Multi-Period
Fandango’s Gold
Jack Carlton isn’t really looking for adventure, but as captain of the Caribbean charter schooner Fandango, an adventure of some…
Never Too Late
Josepha Black is a young slave, living in Louisiana, who decides to protect herself from the pain of loss by…
The Deception of the Emerald Ring
Letty Alsworthy, the responsible member of an eccentric family in early 19th century England, is seriously concerned about her beautiful…
Ghostwalk
This is a strange and intriguing book, part detective mystery, part love story, part ghost story. It is set in…
Emperor
In a small village in Northern England in the 5th century, a woman is in the throes of a long…
English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
The cover of this slim, informative volume suggests at first glance something in the spirit of A’Beckett’s The Comic History…
Openwork
Using the image of close needlework – where patterns are formed by holes in the cloth – Bernardi tells a…
Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
If you have some disposable income, Flushed, Hodding Carter’s tribute to the “humble plumber,” is a fun, yet informative, way…
Here, There Be Dragons: The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica
The author’s note at the end of Here, There Be Dragons, says it best: “The most interesting stories are those…
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Editors' choice
Iris Lockhart is a stubbornly independent young woman in modern Edinburgh. Her only real connections with the past are Kitty,…
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