Georgian
The Omnipotent Magician: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown 1716-1783
The author has written an impressive number of books on gardening in England, and she now turns to look at…
Cat’s Cradle
1792. Cat Royal, of the Theatre Royal, London, embarks on her seventh adventure. A mysterious letter has arrived from a…
Island of Bones
In 1783, the excavation of an old family tomb in the Lake District reveals a bloody mystery. Called to investigate…
Secret of the Sands
In 1833, Lieutenant James Wellsted is an officer in the British Navy surveying the coast of the Arabian Peninsula as…
A Most Improper Magick
In 1803 England, mischievous twelve-year-old Kat must deal with her stern stepmother and disapproving elder sisters who constantly criticize her…
Wickham’s Diary
This is an account of George Wickham’s life before he joined the army and moved to the village of Meryton.…
London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age
Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank’s newest book is a lengthy but fascinating examination of a not-so-secret aspect of Georgian London: the…
A Royal Likeness
Marguerite Ashby, daughter of a Frenchwoman, runs a doll shop in 1803 London. Married to her childhood sweetheart, she happily…
Death and the Running Patterer
Nicodemus Dunne, formerly a Bow Street Runner, or policeman, is now a good-behavior convict in Sydney, Australia, making his living…
The Pirate’s Bastard
This short mid-18th century novel is awash in seafaring legal and piratical, secrets, courtship, blackmail and colonial history of North…
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