18th Century
Hoofbeats: Silence and Lily, 1773
Silence is a typical twelve-year-old colonial girl. Her main concerns are learning tea manners with her friends, her too-numerous chores,…
The Diamond of Drury Lane
(1) London, 1780. The playwright and theatre manager Richard Sheridan rescues an abandoned child and brings her to the Theatre…
Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775
One of the major ironies of American history is that one of the first policy decisions taken by the American…
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
At the age of sixty-six, Thomas Jefferson left the presidency and retired to his beloved home in Monticello. He died,…
Mr. Jefferson’s Women
Mr. Jefferson’s Women, as its title implies, examines Thomas Jefferson’s attitude toward women through his relationships with the significant females…
Red Thunder
After British dragoons led by the notorious Colonel Banastre Tarleton destroyed his family’s farm, stole all their cows, and wounded…
Privilege And Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
Daughter of a prominent family, sister to the infamous Duchess of Devonshire, Harriet Spencer lived in a universe of sophisticated,…
The Blacksmith’s Daughter
Betsy Sheridan is struggling to maintain her neutrality in a very dangerous Southland of 1780. She discovers that her husband…
My Swordhand Is Singing
Sedgwick, a multi-published children’s book author, gives us a new twist on the popular genre of teen vampire fiction in…
The Highwayman’s Footsteps
Inspired by the famous poem by Alfred Noyes, ‘The Highwayman’, this novel is about a young upper-class boy, William de…
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