Readers will not only enjoy Brooks’s well-told tales but will also likely learn something new along the way. What truly sets her work apart from many others, however, is the rigorous and extensive nature of her research into whatever subject matter she’s focused on, which shines through on every page. (All of these subgenres are completely valid, by the way, and all worth your time!)īut few authors can claim the range of Geraldine Brooks, whose stories have encompassed everything from plague in seventeenth-century England ( Year of Wonders) and the Biblical King David ( The Secret Chord) to the first Native American to graduate from Harvard ( Caleb’s Crossing) and even a retelling of Little Women that explored the life of the family’s mostly absent father ( March). And even more are just modern tales in period dress, with little interest in the specifics of various historical time periods beyond their clothing styles. In contrast, others aim to highlight stories from lesser-known corners of the globe or explore the lives of traditionally marginalized or excluded groups. Some aim to dramatize the lives of famous people (there is a small cottage industry of these sorts of books built almost solely around England’s Tudor dynasty). Historical fiction, as a genre, encompasses a wide-ranging subset of stories.
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