18th Century
Fat Fingers
Fatfingers, the name of the unlucky protagonist whose professionally wielded hammer struck his hand more than it did a nail,…
Embracing the Divine: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Hindiyya al-‘Ujaimi was a Maronite visionary woman and nun who changed the face of Middle-Eastern Christianity in the 18th century.…
First Family: Abigail and John Adams
First Family was originally published in 2010, and the reception was overwhelmingly positive. I read the book then and thoroughly…
Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped
In 1728, twelve-year-old James Annseley, heir to a large fortune, was snatched off the streets of Dublin by his uncle…
Call of a Distant Shore
Due to increasing unrest and violence in his birthplace of Hochdorf, Germany, in the 1750s, Michael Heber impulsively decides to…
Mozart’s Last Aria
Cross-genre novels used to be considered unpublishable, but no more. Mozart’s Last Aria could be defined as historical mystery laced…
Cold Cruel Winter
This is the second novel about the crime-solving exploits of Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds in the 1730s, and follows…
Scandalous Desires
Widow Silence Hollingbrook has a quiet life, working as headmistress of a foundlings’ home in the stews of St. Giles.…
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
In 1744, Sophia, a 14-year-old German princess, arrived in Moscow as a bride-to-be. In this biography, Massie tells us how…
The Pianist in the Dark
Maria Theresa von Paradis was the musically talented daughter and only child of the secretary of the Empress of Austria.…
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