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18th Century

Finding Emilie

By Laurel Corona - Published 2011

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Laurel Corona, author of The Four Seasons, an outstanding novel of Vivaldi’s Venice, turns to 18th-century France in her enthralling new novel, ...Read Review

Liberty’s Exiles

By Maya Jasanoff - Published 2011

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Nonfiction

The American Loyalists were not the snobbish grandees of legend, but a diverse group with different motives for loyalty to the British Empire: ...Read Review

Napoleon’s Pyramids

By William Dietrich - Published 2011. 2007

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Adventure Mystery/Crime

Paris, 1798. When American adventurer, sharpshooter and gambler Ethan Gage wins a supposedly cursed ancient Egyptian medallion, and then refuses to sell it to ...Read Review

The Pirate’s Bastard

By Laura S. Wharton - Published 2010

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Adventure Nautical

This short mid-18th century novel is awash in seafaring legal and piratical, secrets, courtship, blackmail and colonial history of North Carolina and ...Read Review

Legacy

By Danielle Steel - Published 2010

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Saga

A spark has the power to transform darkness and dullness to brilliant light and dynamic purpose; and security isn’t always the warm, ...Read Review

The Orchid Affair

By Lauren Willig - Published 2011

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Romance Thriller

I am a huge fan of Willig’s Pink Carnation series. Alternating between the past and present, the series’ conceit is present-day academic ...Read Review

The Exile

By Diana Gabaldon - Published 2010

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Romance Time-slip

To say I approached The Exile with trepidation is an understatement, since Outlander by Diana Gabaldon is one of my favorite novels. I ...Read Review

Jane and the Damned

By Janet Mullany - Published 2010

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Alternate History Historical Fantasy

At age 21, Jane Austen suspects that a local party will not alleviate the disappointment of her rejected manuscript, but her family insists that ...Read Review

A Travel in Time to Grand Pre

By Michele Doucette - Published 2010

Genres:

Time-slip

In 2005, Madeline St. Clair celebrates her 26th birthday by attending Acadian Day at Grand Pre Historic Park in Canada. Inexplicably, Madeline finds herself ...Read Review