19th Century
Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year
As our country struggles to define its future and conquer rising debt, we turn hopeful eyes to Abraham Lincoln. Against…
The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
John Kelly’s account of the Irish potato famine is a thoroughly researched and smoothly written story of the events that…
The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Representations of Reality in History and Fiction
Hamnett sets himself two major tasks. The first might be more intriguing to the casual reader: to explain why the…
Emerald Star
Editors' choice
1891. Fourteen-year-old Hetty Feather has had a life of adventure but also tragedy. Left in an orphanage as a baby,…
The Curse of the Body Snatchers
Jack Moon is a 12-year-old boy living on the streets in 1850s London. His friend has died, and Jack buries…
Sailor Twain: Or, The Mermaid in the Hudson
Set in New York at the turn of the century, Sailor Twain evokes the Gilded Age steamboat era on the…
Timber Wolf
When young Jack Byrne wakes alone in the snow, he can’t even remember his name. He is badly injured, lost deep…
Victoria Rebels
Princess Victoria will be Queen of England sometime in the future. Everything about her life is under constant examination and…
Victorian Tales: Terror on the Train
Staplehurst, England, 1865. A piece of railway track over the River Beult at Staplehurst needs replacing. Once the express train…
Victorian Tales: The Sea Monsters
1838. History is about to be made. Two steam ships will cross the Atlantic for the very first time. One…
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