biographical fiction

Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful and ambitious woman, catches the eye of a newly crowned boy king, secretly marries him, and ascends to royalty while fighting for her family's success.

Mary Boleyn comes to the court of King Henry VIII, where she falls for the dashing king, and begins to enjoy her growing role as unofficial queen, however, she soon realizes she is merely a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to turn towards her best friend and rival, her sister, Anne.

Former Tudor court spy Katherine Ashley befriends the doomed queen Anne Boleyn and becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Princess Elizabeth and her most trusted confidante when Elizabeth is crowned.

A fictionalized account of the life of Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton, who was betrothed to William Shakespeare days before he was forced to marry the pregnant Anne Hathaway of Shottery, and went on to secretly marry her great love during a treacherous time in Elizabethan England.

Sarah Morgan is a spirited nineteen-year-old, loyal to the Confederacy, when Union forces arrive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1862, forcing her and her family on a perilous journey to New Orleans. Includes excerpts from the actual diary on which the story is based.

A fictional account of Tudor England, centering on the life of Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

Twenty-year-old Marlene spends the summer of 1944 visiting her cousin, Eva Braun, at Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat, where she enjoys luxury and prestige, learns her first lessons about sex, and finally comes face-to-face with the evils this sheltered world represents. Based on actual events.

"Josephine Hurst has her family under control: two beautiful daughters, a brilliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband and a historical landmark home. But living in this matriarch's determinedly cheerful, yet subtly controlling domain hasn't been easy for her family. When her oldest daughter, Rose, runs off with a mysterious boyfriend, Josephine tightens her grip, gradually turning her flawless home into a darker sort of prison"--Provided by OCLC.

A novel based on "Roots" author Alex Haley's research about the life of Madam C.J. Walker, an impoverished laundress who, in the early twentieth century, rose to become the first black female millionaire with her discovery of a new hair care method.

A fictionalized account of the history of the Kelly gang, which traces the adventures of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.