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Congo – Spirit of Darkness
Susan Dawson’s journal is read on her deathbed by a nurse. Susan was a journalist and an abolitionist, her story…
The Royal Physician’s Visit
In 1768 a magnetic, handsome German physician named Struensee became royal physician to King Christian VII of Denmark. Struensee was…
The Passions of Dr. Darcy
Dr. George Darcy, uncle to the famous Fitzwilliam Darcy of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, embarks on his career…
The Wells
The first of a series to be called the Hope Trilogy, The Wells is a long, well-written read, a lovely blend…
How to Create the Perfect Wife
The feminist in me – not to mention the far from perfect wife – quailed at the title of this…
The Importance of Being Wicked
The solemn Duke of Castleton, Thomas Fitzcharles, is in search of a bride. She must be of sterling quality in…
The Emperor of All Things
1758, London. Daniel Quare, bastard, and Journeyman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, is on a mission. His instructions are…
Running Against the Tide
It is 1800, and Ginny Marcombe is the son her father, Josiah, never had. She works with him in his…
The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones
Editors' choice
Tristan Hart is a product of his time (the mid-18th century): conversant in Enlightenment philosophy but puzzled by the mechanics…
The Manzoni Family
Alessandro Manzoni, the eminent author of I Promisse Sposi (The Betrothed) was a famous poet and novelist whose family is…
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