18th Century
Soldier of Fortune
Edward Marston is famous as a writer of whodunits, which are published under at least three names. For the first…
The Venetian Mask
Originally published in 1993, this novel of Venice is set in the last quarter of the 18th century. Marietta Fontana,…
Now Face to Face
In 1721, Barbara Montgeoffry, Countess Devane, newly widowed and mourning the death of her brother as well, travels to her…
Bound
Editors' choice
Gunning’s second outstanding historical novel explores a young woman’s difficult coming of age, a process that teaches her much about…
A Flag of Truce
Toulon, 1793. In this fourth John Pearce adventure, our hero, now a naval lieutenant, continues to be a thorn in…
An Awkward Commission
This is the third novel in Donachie’s 1790s naval series and so continues the story of John Pearce and his…
The Rosetta Key
This sequel to 2005’s Napoleon’s Pyramids finds its engaging, amoral antihero, Ethan Gage, at the tail end of the 18th…
The Duchess and the Dragon
The Duchess and the Dragon is an inspirational romance set in the mid-18th century. His father’s shocking new will denies…
Mutiny on the Bounty
In December 1787, a fourteen-year-old boy, John Jacob Turnstile, is arrested in Portsmouth for picking the pocket of a mysterious…
Theft of Shadows
Gabriel d’Aubrigny, Chevalier de Lesgardes, finds himself returning to England after living through the years of the Revolution in France,…
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