Henry Holt
The House of Dead Maids
When Tabby comes to Seldom House as the new maid, she quickly realizes that things are not as they should…
The Afrika Reich
Let me begin with a recipe for a literary cocktail. Take a slug of Robert Harris and an equal measure…
City of Tranquil Light
This novel is a far cry from the breathlessly paced, predictably plotted commercial fiction churned out today. It is a…
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno
In 1865, the complacent Bartholomew Fortuno, billed as the World’s Thinnest Man by P.T. Barnum, enjoys his life as one…
Wolf Hall
Editors' choice
The story of the courtship and marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is the stuff of legend. I could…
The Calligrapher’s Daughter
Eugenia Kim’s debut novel is a beautiful, poignant story that portrays the life of a young woman during one of…
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
It is the summer of 1899, and 11-year old Calpurnia Virginia Tate discovers that her forbidding grandfather is actually an…
Betraying Season
Betraying Season, the second entry in Marissa Doyle’s entertaining series featuring 19th-century English twin sisters Penelope and Persy Leland, takes…
A Voyage Long and Strange
This is a travelogue rather than a history book, written by a journalist, not an historian. The Voyage Long and…
Among the Mad
I first encountered Maisie Dobbs in her first outing in the book of that title, the premise of which –…
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