BOOKS & HISTORICAL FICTION NOVELS
by Michael January
For travel and medieval history fans, the author’s Favorite Castles series is up to five editions, Here are novels of historical fiction with a dose of reality.
THE BOY KING'S TALE:
as Told by Geoffrey Chaucer
In The Boy King's Tale, two entwined love stories, young and old, lead to betrayal, murder and the near overthrow of a kingdom in this extraordinary untold true story adventure of the early days of England's Edward III. Crowned at thirteen when his father was deposed and murdered by his mother and her lover, the young king must come of age in the dark and twisted labyrinth of medieval politics, with the future in the balance on one fateful night when life or death was held on the turn of a confession to a nameless monk. Told by English court poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, as one of his tales, on the day death bells toll from the steeples of Westminster.
Reviews
"The Boy King's Tale: as Told by Geoffrey Chaucer intermingles the historical fiction details that readers look for with striking and tantalizing character portraits that give it an edge. The plot is steeped with fast-paced betrayal and intrigue. The storyline portrays intense conflict within an authentic setting, and the novel stays grounded while balancing evocative details with accurate period vernacular." Publisher's Weekly Booklife Prize
"The Boy King's Tale: as Told by Geoffrey Chaucer” by Michael January receives five stars and our “Highly Recommended” Award of Excellence. The characters come alive on the pages, emoting real human emotions: abandonment, pain, fear, and ultimately, love, courage, and strength. This is an unputdownable must-read for anyone interested in this medieval world…a commendably crafted remarkable historical novel." Historical Fiction Company
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ACES: A Novel of Pilots in WWII an epic romance story of war, love and friendship in the Battle of Britain of WWII
Two competitive friends at Princeton University in 1935, an American and a German, who compete as air racers and both in love with the same girl become fighter aces on opposite sides in the Battle of Britain. Separated by destiny and a world war they will meet again when love, fate and honor are held at the fate of a machine gun trigger. An epic love story about the choices we make and the consequences, in our personal lives and in a society, it is also a rousing war adventure of daredevil pilots, aerial dogfights and camaraderie, friendship, glory and tragic fates on either side of one coin.
Reviews
"Michael January's "Aces" is a roaring, aviation-fueled dogfight of a read, filled with romance, suspense, twists, turns, wonder and danger, perilous but so worth the flight. Well researched and enjoyable." - Brooks Wachtel, History Channel's "Dogfights"
"In the 1930s, Aaron Miller and Michael “Miki” von Steuven are both students at Princeton University and the best of friends, despite hailing from radically disparate backgrounds. Aaron’s father is a Polish immigrant who moved to New York nearly penniless and built a wildly successful construction business. Miki grew up in Westphalia; his father is a German noble and the family’s prestige and wealth are tied to an ancient pedigree. But both students are talented pilots, and bond over the amateur races they enter and routinely dominate. These competitions are thrillingly portrayed… The pilots’ friendship, though, is complicated by a shared passion for Lacy Dunbrough. While she loves Aaron, she’s perpetually frustrated by his unserious impetuosity, and her family unabashedly prefers Miki. Miki proposes to Lacy and she accepts. The two move to Germany but she is quickly dismayed by Hitler’s increasingly ominous rule and the malignant treatment of the nation’s Jewish population. Miki joins the Luftwaffe and is sent to Spain, and Lacy begins to worry that he has changed in some profound way she cannot countenance. Meanwhile, Aaron decides to decamp for Canada to join the Royal Air Force, eager to do his part as war finally breaks out in Europe. A grand showdown seems…inevitable, and the emotional stakes are effectively raised when Aaron believes Miki has shot down one of Aaron’s closest friends. In his propulsive tale, January vividly captures the fast-paced terror of combat in the air, and the peculiar mixture of precision and bravado displayed by the best pilots. An action-packed…war tale." Kirkus Reviews
“I’ve read and reviewed many World War II historical novels, history books and biographical accounts, and was most moved reading this book. Unforgettable…Compelling and real… Most Highly Recommended…” 5 Stars! Reader's Favorite
“Wheels up for this high flying adventure. Hearts soar to the heights of love and friendship. It's not just the action that will draw you into this epic novel. The characters' intense and realistic interactions and motivations are artfully revealed. The ties that bind these interesting characters together delight, and draw you into their story." Wendy Kendall Review - 5 Stars! BookBub
Aces: Novel of Pilots WWII at Amazon Kindle US in ebook
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SECRET MEMOIRS OF MARY SHELLEY:
Frankenstein Diaries – The Romantics
The true love story at the heart Frankenstein! In 1814,16 year old Mary Godwin fell in love with the 22 year old married poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and in spite of the condemnation of their families and society, ran away to Paris, taking Mary’s 15 year old step-sister Claire with them, chased by the law and Mary’s hated stepmother. Two teenage girls and the romantic poet of “free love” would walk across France, ravaged by war in the defeat of Napoleon, to Switzerland and up the Rhine River to a castle called Frankenstein on an intimate journey of love, sexual awakening, and self-discovery, and find the real inspiration for the most famous name in literature. In this recently discovered secret autobiography, Mary Shelley reveals the intimate truth of that trip, the story of a rivalry between two sisters and the complex origins her famous book.
This genre-bending book is both an autobiography in the published words of legendary author Mary Shelley and a speculative historical novel in the form of retelling, illuminating and expanding the previously known writing in a new light, as first person biography and historical.
“An entertaining ‘collaboration’, exhaustively researched, skillfully adapted…long on memorable characters that will make readers see the seminal classic Frankenstein in a new light.” Historical Novel Society
Now in audiobook - Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley with Heidi Gregory as the “voice” of Mary Shelley, telling her own story.
Amazon ebook and print
Secret Memoirs Mary Shelley: Frankenstein Diaries
Paperback Mary Shelley
Frankenstein Diaries
Also available in Paperback from Createspace Frankenstein Diaries: The Romantics And Barnes & Noble Frankenstein Diaries: Romantics
Audio Book
Secret
Memoirs of Mary Shelley Audiobook at Amazon
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Memoirs of Mary Shelley Audiobook at Audible
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