19th Century
Hallam’s War
The American Civil War looms and then bursts into flame during this debut novel. Initially set on the West Tennessee…
Another Country
In the year 1832, young widow Eleanor Crombie is forced to decide. Should she stay in Scotland to live…
The Ghost Map : A Street, A City, An Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks
THE GHOST MAP: A Street, A City, An Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban In 1854 a cholera epidemic…
The Disagreement
Framed by the gift of roses, everything in between this debut novel is haunted by the body- and soul-stealing…
Private Arrangements
In 1893 London, a perfect marriage among the aristocratic elite was hard to find, with one notable exception: that…
Sun Going Down
This Western saga begins in 1863 when Eb Paint, sick of war, sells his Mississippi River supply boat and…
Georgette Heyer’s Regency World
I would not call myself a Heyer fan as such, but a book on Regency life made an enjoyable prospect…
Angel of Vengeance : The ‘Girl Assassin’, the Governor of St Petersburg, and Russia’s Revolutionary World
This volume focuses on the life of a woman revolutionary in Tsarist Russia, Vera Zasulich, who in 1878 shot…
Joe Rat
1866. Joe Rat, a ‘tosher’ who scavenges in the London sewers, is in thrall to ‘Mother’, who controls her…
The Anatomy of Deception
In the autopsy rooms of University Hospital, West Philadelphia, the young physician, Ephraim Carroll, is being taught about death by…
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