Kathryn Johnson
One Naughty Night
Victorian London is a difficult place to live well, or survive at all, for a woman without family or husband…
Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy
In his brilliant, insightful study of the disappearance of two of the noble families of Russia—the Sheremetevs and Golitsyns—Douglas Smith…
The Lincoln Conspiracy
It seems that limping, cane-wielding, 19th-century heroes are popping out of the woodwork these days. The BBC’s star of Copper…
Splendors and Glooms
The title of this upper-middle-grade novel derives from Percy Shelley’s poem “Adonais”: “And others came … Desires and Adorations, /…
The Warrior
Loosely based on the bloody rivalry between the MacLeods of Dunvegan and the MacDonalds of Sleat, Margaret Mallory has woven…
Dead Men
Dual-time novels seem to be in vogue these days. Some feel contrived and out of balance, shifting mechanically between decades…
End of the Trail
For readers who enjoy a blend of Christian fiction with American history, this novel is a warm and comfortable fit.…
The Thing About Thugs
Sometimes it takes too long for a truly unique and memorable novel to travel from one side of the world…
In the Shadow of the Banyan
Editors' choice
Vaddey Ratner’s novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan, is as much memoir as it is fiction. This is the…
The Age of Desire
Editors' choice
It’s the winter of 1907. Edith Wharton, already famous for her fiction, attends Comtesse Rosa’s glamorous Paris salon, as she…
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