Victorian
Digging up the Dead
This is a life of Sir Astley Cooper, whose accomplishments straddled the 18th and 19th centuries. He was Britain’s…
Silk and Steel
This novel is set in the mid-19th century, in a fictional South Riding, which is quite clearly, South Yorkshire, though…
The Queen’s Knight
Sir Howard Elphinstone distinguished himself as a hero of the Crimean War at the early age of 29 for…
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
Three talented, young sisters are forced to publish under a male pseudonym in Victorian England. Fearing exposure after an accusation…
The Silk Train Murder
The debut of a new historical mystery series featuring English-gentleman-turned- detective John Landsdowne Granville, this turn-of-the-20th-century adventure is set in…
Exiles
Exiles tells the story of a relationship between five nuns exiled from Germany and the English poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins,…
Bewitching Season
Editors' choice
This delightful debut by Marissa Doyle bodes well for her career as a writer of young adult novels. Set…
The Darcys Give a Ball : A Gentle Joke, Jane Austen Style
Queen Victoria is on the throne, and the children of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice are…
The Aquila Project
London, June 1894. The Prince of Wales arrives to open Tower Bridge; the police discover a bomb in one of…
Courting Shadows
One would be hard-pressed to find a more unpleasant protagonist than John Stannard. A young architect commissioned in 1881 to…
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