Phyllis T. Smith
Desiree
Fourteen-year-old Desiree, a merchant’s daughter living at the time of the French Revolution, meets a dashing young military officer, Napoleon…
The Kitchen House
In 1791, Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan, becomes an indentured servant on a Virginia tobacco plantation. Although she is white,…
The Kitchen House
In 1791, Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan, becomes an indentured servant on a Virginia tobacco plantation. Although she is white,…
Her Highness’ First Murder
This mystery, set in 1546, features thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, as a detective out to find a…
The Queen’s Governess
Kat Ashley, who looked after Elizabeth I through much of her childhood and adolescence, and kept her love and loyalty…
Call Me Ahab
These nine short stories mix fact and fiction, and most of them concern historical characters with physical disabilities. One of…
Unfinished Desires
As this novel opens, Mother Suzanne Ravenel, in her eighties in the year 2001 and the former headmistress of a…
The Lute Player
I first read this recently reissued novel over twenty years ago. A sweeping saga about Richard the Lionhearted and the…
Gladiatrix
In the first century AD, a 19-year-old Spartan, Lysandra, is enslaved after being the sole survivor of a shipwreck. In…
The Perfect Poison
Lucinda Bromley is a botanist living in Victorian London. She has an apparently paranormal knack for detecting poisons which makes…
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