Elizabeth Hawksley

The Aztec Empire

By Imogen Greenberg - By Isabel Greenberg - Published 2017

Genres:

Children/Young AdultNonfiction

If you want to know the basics about the Aztec Empire, this book is an excellent place to start. It tells you where ...Read Review

The Roman Quests: The Archers of Isca

By Caroline Lawrence - Published 2017

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultMilitary

Britannia, AD 95. Fronto, Juba and Ursula, Roman refugees from the Emperor Domitian’s murder squad, are now living in a Belgae village in ...Read Review

Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery

By Freya Hartas (illus.) - By Saviour Pirotta - Published 2017

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

Classical Athens. Nico, a thwarted writer, is secretary to Master Ariston, a professional poet and singer. Thrax is Ariston’s personal slave, an ...Read Review

My Name Is Victoria

By Lucy Worsley - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

1820s. Princess Victoria is being brought up in almost total isolation in Kensington Palace. Her mother is under the thumb of Sir John ...Read Review

Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America’s Founding Father

By George Goodwin - Published 2017

Genres:

Nonfiction

This fascinating book follows Benjamin Franklin’s life in Georgian Britain from 1757-1775, with a brief intermission back in Philadelphia. He came in ...Read Review

For My Sins

By Alex Nye - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

For My Sins is a first-person fictional memoir of Mary, Queen of Scots, written whilst in captivity, and now awaiting execution in Fotheringhay ...Read Review

The Executioner of St Paul’s

By Susanna Gregory - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

London, 1665. Plague is raging in the overcrowded city. Only the poor, or those struggling to keep the city’s infrastructure functional until the ...Read Review

Nancy Parker’s Spooky Speculations

By Julia Lee - Published 2017

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

1920. Fourteen-year-old Nancy Potter, housemaid and sleuth extraordinaire, is off on a new adventure. She’s been offered a job as a general servant ...Read Review

Summer’s Grace

By Vanessa Hannam - Published 2016

Genres:

Nautical

1740. Commodore George Anson sets off on his hazardous voyage to the New World with orders to capture the annual Spanish treasure galleon in ...Read Review

On Sackville Street

By A. O’Connor - Published 2016

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1869. Milandra Carter, a wealthy widow with a mysterious past, arrives in Dublin and instantly raises hackles. She won’t wear mourning, and she ...Read Review