US Civil War
Gloryland
Born in 1863 of mixed black and Indian blood to a sharecropper’s family, Elijah Yancy of Spartanburg, South Carolina, lives…
The Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson
As a devoted reader of Henry James, I was drawn to this book by the Jamesian feel of even the…
Jacob’s Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War
The American Civil War has always served as an irresistible magnet for fictional accounts of families struggling with questions of…
Devil’s Dream
Certainly one of the most curious events in historical fiction in decades is the decision by a writer to pen…
The President’s Daughter
Harriet Hemings Jefferson, the secret daughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, lives a shadowed life best summarized by a…
A Civil General
George Thomas, a Union General during the American Civil War, is a Virginian who decides to remain loyal to his…
A Separate Country
Editors' choice
The bestselling author of The Widow of the South has penned another atmospheric masterpiece, this time a moving portrait…
The Widow’s War
Editors' choice
Carolyn Vinton and Dr. William Saylor, both abolitionists, were about to get married when he suddenly disappears. The family assumes…
Homeland
Set during the American Civil War, Homeland is not just an epistolary novel; it’s a heartfelt conversation between two…
My Vicksburg
When Vicksburg, Mississippi, comes under Union siege in 1863, Claire Louise Corbet’s family joins their neighbors in seeking shelter…
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