B. N. Peacock
The First Apostle
The First Apostle is a fictionalized biography of Camille Desmoulins. He was the first to envision France as a Republic…
Paris 1935: Destiny’s Crossroads
“. . . art illuminates politics . . .” says Marcelle Lambert, one of the lead characters in Paris 1935.…
The Minotaur’s Children
The Minotaur’s Children draws the reader into a nightmare maze where nothing is as it seems. Upright Victorians live in…
The Fibonacci Confessions
Graham Wade’s debut novel brings Leonardo Pisano—Fibonacci—brilliantly alive as a fictional autobiography. Wade, a musicologist known for his biographies of…
Virginia Gold
Author, poet, and pastor William Thomas brings to life his colonial ancestor, John Thomas, in Virginia Gold. A gentle story…
Saint Maggie
“Good ol’ Saint Maggie, offending the populace with the truth again.” Maggie’s husband, Eli Smith, says this in tribute to…
Honored Enemy
Culver Modisette’s novel presents a sympathetic story about real-life Indians. Quanah Parker is an Indian caught between two worlds and…
The Gladstone Bag
Lush language and dreamy introspection bring Peter Herriton and the British Treaty port of Foochow to life in Ryland’s novel,…
Shadows of Empire
Through London and Lucknow, Oxford and Cawnpore, Alan McKee’s third novel threads a labyrinth of past and present. Henry Booth…
The Golden Cockerel: A New Odyssey
Kenneth Allen’s subtitle could also read A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quest. Tongue-in-cheek, The Golden Cockerel…
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