19th Century
The State Counsellor
I am a Boris Akunin fan, and the latest in his Erast Fandorin series does not disappoint. Fandorin is a…
Deadly Shoals
Off the coast of Patagonia, January 1839: William “Wiki” Coffin, Maori son of a Yankee sea captain, serves as linguist…
The Last Concubine
The Last Concubine is set in Japan in the mid-1860s at the time of the Civil War, the coming of…
Avenging Victorio
The New Mexico Territory of the 1880s was a land in transition. American settlers were faced with a hostile country…
More Letters from Pemberley
When we left Elizabeth Darcy in Letters from Pemberley, she and her husband had been married for a year or…
The Secret War
At the risk of laying myself open to accusations of gender bias, let me say right away, The Secret War…
Wizard’s Daughter
Catherine Coulter mesmerizes readers with a blend of history, fantasy, and a touch of the paranormal in her tenth book…
Blessed Assurance
This novel is a compilation of three previous stories that make up the Blessed Assurance series; they follow the lives…
Mrs Jeffries and the Feast of St Stephen
As described by the publisher, Mrs Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian mystery. Based on this, I was keen…
The Spymaster’s Lady
Set in 1802 France and England, this tale of espionage and passion has all the elements of a good historical…
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