18th Century
The Generals
The Generals is the second in Simon Scarrow’s quartet of novels focusing on Wellington and Napoleon. The book opens in…
Vivaldi’s Virgins
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Anna Maria dal Violin, abandoned as a baby, now lives as an orphan in the foundling home and cloisters of…
White Rose Rebel
Scotland, 1745. Bonnie Prince Charles lands to attempt to regain the throne and establish, once again, Scotland’s independence from the…
An Accomplished Woman
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Jude Morgan follows up his tragic and haunting novel Symphony with this witty, Jane-Austen-inspired comedy of errors. Ten years ago…
Desperate Duchesses
Lady Roberta is determined to escape her unconventional life with her father and his mistress by marrying the Duke of…
The Blooding of Jack Absolute
The Blooding of Jack Absolute, a prequel to the previously-published Jack Absolute, chronicles the bawdy and eventful youth of the…
A Matter of Honor
This nautical adventure, the first in a series, takes place during the American Revolution as Richard Cutler, a young rebel,…
The Sylph
The Sylph was published anonymously in 1779, four years after Georgiana Spencer married the fifth Duke of Devonshire and thus…
The Scandal of the Season
In 1711, the English monarchy was far from secure. Queen Anne had failed to provide an heir, and the Jacobites,…
Lord John and the Hand of Devils
Three novellas line up in good, better, best order as master storyteller Diana Gabaldon explores the mid-18th century life of…
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