Napoleonic
Beat the Drums Slowly
Set in Spain during the Peninsular War, the story follows the 106th regiment, led by Sir John Moore, as the…
In the King’s Name
In the King’s Name is the latest in a long naval series, set during the Napoleonic wars, ‘starring’ first Richard…
Never a Gentleman
Readers first met Grace Fairchild, worthy friend and daughter of a general in the Napoleonic Wars, who stalwartly accompanied her…
The Princess of Nowhere
Pauline Bonaparte, younger sister of Napoleon, loses her first husband to yellow fever. She returns to Paris from Saint Dominique,…
The Fighting Temeraire: The Battle of Trafalgar and the Ship that Inspired J.M.W. Turner’s Most Beloved Painting
Sam Willis is no stranger to the world of the wooden walls of England and the Jack Tars who manned…
The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas
The Mischief of the Mistletoe is Willig’s seventh in the Pink Carnation series featuring turn-of-the-19th-century spies, whose tales are framed…
The Tide of War
Sailors are a superstitious lot. Firm believers in an unlucky ship, the officers assigned to them face innumerable problems in…
Desiree
Fourteen-year-old Desiree, a merchant’s daughter living at the time of the French Revolution, meets a dashing young military officer, Napoleon…
Magician’s Spell
All Captain Harold Monroe wants is to sail his ship—and clear his name of a dishonorable discharge from the British…
The Barbary Pirates
Followers of the intrepid American naval officer Ethan Gage will be pleased to know their hero has set sail once…
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