18th Century
Too Great a Lady
Elyot (the pseudonym used by actress-novelist Leslie Carroll for her historical novels) presents a sweeping, emotionally intense portrait of Emma,…
A Treasury of Regret
When investigator Aristide Ravel enters the office of his local police commissariat, he’s met by Laurence Dupont, a young woman…
Napolean’s Pyramids
American expatriate Ethan Gage wins an ancient and possibly cursed medallion in a card game in revolutionary France. Threatened by…
A Family of Strangers
Young servant Kate O’Neal is transported to Botany Bay from England in 1793 after injuring her wealthy rapist. To survive…
The Chatelet Apprentice
Paris, 1761. A senior police officer disappears and raw recruit, Nicolas Le Floch, is instructed to find him. When unidentified…
Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness
Editors' choice
Upon occasion a reviewer is familiar with the source material for a fictional biographical novel, and therefore dreads the transformation…
Blast to the Past: Ben Franklin’s Fame
Jacob, Zack, Bo and Abigail are members of the “top-secret” History Club, founded by their history teacher Mr. Caruthers. Their…
Command
It is the late 18th century, and Britain is at war with the French. At the start of the novel,…
The Longing Season
Editors' choice
This is the most compelling novel about slavery that I have ever read, not because of horrific details, but because…
The Sparks Fly Upward
Editors' choice
As the waning days of the French Revolution evolve into the Reign of Terror, marked by indiscriminate beheadings, fear and…
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