Ann Chamberlin
Gary Jennings’ Aztec Revenge
Gleason and Podrug continue the late Gary Jennings’ popular Aztec series, bringing it up to the early 19th century, the…
The Inquest
In 1830 Burlington, Vermont, a young woman named “Speedy” (Experience) Goodrich dies of a botched abortion. An inquest is held…
Death du Jour
What a great idea, a mystery series during the French Revolution when restaurants began, chefs to the aristocrats finding themselves…
The Last Disciple
The time is 65-66 AD during Nero’s persecution of the Christians and the beginning of the Jewish revolt that would…
In the Shadow of the Crown
It’s nice to have books by the late lamented queen of women in history (she covered everyone who was anyone…
My Forever Love
On Crusade with the Lionheart, Templar Knight Tamberlane refuses to commit war atrocities. Defrocked, excommunicated and disowned, he lives the…
The Sand-Reckoner
Gillian Bradshaw takes the title of her novel about Archimedes from one of the ancient thinker’s own works. It’s difficult…
Dorcas Good: The Diary of a Salem Witch
Choosing to tell the tale of the 1692 Salem witches as a diary written by one of them seemed like…
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