Start with high-confidence european biographies books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Joan of Arc
Diane Stanley
Who Was Joan of Arc?
Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso
Who Was Marie Antoinette?
Dana Meachen Rau
Catherine, Called Birdy
Karen Cushman
The Vanishing Point
Louise Hawes
The Second Mrs. Gioconda
E.L. Konigsburg
Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen
Anne Nesbet
