19th Century
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend
Born John Henry Holliday, Doc Holliday became a legend in the American West, primarily due to his association with the…
A Lady of High Regard
Mia Stanley considers herself a matchmaker. She’s also a writer for Godey’s Lady’s Book. For a young woman in Philadelphia…
The Expeditions
Editors' choice
Sixteen-year-old Elisha Stone is elated after joining a scientific expedition that is to explore Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It is the…
The Slave Ship: A Human History
Countless thousands of words have been written about the slave trade and the industries built upon its products. In The…
The Scent of Jasmine
Melody Craven is a poor relation, orphaned by a cholera epidemic in India and given refuge by her Uncle Frederick…
The Black Dove
Editors' choice
The long and the short of the Amlingmeyer brothers are back with a roar for their third adventure, this time…
A Christmas Beginning
Superintendent Runcorn of the Metropolitan Police has come to Anglesey to escape the loneliness of the Christmas season and his…
Cotillion
This story, by the woman credited with establishing the Regency romance subgenre, was originally published in 1953. Young Kitty Charing…
An Infamous Army: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and War
This is a well-documented account of the Battle of Waterloo from the British army’s point of view. The social events…
Harriet and Isabella
The adultery trial of world-famous preacher Henry Ward Beecher was front-page news and tabloid fodder in the 1870s, and Patricia…
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