Victorian
The Camel Who Crossed Australia
In 1861 Burke and Wills became the first white men to cross the Australian continent from the south to its…
The Seance
John Harwood, the Australian author of The Ghost Writer, won the 2004 International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel.…
The Ingenious Edgar Jones
Picture this: A meteorite spills a shower of stars into the sky one cold February night in 1847 Oxford, England.…
Scarper Jack and the Bloodstained Room
London, 1860s. Eleven-year-old chimney sweep, Jack Tolchard, is inside the well-to-do Shorey family’s chimney. The walls are thin in places,…
Patrick Brontë: Father of Genius
Father of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, as well as their wastrel brother Branwell, Patrick Brontë had the misfortune to outlive…
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
This is the second in a series featuring Oscar Wilde as detective. The plot starts as a game at a…
The Glass of Time
Editors' choice
Esperanza Gorst is an orphan, raised in Paris by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l’Orme. When she is in…
Darwin: A Life in Poems
As part of the two anniversary events in 2009—two hundred years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years…
The Last Dickens
Editors' choice
If you love reading Charles Dickens, this novel will be heaven-sent. If you’re not a big fan of Dickens, you…
Execution Dock
William Monk, hero of a series of Victorian crime novels by Anne Perry, is a favorite of mine because he…
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