Colonial America
Love’s Pursuit
Susannah Phillips lives in 1640s Massachusetts Bay Colony, and is growing impatient to wed Jon Prescotte once his family problems…
Blacksnake’s Path
“Blacksnake” is William Wells, a boy from a Kentucky settlement who was captured by the Miami in 1784. He underwent…
The Ninth Daughter
Editors' choice
This first novel of a new mystery series begins with Boston housewife Abigail Adams visiting Rebecca Malvern, only to discover…
The Frontiersman’s Daughter
Set in 1777, this is the coming-of-age story of Lael Click, who lives in Kentucky, in Indian Territory. Lael is…
The Blue Enchantress
In St. Kitts in 1718, Captain Nathaniel Mason is shocked to see a familiar face from Charles Towne, that of…
A World Away
Set in the 1580s in England and Virginia, this is the love story of Nadie, a Native American girl from…
A Mercy
In the late 17th century, slavery was in its infancy, as was the sugarcane industry. Morrison’s prose is confident…
The Heretic’s Daughter
The year is 1692, two hundred years after Columbus discovered America, and the developing country has degenerated into an enclosed,…
Blindspot: By a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise
Editors' choice
Academics Kamensky and Lepore have produced a deliciously entertaining novel of pre-Revolutionary Boston. By turns bawdy, poignant, satirical, and patriotic,…
The Book of Negroes
Africa, 1755. Aminata, age 11, is captured by slave traders and sold into slavery in South Carolina, where she suffers…
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