Edwardian
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 Uninvited Guests
This is a bizarre and fantastic story, which takes place over 24 hours in Sterne – a substantial English country…
Stones for My Father
South Africa, 1900. Twelve-year-old Corlie Roux lives with her mother and brothers on a farm in the Transvaal. It is…
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
Passion is an emotion usually associated with the young. However, Hulda Klager discovers her passion when she is in her…
To Turn Full Circle
To Turn Full Circle is set in a small fishing port in Devon in 1909. Emma Le Goff has recently…
The Orchardist
At the turn of the 20th century, eastern Washington is largely rural and sparsely populated. Lives are bounded by family;…
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
They called it the “Great Game,” the game played by imperialist nations competing for lucrative trade and commercial privileges in…
Skip Rock Shallows
Dr. Lilly Corbett is sent to a coal mining town in Kentucky where folks have an issue with women being…
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World
The Titanic has captured popular imagination for the last hundred years, and for good reason — it’s a tale of…
Echoes of Titanic
Kelsey Tate is a rising star in the family business built by her great-grandmother Adele, a survivor of the Titanic.…
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