18th Century
The Weather Woman
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Neva, a Russian girl, has a gift—she can predict the weather. In January 1789, the Thames is frozen over, and London is enjoying ...Read Review
The Ashmole Box
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1646, Lichfield. Elias Ashmole returns exhausted to what was once his home town, humiliated by the defeat of the Royalists at Worcester. Ashmole is ...Read Review
A Wild & True Relation
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Sherwood quickly captures the reader’s imagination in this blistering tale of early 18th-century love, betrayal, murder, and revenge, wrapped up in a ...Read Review
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
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There is much to recommend in this debut novel by the writer and actor, Paterson Joseph. The book is in many ways a ...Read Review
The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill
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Ivy’s life has not been easy. The British burned her family’s home, and the family was forced to start life over ...Read Review
The Counterfeit Wife: A Revolutionary War Mystery
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Following on her award-nominated debut, The Turncoat’s Wife, this is volume two of Becker’s Revolutionary War Mysteries series. The setting is ...Read Review
The Contraband Killings (The Dan Foster Mysteries, 4)
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As the 18th century draws to its close, Bow Street Runner Dan Foster and second-in-command Constable Evans are sent to Anglesey, North Wales. ...Read Review
Blood and Fireflies (The Gracchus & Vanderville Mysteries 1)
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It’s 1797, and Napoleon, having (sort of) conquered Italy, has paused his campaign so that he can marry off his sisters. The venue ...Read Review
Ernestine
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This novel tells the true story of Ernestine Lambriquet, the ten-year-old daughter of servants at Versailles just before the French Revolution. After the ...Read Review
My Name Is Ona Judge
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In this dual-timeline novel, Suzette D. Harrison interweaves the story of Ona Judge, a favored slave of Martha Washington, with the modern-day story ...Read Review
