Tag: #williammorrow

• America’s First Daughter Review

  After thoroughly enjoying Dray and Kamoie’s book on the Hamiltos, I had to go read their first book together about Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy’ Jefferson and how she shaped the founding father we know today. It is always said that behind every great man, there was a great woman and this is especially prominant…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 1, 2024

  Book/Author Highlight, Reviews

  #america’sfirstdaughter, #hachettebookgroup, #historicalfiction, #laurakamoie, #rachelreads&reviews, #revolutionarywar, #stephaniedray, #thefoundingfathers, #williammorrow, #williammorrowbooks

• My Dear Hamilton Review

  As anyone who got on the Hamilton fever train a decade knows that without Eliza Schuyler, her husband’s sory would never have been known. Literally, because she spent the last decades of her life com[iling his millions of correspondence and batting away the obstacles of his enemies who wanted him to be forgotten and his…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 5, 2024

  Reviews

  #anovelofelizaschuyler, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #laurakamoie, #mydearhamilton, #rachelreads&reviews, #stephaniedray, #williammorrow

• Mirror, Mirror Review

  Maguire sets his tale of vanity and murder in 16th century Italy where the wicked queen is played by a historical domain character, Lucrenzia Borgia, sister to Ceseare Borgia who was the inspiration for Machavelli’s The Prince. Lucrenzia is vain but her jealousy of Bianca, the girl as white as snow stems from her brother’s…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 29, 2023

  Reviews

  #fairytale, #gregorymaguire, #mirrormirror, #morrowpaperbacks, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #retlelling, #snowwhiteandthesevendwarfs, #williammorrow

• After Alice Review

  Maguire is best known for his work retelling the stories of Oz’ famous characters (and inspiring the subsequent Broadway play) but as the library didn’t have Wicked, I decided to take a look at Maguire’s other fairytale works. After Alice is just as implied where a minor character from the original novel, Ada, falls down…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 27, 2023

  Reviews

  #afteralice, #aliceinwonderland, #gregorymaguire, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #williammorrow