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18th Century

A Killing Frost

By Patricia Wynn - Published 2011

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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

Genres:

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

Genres:

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

The Chamomile

By Susan F. Craft - Published 2011

Genres:

Adventure

Lilyan Cameron runs a wallpapering and artist shop in 1780 Charlestown, South Carolina. The future “Charleston” is under siege from the British during the ...Read Review

Revolution

By Jennifer Donnelly - Published 2011

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Children/Young Adult

Seventeen-year-old Andi is in her last year at school in New York, but she can’t bear to work on her thesis on ...Read Review

The Son of the Enlightenment

By Christian Jacq - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

1779-1785. Autocrat Empress Maria Theresa is succeeded by Joseph II, liberal and tolerant up to a point. Thamos, count of Thebes, keeper of ...Read Review

The Brother of Fire

By Christian Jacq - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seems well established in Vienna. In his late twenties, he and his work are sought after and respected. Life in ...Read Review