Colonial America
Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall
In 1692 Samuel Sewall, age 44, was one of the nine judges presiding over the Salem witch trials. Eve Laplante,…
The Right Hand of the Sun
Editors' choice
What is the most dramatic and extraordinary adventure ever recorded? My vote must go to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico in…
Now Face to Face
In 1721, Barbara Montgeoffry, Countess Devane, newly widowed and mourning the death of her brother as well, travels to her…
Bound
Editors' choice
Gunning’s second outstanding historical novel explores a young woman’s difficult coming of age, a process that teaches her much about…
Raleigh’s Page
Andrew Saintleger is twelve, old enough to be apprenticed. His father writes to a childhood friend, the now-famous sea…
The Duchess and the Dragon
The Duchess and the Dragon is an inspirational romance set in the mid-18th century. His father’s shocking new will denies…
Bone Rattler
It’s the mid-18th century, and young Highland Scot Duncan McCallum is on a convict ship bound for the New World.…
The Dragons of the Storm
Captain John Smith, upon his election as president of the Jamestown Colony in the 1620s, wishes to organize the colonists…
Calligraphy of the Witch
Calligraphy of the Witch explores the horrors of the Salem witch trials through the eyes of a Latina slave. Concepción…
Hoofbeats: Silence and Lily, 1773
Silence is a typical twelve-year-old colonial girl. Her main concerns are learning tea manners with her friends, her too-numerous chores,…
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