:This Book: “Medieval Realms 1066-1500 A Sense of [H]istory by James Mason” is a evil-speaking book of blasphemes towards the truth of [h]istory in concern with our Moorish identity and We see such printed matters to be illegal and artificial to our house: Thus from our eyes, this publication is an insult: Sadly, not many of us out there in the World are strong enough to state this fact openly: ASHE HOTEP MURI:

Book Review of "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie

by Trinabrata

Book Review / Historical Fiction

May 27, 2013

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Tags: history, communism, revolution, china, cultural, grimm, mao

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The story of Balzac and Little Chinese Seamstress depicts an amalgamation of fairy tales of Grimm and realism of Guy de Maupassant. The story is actually a description of the lives of the narrator and his friend Luo and it grows up with the background of the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Through the story the author has presented a brief picture of China during the Revolution.

Miss Mamie's Girl

by Gwynn Braswell

Book Review / Historical Fiction

December 03, 2012

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Tags: fiction, historical

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From the slave ship to the present, Miss Mamie ruled, influenced and controlled her heirs through her daughter, Mamie, aptly named after her. Miss Mamie’s daughter, Janie, grew and prospered under her mother’s power and carried on their traditions, heritage and ancestry.s).

Devil Dawgs

by AmicusCurious

Book Review / Historical Fiction

April 20, 2012

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Tags: death, war, world, usa, fight, america, iran, army, un, north, marines, korea

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Los Angeles is the battle ground for this war. The United States backed by the United Nations has backed its front lines to Bakersfield. While on the other hand Mexico backed by the Eastern Alliance which includes China, North Korea, Pakistan and Iran have their front lines established around the northern end of San Diego but they have forces currently trying to occupy L.A. Consequently, Los Angeles is caught right in between two of the largest armies that the world has ever known. The United States tried to evacuate L.A. now know as the “dead space” but was largely unsuccessful. Most of L.A.’s 4 million residents are dead while small fractions still remain as pockets of resistance. Just would like some feedback if anyone likes it!

Book Review: Brief Gaudy Hour

by xVenus

Book Review / Historical Fiction

November 24, 2011

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Tags: fiction, romance, historical, hour, anne, henry, boleyn, viii, brief, gaudy

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The enigmatic Anne Boleyn comes to life in this charming, brilliant portrayal by acclaimed British novelist Margaret Campbell Barnes. The infamous love of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn undertook a rocky journey from innocent courtier to powerful Queen of England. A meticulous researcher, Margaret Campbell Barnes immerses readers in this intrigue and in the lush, glittery world of the Tudor Court. The beauty and charms of Anne Boleyn bewitched the most powerful man in the world, King Henry VIII, but her resourcefulness and cleverness were not enough to stop the malice of her enemies. Her swift rise to power quickly became her own undoing. The author brings to light Boleyn's humanity and courage, giving an intimate look at a young woman struggling to find her own way in a world dominated by men and adversaries.

Book Review: The Virgin's Lover

by xVenus

Book Review / Historical Fiction

November 06, 2011

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Tags: fiction, lover, book, historical, review, gregory, virgins, philippa

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Book Review for "The Virgin's Lover" by Philippa Gregory. As a new queen, Elizabeth faces two great dangers: the French invasion of Scotland, which threatens to put Mary Queen of Scots on her throne, and her passion for the convicted traitor Robert Dudley. But Dudley is already married, and his devoted wife Amy will never give him up, least of all to an upstart Protestant Princess. She refuses to set her beloved husband free to marry the queen; but she cannot prevent him from becoming the favorite and the focus of the feverishly plotting, pleasure seeking court. Others too oppose the marriage, but for very different reasons. William Cecil, the queen's wisest counselor, knows she must marry for policy; her uncle hates Dudley and swears he will be murder him first. Behind the triangle of lovers, the factions take up their places: the Protestants, the priests, the assassins, the diplomats and the moneymakers. The very coin of England is shaved and clipped to nothing as Elizabeth uncertainly leads her bankrupt country into a war that no-one thinks can be won. Then someone acts in secret, and for Elizabeth, Dudley and the emerging kingdom, nothing will be as planned. Blending historical fact with contemporary rumor, Philippa Gregory has created a dark and tense novel of Tudor times, which casts Elizabeth I in a light no one has suggested before. Passionate, fearful, emotionally needy, this is a queen who will stop at nothing.

Book Review: The Boleyn Inheritance

by xVenus

Book Review / Historical Fiction

November 06, 2011

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Tags: fiction, book, historical, england, review, inheritance, tudor, boleyn

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Book review for "The Boleyn Inheritance" by Philippa Gregory. Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance Anne of Cleves: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredictable and vengeful king. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusations and false witnesses. Katherine Howard: She catches the king's eye within moments of arriving at court, setting in motion the dreadful machine of politics, intrigue, and treason that she does not understand. She only knows that she is beautiful, that men desire her, that she is young and in love -- but not with the diseased old man who made her queen, beds her night after night, and killed her cousin Anne. Her Boleyn Inheritance: the threat of the axe. Jane Rochford: She is the Boleyn girl whose testimony sent her husband and sister-in-law to their deaths. She is the trusted friend of two threatened queens, the perfectly loyal spy for her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, and a canny survivor in the murderous court of a most dangerous king. Throughout Europe, her name is a byword for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust. Her Boleyn Inheritance: a fortune and a title, in exchange for her soul. The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about a court ruled by the gallows and three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. Once again, Philippa Gregory has brought a vanished world to life -- the whisper of a silk skirt on a stone stair, the yellow glow of candlelight illuminating a hastily written note, the murmurs of the crowd gathering on Tower Green below the newly built scaffold. In The Boleyn Inheritance Gregory is at her intelligent and page-turning best.

Book Review: The Other Boleyn Girl

by xVenus

Book Review / Historical Fiction

November 06, 2011

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Tags: fiction, girl, book, historical, england, review, tudor, boleyn

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A review for Philippa Gregory's "The Other Boleyn Girl." When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king, and take her fate into her own hands. A rich and compelling tale of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe and survived by following her own heart.

Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel

by pdogg

Book Review / Historical Fiction

August 19, 2010

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Tags: fiction, war, vietnam, historical, john, cherries, podlaski

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Book Review of Cherries by Bernie Weisz

BOO REVIEW - THE PRINCE BY OLADOKUN SULAIMAN

by oladokun sulaiman

Book Review / Historical Fiction

May 30, 2008

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ACCOUNT OF MACHEVELI....HUMAN AND POWER

book review on Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky

by chord0

Book Review / Historical Fiction

May 20, 2008

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Tags: russia, revolution, russian, dostoevsky

Summary

this is a book review on the novel The Brothers Karamazov, by Dostoevsky. It portrays the conflict between Orthodox (Slavophiles) and Russians with Modern tendencies (Westernizers) viewed as a conflict between brothers in the same noble family. Setting dates from around World War I.