Historical Fiction for Sentimental Chocoholics
Discover heartwarming historical fiction books perfect for sentimental chocoholics! Explore tales blending rich chocolate lore with emotional journeys through time.
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The Tea Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly
In this towering, old-fashioned story, a young woman returns to London, armed with tremendous wealth, to exact a breathtaking revenge upon a ruthless tea baron …
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Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine …
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Blackbird House
by Alice Hoffman
Presents a series of interlinking stories that capture the lives and fortunes of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over the course of …
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Gap Creek
by Robert Morgan
During their first year of marriage, Julie Harmon and Hank Richards move to Gap Creek, South Carolina, where a flood that nearly kills them tests …
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These is My Words
by Nancy E. Turner
A novel, told in diary form, of a pioneer woman's experiences in territorial Arizona. Includes discussion questions at the end.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
A young girl from an impoverished family comes of age in Brooklyn at the turn of the twentieth-century.
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
In New England during the Civil War, four sisters experience joys and hardships together.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both …
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. …
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The Midwife's Tale
by Gretchen Moran Laskas
“I come from a long line of midwives,” narrates Elizabeth Whitely. “I was expected to follow Mama, follow Granny, follow Great-granny. In the end, I …
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A Cure for Dreams
by Kaye Gibbons
In a small Southern town, a group of women caught up in secondary roles struggles to expand the dimensions of their lives in a world …
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On Agate Hill
by Lee Smith
A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: …
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The Winter Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly
It has been twelve years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East …
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Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
One of the most talked-about and endearing first novels in years bears the story of a female Huck Finn and her search for a true …