19th Century
A Dead Language
Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is the naval lieutenant who abandons Madam Butterfly in Puccini’s famous opera. A Dead Language, sequel to…
The Slightest Provocation
By 1817, Kit Stansell has survived the Napoleonic Wars and is ready to return to England and begin a career…
Hearts of Stone
Editors' choice
Fifteen-year-old Hannah finds herself the head of her family when her Cumberland Mountain home is torn asunder by the ravages…
The Concord Quartet
In the 1830s Concord, Massachusetts, was only a small farming town, but it managed to attract the most extraordinary minds…
Eunice
Novelist and poet William James Rivers (1822-1909) was also one of South Carolina’s first professional historians. Published for the first…
The Witchery
In the final book in James Reese’s Herculine trilogy, the title character roams the Florida territories, the Keys and Havana,…
Jane Austen’s Guide to Good Manners: Compliments, Characters & Horrible Blunders
“Every society has its ‘Rules’ – and where these contribute to good order, and the well-being of all, it is…
Silent in the Grave
This can only be described as a rich plum pudding of a book, full of everything you would find in…
The Good Old Days: Crime, Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London
During the 19th century the East End of London was peopled by a demimonde of criminals. The divide between the…
Dream of Life
“We have all been handed a photograph of ourselves standing in the midst of the world. But we don’t know…
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