Lisa Ann Verge
Cutting for Stone
Born in 1954 to an Indian Carmelite nun and a promising British surgeon in an Ethiopian hospital, Marion Stone narrates…
The Rose of Sebastopol
In The Rose of Sebastopol the horrors of the Crimean War are described by a most unlikely narrator—Mariella Lingwood, a…
Figures in Silk
Using the point-of-view of a female silk merchant of London, Vanora Bennett, in Figures of Silk, gives readers a…
The King’s Daughter
Sandra Worth deftly illuminates the violent and messy political complexities of 15th-century England through the eyes of Elizabeth of York,…
The Queen’s Lady
The Queen’s Lady—a reprint of Barbara Kyle’s 1994 novel, A Dangerous Temptation—strides boldly into Philippa Gregory territory, as it chronicles…
City of God
City of God, the fourth installment in Beverly Swerling’s fabulously plotted multi-generational family saga, takes place in mid-19th century Manhattan.…
A Dangerous Affair
A Dangerous Affair, an elegant mystery novel set in early Victorian London, is the second installment in a series involving…
Etta
Very little is known about Etta Place, the lover of the Sundance Kid. In this warm, deftly plotted novel, Gerald…
Gentlemen of the Road
Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Chabon has “gone in search of a little adventure” in this impressive genre-twisting tale set along the…
The Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler’s Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster
Marc Songini paints a gritty picture of 19th-century seafaring life in The Lost Fleet, a detail-packed chronicle of the last…
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