“Life After Life”: A World War II do-over
Kate Atkinson's new novel follows the multiple lives of an Englishwoman trying to get her own story just right
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Kate Atkinson's new novel follows the multiple lives of an Englishwoman trying to get her own story just right
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTCScheming aristocrats, gamblers and fortune-tellers enliven this satisfying historical thriller set in Sweden
Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 11:00 PM UTCThe sequel to her Booker-winning "Wolf Hall" is a thrilling exploration of what it took to run Tudor England
Monday, May 7, 2012 12:00 AM UTCMischief and murder --medieval-style -- inspired the epic series
Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 17The straight-to-DVD "Courage, New Hampshire" is a tale of justice, godliness and wildly varying accents
Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 12:30 PM UTC 44A brilliant new novel reimagines the lives of the mythical figure and his bloody cohorts in the Old West
Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 12:35 AM UTC"Survivor" producer Mark Burnett tackles noncontroversial religious text, promises no historical context
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 6:25 PM UTC 20A gorgeous cast and a vivid glimpse of 16th-century love and life make "Princess of Montpensier" a delight
Saturday, Apr 9, 2011 1:01 AM UTCHer version of America's founding is no more sophisticated than a comic book populated by superheroes and villains
Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 59The Minnesota congresswoman was apparently a liberal, until she read "Burr"
Thursday, Dec 30, 2010 10:20 PM UTC 173Historical fiction has never given the longest-reigning monarch in English history her due
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 2:15 AM UTC 25Sebastian Barry may be the most exhilarating prose stylist in Irish fiction. His new book weaves together strands from Ireland's past -- and his own.
Friday, Jun 20, 2008 10:15 AM UTCPast perfect: From a sinister Victorian thriller to the lush life of Louis XIV's mistress, these historical novels will take you back in time.
Monday, Jun 16, 2008 10:26 AM UTCThe unlikely heroine of "Lavinia" leaps out of the Aeneid and brings an ancient culture -- deeply bound by "duty, order and justice" -- to life.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:28 PM UTC 24Slogging through the science and history, sex and paranoia that crowd Thomas Pynchon's cartoonish new novel, it's obvious his disciples now write better Big Idea novels than he does.
Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 1:30 PM UTC 48In his highly anticipated follow-up to "Cold Mountain," Charles Frazier explores 19th century America's brutal program to expel Indians. As a richly imagined historical novel, it draws out the best and worst of literary fiction.
Thursday, Oct 5, 2006 12:31 PM UTC 18Sarah Waters' grand new novel chronicles love, sex and obsession among four Britons in crumbling World War II London.
Monday, Mar 20, 2006 12:26 PM UTCIn her new novel, Anne Rice leaves behind the vampires and turns her attention to young Jesus Christ -- and it's good!
Thursday, Nov 3, 2005 1:00 PM UTC 10In this kaleidoscopic rendering of Gen. Sherman's famous March to the Sea, the characters and metaphors come and go with all the tumult of the Union Army.
Saturday, Oct 1, 2005 10:01 PM UTCA band of intrepid historians hunt for the real-life Dracula -- and visit plenty of far-flung European locales -- in this hypnotic multigenerational mystery.
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