18th Century
Measuring the World
On a prosaic level—and this novel is anything but prosaic—this is the story of two contrasting figures of the German…
The Belles Dames Club
A unmarried Miss—the frivolous Clarissa Wyckenham—does a markedly good deed in helping the dour Lord Alresford out of a vexing…
The Dante Trap
In his cell in a noisome dungeon languishes The Black Orchid,Venice’s most dashing swordsman, secret agent and lover. But he…
Devil Water
Through a youthful misalliance, Charles Radcliffe, brother to the Earl of Derwentwater, is forced to marry a pregnant Northumbrian lass.…
The Motive from the Deed
The latest adventure of outlawed Viscount St. Mars, aka the highwayman Blue Satan, and his friend Hester Kean unfolds in…
Barbary Coast
Avast m’hearties! All lovers of nautical tales in Hornblower fashion: here’s another series for you to enjoy. James Hayter is…
Broken Harmony
This is the first in a line of historical mysteries to be published by Crème de la Crime. The scene…
The Nature of Monsters
This is Clare Clark’s second novel and, like her first, The Great Stink, it is immersed in the filth, chaos…
Valley Forge: A Novel of the American Revolution
British Army Captain Jamie Skoyles marches on in author David Garland’s successor novel to Saratoga. Captain Skoyles had been taken…
Burning Bright
The novel takes its title from what is probably William Blake’s most famous poem, and its premise is the contrasting,…
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