Cecelia Holland, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $21.95 (260p) ISBN 978-0-395-56144-7
Holland's 18th novel (after The Bear Flag ) creates a vivid montage of San Francisco in its wild beginnings. The aptly named Frances Hardheart, an escaped slave with a quick wit, a sharp tongue and a knack for using people, has founded the Shining...
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Cecelia Holland. Tor, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3794-8
Castle Ocean has been the seat of the same royal family for generations, and there are stories that their ancestors came out of the sea. Now they must figure out how to avoid being conquered in this darkly charming tale set in a fantasy realm, the...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Gollancz $14.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-575-07142-1
Though highly skeptical of her ""anarchist"" government, gutsy Paula Mendoza rises from the ranks of the unemployed Earthish to become its peace negotiator in the escalating war between the Middle Planets and the Gas Planets in this latest by...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Forge $23.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-86890-1
The prolific Holland (Jerusalem; Valley of the Kings, etc.), a commanding voice in the historical fiction genre, succeeds once again in illuminating a darkly glorious piece of the past, in this epic tale of warrior princesses and avenging angels set
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Cecelia Holland, Author Forge $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-86670-9
Once again, the charming Lily Viner (aka Lily Nevada) brings a distant world to life: in this adventure it's California of the 1870s. As in the prequel, Railroad Schemes, fiction and history are neatly interwoven, with a central theme being the new...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Forge $21.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-86528-3
Frontier adventure and the romance of roughing it are kept in check by the strong historical basis of Holland's fictionalized biography of Nancy Kelsey, the first American woman to reach California. Traveling by horse and on foot, 17-year-old Nancy...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Forge $23.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-86405-7
The only disappointing element of Holland's (Bear Flag) new historical novel is its pedestrian title. In every other respect--fully realized characters, suspenseful plot, well-integrated historical details and vibrant local color--it is, as usual,...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Forge $21.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-312-86334-0
First published in 1977 under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Eliot Carter, this uneven historical displays Holland's great talents, but in embryo form. The first--and better half--of the novel is narrated by a fictionalized Howard Carter, the Englishman
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Cecelia Holland, Author Forge $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-85956-5
Veteran historical novelist Holland (Pacific Street; The Bear Flag) can be depended on for a rousing story buttressed by assiduous research. In her 21st venture, she applies her considerable talents to the Holy Land and the Crusades. A pair of...
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Cecelia Holland, Author . Forge $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-84885-9
A bloody Viking raid on an Irish coastal town is the springboard for a nonstop romp through a fictional time of evil sorcery, ruthless kings, fierce pirates, kidnapped heroines, sweet romance and everyday heroes, set against the brutal backdrop of...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $19.95 (422p) ISBN 978-0-395-48886-7
John Charles Fremont, here depicted as an arrogant map-maker, and his imperturbable scout Kit Carson are among the historical figures who shape a turbulent history of California in this lusty pioneer saga by veteran novelist Holland ( The Lords of...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $18.95 (344p) ISBN 978-0-395-48828-7
Her assiduous research providing absorbing background details, Holland illumines the words of scholars and soldiers in 14th century France. Young orphaned Everard de Vaumartin is heir to his family's castle in Brittany, but he prefers to immerse...
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Cecelia Holland, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $15 (344p) ISBN 978-1-57566-086-8
A widow finds herself in the midst of the battle between the U.S. and Mexico for California in Holland's historical drama. (Sept.)
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Cecelia Holland, Author Soho Press $17 (528p) ISBN 978-0-939149-84-1
Set in 11th-century Italy, Holland's epic presents ongoing battles between Normans and Saracens from a fighting heroine's point of view. (May)
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Cecelia Holland, Forge, $27.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2192-3
Raef Corbanson and his companions return to England in this Viking-era sequel to The High City. England is going through tumultuous times as power struggles first put Ethelred the Unready on the throne, then Sweyn Forkbeard, and a raging civil war...
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Cecelia Holland, Author . Forge $24.95 (303p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0558-9
Holland continues her Viking saga (following The Soul Thief
and The Witches’ Kitchen
) with an uneven but entertaining adventure tale. After their war band is defeated in a legendary clash at Hjorunga Bay, cousins Conn and Raef Corbansson,...
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Cecelia Holland, Author . Forge $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-84886-6
A potent blend of fantasy, history and romance, this sequel to Holland's The Soul Thief
follows Viking renegade Corban Loosestrife and his wife, Benna, to a fertile, beautiful land across the sea. There they live a near-idyllic existence with...
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