Lesbian Historical Fiction
Annotation:Relocated from 1866 New York to Japan by an abusive missionary guardian, young Aurelia Bernard befriends the daughter of Kyoto's most influential tea master, who instructs her in the tradition of the tea ceremony.
Annotation:Kate Vincent is torn between two women in two centuries after she falls back in time to 11th-century Spain and finds herself in the middle of the conflict between the Catholic kings and the Islamic Moors.
Annotation:Betrayal, intrigue and lesbian romance abound in this sequel to The Spanish Pearl.
Annotation:The life of German immigrant Katrin Albrecht takes on fairytale qualities when she translates literature for a wealthy widow in Minneapolis at the turn of the 20th century.
Annotation:A young American career woman discovers her emerging lesbian identity when she is attracted to the woman next door in the 1950s.
Annotation:Sappho of Lesbos narrates her extraordinary life, from her childhood in wartorn Mitylene to her relentless adult search for passionate love and the all-consuming fever of her poetic gift.
Annotation:Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons and lover of Alexander the Great, has a daughter born without a soul in this historical fantasy.
Annotation:Two women in 1816 rural Connecticut fall in love and decide to spend their lives together.
Annotation:A fictionalized account of the early years of the author's romance with French actress and singer Georgette Leblanc in 1958.
Annotation:Rumours of lesbianism suface in genteel 18th-century London when England's queen of comedy, Eliza Farren, befriends sculptor Anne Damer.
Annotation:In 1864 London, Helen, the wife of Vice-Admiral Codrington, bumps into her old friend Emily Faithful, now a well-known feminist and independent printer. Emily soon finds herself party to Helen's clandestine affair and snared in sensational divorce proceedings.
Annotation:A multigenerational saga set in Cape Breton that chronicles the lives of the four unforgettable Piper sisters in a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love.
Annotation:The incredible life of a brilliant female physician who is compelled to live as a man under the name James Miranda Barry in the 19th century.
Annotation:A wealthy and childless English couple, Isobelle and Eldon Dashell, share a desire for their new Irish maid, Annie, in this story inspired by photographs taken by Juliet Margaret Cameron.
Annotation:A saucy historical romance that follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned London East End 'tom'.
Annotation:The fate of Sue Trinder, raised among petty thieves in mid-19th century London, is linked to that of Maud, an orphan being raised in a gloomy mansion.
Annotation:In a tale that moves backwards in time, three women and one man seek adventure in 1940s London.
Annotation:An upper-class Victorian-era woman falls for Sarah, a prisoner who appears to have ghostly visitors.
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