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Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family
The author has dedicated this publication to her father, and rightly so. His desire to research and record his family…
Celia Garth
Celia Garth is tired of being a poor relation. Determined to make her way as a dressmaker in revolutionary…
Kentucky Clay
When I received this book to review, I expected it to be largely centered on two of Kentucky’s most famous…
Thornyhold
A welcome reissue of Mary Stewart’s novella, this story is set in 1940s England, and features Gilly Ramsey, a young…
Foxfire
This novel, first published in 1951, is set in New York City and the Arizona in the 1930s. Amanda Lawrence,…
Sword at Sunset
Although fans of Arthurian history and fiction have long been familiar with the depiction of Arthur as the last of…
The Eagle and the Raven
Had the tale been passed down from earliest times, The Eagle and the Raven could well be Britain’s epic poem.…
My Theodosia
This novel is one in a series of reprints Chicago Review Press is publishing of the work of the great…
Devil Water
Through a youthful misalliance, Charles Radcliffe, brother to the Earl of Derwentwater, is forced to marry a pregnant Northumbrian lass.…
The Road to Avalon
First published in 1988, The Road to Avalon has been reissued with a foreword by Mary Jo Putney. Set in…
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