18th Century

A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War: An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire

By Theodore Corbett - Published 2023

Genres:

MilitaryNonfiction

Theodore Corbett is at pains to show that by and large Britain and its Loyalist allies had the best of the maritime side ...Read Review

A Noble Cunning

By Patricia Bernstein - Published 2023

Genres:

When Jacobite leaders Mar, Winton, and Derwentwater arrive at the Glentaggart home, Bethan knows immediately that her husband, Gavin, a staunch Catholic, will ...Read Review

Gallows Wake (Capt. Jesamiah Acorne Voyage 6)

By Helen Hollick - Published 2022

Genres:

AdventureNautical

In this 6th book in Hollick’s 18th-century pirate series, Jesamiah is forced to dock at Gibraltar to repair the mast of his ...Read Review

The Last Witch of Scotland

By Philip Paris - Published 2023

Genres:

Dornoch, Sutherland, 1727: Janet Horne, a widow showing early signs of dementia, and her daughter Aila, her feet and hands deformed, are accused of ...Read Review

Magicborn

By Maxine Lee-Mackie (illus.) - By Peter Bunzl - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

1726: Young Thomas and Tempest have no memory of their past, or of each other, as they are hunted by King George l of ...Read Review

A Thief’s Justice (A Company of Rogues, 2)

By Douglas Skelton - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This swashbuckling novel takes us to a bitterly cold London in 1716. The city is in the grip of a savage winter, with the ...Read Review

Granger’s Crossing

By Mark W. Tiedemann - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The 1780 war service of Continental lieutenant Ulysses Granger proves costly—his sergeant and childhood best friend Ham is killed while on a mission ...Read Review

Blackbeard’s Treasure

By Elisa Paganelli (illus.) - By Iszi Lawrence - Published 2023

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultNautical

In 1718, eleven-year-old Abigail lives a cosseted, if rather lonely, life as a plantation owner’s daughter in the Caribbean. Secretly, her best friend ...Read Review

The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus

By Lucy Ward - Published 2023

Genres:

Nonfiction

I remember hearing, as a young woman, the World Health Organisation’s announcement of the worldwide eradication of smallpox, and my mind going ...Read Review

The Empress’ Gift

By Ellen Laubhan - Published 2022

Genres:

In 1763, Catherine the Great of Russia invited peasants and tradesmen of Europe to settle the Volga Frontier, offering to pay for transport, food, ...Read Review