19th Century

In the Palace of Flowers

By Victoria Princewill - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In Iran in 1895, Jamila, an Abyssinian slave of one of Shah Nasser al-Din Qajar’s numerous wives, lives in the Golestan (flowery) Palace. ...Read Review

The Winds of Morning (Donovan Family Saga)

By Gifford MacShane - Published 2020

Genres:

Saga

The famine of the 1840s has decimated Ireland, and young Molly O’Brien has replaced her father, working a 16-hour day breaking rocks ...Read Review

The Dressmaker’s Secret

By Karen Dickson - Published 2021

Genres:

Saga

Born to an unmarried mother, Lily Hayter has never lacked for love from her adopted parents and her brother Charlie. When she is ...Read Review

The Sign of Death: A Victorian Book Club Mystery

By Callie Hutton - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Bath, 1891: Lady Amy and Lord William enjoy a close friendship that includes attending meetings of the local mystery book club. That group at ...Read Review

The Warrior and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation

By Cozzens - By Peter - Published 2021

Genres:

NonfictionWestern

You probably know Peter Cozzens as the author of The Earth is Weeping, his monumental study of the Indian Wars in the western ...Read Review

The Mirrored Palace

By David - By Rich - Published 2020

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In the last decade of the 19th century, American Lieutenant Reynolds is given the task of turning long-time British spy, Colonel Hodgson, to ...Read Review

Shadows of Lions

By Scarlette Pike - Published 2021

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This is Book 2 of the In Spite of Lions series set in 1840s Africa and England. It can be read as a standalone. ...Read Review

Concord

By Don Zancanella - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

In Concord, his first novel, Zancanella (English, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of New Mexico) imagines the early adult lives of New England’s most ...Read Review

Earl’s Well That Ends Well (The Way to a Lord’s Heart 5)

By Jane Ashford - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

In this sweet second-chance Regency romance, Arthur Shelton, Earl of Macklin, is a widower who has been a matchmaker for others. Just north ...Read Review

A Tapestry of Light

By Kimberly Duffy - Published 2021

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

Calcutta, 1885. The accidental death of twenty-year-old Ottilie’s half-Indian mother means she must support her Indian maternal grandmother and six-year-old brother, Thaddeus. Her ...Read Review