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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