Margaret Barr
The Book of Fires
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Jane Borodale’s stunning debut novel begins with that classic element of suspense, a countdown to an explosion—not so much of…
The Lady in Red
When well-bred heiress Seymour Fleming married the urbane Isle of Wight landowner and politician Sir Richard Worsley, it seemed no…
The Ninth Daughter
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This first novel of a new mystery series begins with Boston housewife Abigail Adams visiting Rebecca Malvern, only to discover…
The Antigallican
With its captivating, pungent, and sharply drawn characters, this first installment in a series of sea stories is a welcome…
Blindspot: By a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise
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Academics Kamensky and Lepore have produced a deliciously entertaining novel of pre-Revolutionary Boston. By turns bawdy, poignant, satirical, and patriotic,…
Secret Bride
Damion Templeton, Viscount Woodhurst, is experiencing a problem all too common in Regency romance novels—to satisfy his dying grandmother he…
Conceit
The Great Fire of London is the framing device for Mary Novik’s insightful portrait of famous and obscure 17th-century Londoners.…
Mistress of the Revolution
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Though Gabrielle de Montserrat was born into the minor aristocracy of France’s Auvergne region and convent-educated, she is less concerned…
Not Quite A Lady
In girlhood, bearing a child in secret was the price Lady Charlotte Hayward paid for her seduction by an unscrupulous…
Privilege And Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
Daughter of a prominent family, sister to the infamous Duchess of Devonshire, Harriet Spencer lived in a universe of sophisticated,…
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