Edwardian
Every Man for Himself
This is a fictionalized account of the sinking of the Titanic, originally published in 1996 and now reissued, as have…
Memory of the Abyss
Returning home late one night, Felice Stocchino and his young son, Samuele, are refused a glass of water at a…
Wentworth Hall
It’s England, 1912, and the Darlington family is on the verge of collapse. With rumors of falling finances and scandal…
Isabel’s Wedding
The three Fratton children have experienced a number of setbacks in their young lives, and what should be a spot…
Death at the Jesus Hospital
London, 1910: in an almshouse named Jesus Hospital, elderly members of the Ancient Mistery of Silkworkers, a London livery company…
Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster
Lest you think, “Just another Titanic retelling,” Down with the Old Canoe is about us. Stephen Biel combs contemporary accounts…
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Amelia Gladstone is ready to find out what life holds for her in America, so along with her Aunt Neda,…
Crusoe’s Daughter
Crusoe’s Daughter, published in 1986, has been reissued to fill the gap between Gardam’s last novel (God on the Rocks,…
The House of Velvet and Glass
When Sybil Allston lost her mother and sister when the Titanic sank, she assumed her mother’s habit of visiting a…
The Anatomy of Death
Doctor Dody McCleland returns to her London home from Edinburgh, having completed a course in autopsy surgery. Dody finds her…
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