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TOP TEN BOOKS ABOUT FICTIONAL CHARACTERS INTERACTING WITH HISTORICAL FIGURES
5th Avenue Glamour Girl
Renee Rosen
A young woman hoping to out run a scandal is given a job by beauty maven Estee Lauder
Carnegie's Maid
Marie Benedict
A young Irish immigrant woman assumes a false identity and goes to work for Andrew Carnegie's mother as her lady's maid. The young woman and Carnegie make an indelible impression on one another
Call Me Zelda
Erika Robuck
Guests on Earth
Lee Smith
Both novels involve women who befriend Zelda Fitzgerald when she was confined to an asylum
The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty
A woman who recently uncovered a family secret accompanies a young Louise Brooks to New York City while Louise studies dance, and unlocks the story of her past
The Hours Count
Jillian Cantor
A young woman makes friends with her neighbor, Ethel Rosenberg, and becomes mixed up in the world of spies
The House of Lincoln
Nancy Horan
A young immigrant woman becomes nanny to Abraham Lincoln's children in the White House, just as the Civil War is brewing
Maggie Hope Series
Susan Elia MacNeal
About Winston Churchill's secretary-turned spy
Mastering the Art of French Murder
Colleen Cambridge
First in a series about Julia Child and her neighbor-turned amateur sleuth
Colleen Cambridge
Murder at Mallowan
First in a series about Agatha Christie and her secretary-turned amateur sleuth
Sister Stardust
Jane Green
A young British woman travels to Marrakech with socialite to Talitha Getty and her oil tycoon heir husband
The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
A book seller has a royal customer at his book stall - Queen Elizabeth
Honorable Mention :
Michelle Gable
The Beautiful People
Release Date : April 16 ~ a young socialite hoping to become engaged as a way of avoiding a family scandal is jilted. She becomes an assistant to photographer Slim Aarons and meets many jet set celebrities of the 1960s including fashion designer Lily Pulitzer
