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18th Century

The Pearls of Tangier

By Mary Chiappe - By Sam Benady - Published 2011

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This is the third book in the Bresciano Mysteries series, but it works perfectly well as a standalone read. This particular novel is ...Read Review

Brothers in Arms

By Iain Gale - Published 2011

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Adventure Military

Readers will always be grateful to Bernard Cornwell for bringing the common soldiers, and the spectacularly uncommon Richard Sharpe, to life. Iain Gale ...Read Review

A Very Murdering Battle

By Edward Marston - Published 2011

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Adventure Military

This is the last of the Captain Rawson novels. The father of the hero, as followers of the series will know, was hanged ...Read Review

The Journey of Anders Sparrman

By Per Wästberg - By Tom Geddes (trans.) - Published 2011

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Biographical Fiction

The Journey of Anders Sparrman is a biographical novel of the life of the 18th-century naturalist, explorer, and physician. The narrative begins in ...Read Review

Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped

By A. Roger Ekirch - Published 2011

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Nonfiction

In 1728, twelve-year-old James Annseley, heir to a large fortune, was snatched off the streets of Dublin by his uncle and sent as an ...Read Review

A Killing Frost

By Patricia Wynn - Published 2011

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Mystery/Crime

A year after German George of Hanover became King of England, the winter was so cold the Thames froze. Thus, the title and ...Read Review

Fortune’s Son

By Emery Lee - Published 2011

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Romance

Philip Drake is the errant son of the Earl of Hastings. He has renounced the life his father and brother embrace so easily ...Read Review

The Gilded Shroud

By Elizabeth Bailey - Published 2011

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Mystery/Crime

The screams of the maid announce the discovery of the strangled body of Emily, Marchioness of Polbrook, in the early hours of the ...Read Review

Surgeon’s Mate

By Linda Collison - Published 2011

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Adventure Nautical

Patrick MacPherson, born Patricia, is surgeon’s mate aboard the frigate H.M.S. Richmond. The ship and her survivors depart the 1762 siege ...Read Review

The Rose Garden

By Susanna Kearsley - Published 2011

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Adventure Time-slip

Canadian author Susanna Kearsley’s time-travel books have always enthralled me, and The Rose Garden is no exception. Its heroine, Eva Ward, has ...Read Review