18th Century
Sup with the Devil
Barbara Hamilton’s third book in the Abigail Adams Mystery series is set on the cusp of the American Revolution, and…
The Power and the Glory
The decade between the end of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was a crucial challenge for the…
The Scottish Prisoner
I admit it – I am a major Diana Gabaldon fan and a particular devotee of her Lord John Grey…
The Danger of Desire
If a reader is looking for a sexy romance that has more than a thin wash of 1799 realism in…
The Turning of Anne Merrick
This sequel to The Tory Widow takes place in 1777. Widow Anne Merrick has infiltrated General Burgoyne’s British army as…
In Darkness
Two years after the earthquake, the crippling poverty and devastation faced by the Haitian people has all but disappeared from…
The Journey of Anders Sparrman
The Journey of Anders Sparrman is a biographical novel of the life of the 18th-century naturalist, explorer, and physician. The…
A Very Murdering Battle
This is the last of the Captain Rawson novels. The father of the hero, as followers of the series will…
Brothers in Arms
Readers will always be grateful to Bernard Cornwell for bringing the common soldiers, and the spectacularly uncommon Richard Sharpe, to…
The Pearls of Tangier
This is the third book in the Bresciano Mysteries series, but it works perfectly well as a standalone read. This…
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