Books by Michelle Moran
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review 1: This story covers the last six years of Napoleon's reign. It's told in three voices - his second empress Marie Louise, his crazy sister Pauline, and Pauline's devoted chamberlain (who sees all). Marie Louise is portrayed as a talented, intelligent woman with a strong sense of i...
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review 1: It's a pity that a book focusing on an historical figure so infrequent on historical fiction has to be so inaccurate. I could forgive easily all the liberties taken by Michelle Moran, had she not claimed she was being close to historical facts. Unfortunately, she is not. From the...
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review 1: 3.5 stars, probably, but I rounded up because it got better towards the end. For me, this book lost a few points for predictability (I saw Juba coming from 200 pages away,) and felt as though the historical tidbits Moran was trying to include were inserted rather inelegantly, rat...
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review 1: Getting into another world is the fun part of historical fiction, and I love the details and factoids (Pharaoh Rameses really had red hair!). For this novel, it's worth reading the material at the back of the book or on the author's website to learn more about the chronology and ...
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review 1: I read this book with by book group. There were many details about the French Revolution that we did not know or did not remember. That proved to be a great starting point for a good discussion. Madame Tussaud was amazing in that she was able to walk between the two worlds of the...
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review 1: Loved this...
review 2: Another great one by Michelle Moran. Captivating and exciting.
review 2: Another great one by Michelle Moran. Captivating and exciting.
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review 1: Amazing series. I have read each of them multiple times and they have now become staple books in my library in both electronic and hard copy. Assumptions are made, certain literary liberties taken to connect the dots and fill in blanks in a time periods where so much is unknown a...