Eva Ulett
Island: How Islands Transform the World
Island is a compact but dense study of ocean islands from cultural, biological, geological, literary, and historical perspectives. There is…
Captain’s Wife: Narrative of a Voyage in the Schooner Antarctic 1829, 1830, 1831
This firsthand account by a woman of a voyage to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific is part of the…
The Anatomy of Death
Doctor Dody McCleland returns to her London home from Edinburgh, having completed a course in autopsy surgery. Dody finds her…
Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox, and the Creation of a Myth
The long title of Katherine Frank’s book harkens back to a 17th-century fashion. The book’s subject is rooted in that…
La Llorona, the Crying Woman
Maya is born in ancient Mexico with a sunburst birthmark on her shoulder. She is declared to be a child…
The Journey of Anders Sparrman
The Journey of Anders Sparrman is a biographical novel of the life of the 18th-century naturalist, explorer, and physician. The…
A Queen’s Journey
In 1896, Boston freelance journalist Julius Palmer receives a summons from the deposed monarch of Hawaii, Lili’uokalani. When they’d first…
Surgeon’s Mate
Patrick MacPherson, born Patricia, is surgeon’s mate aboard the frigate H.M.S. Richmond. The ship and her survivors depart the 1762…
The Soldier
Devlin St. Just, the eldest though illegitimate son of the duke of Moreland, returns from years of war on the…
The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children
Eleven tales are collected in The Life of Polycrates and other Stories for Antiquated Children, ranging in period from ancient…
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