18th Century
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Elizabeth’s father has left for Australia, leaving her with an aunt she barely knows. But her aunt’s home feels oddly welcoming, ...Read Review
Neither Rebel Nor Tory: Hanyost Schuyler & The Siege of Fort Stanwix
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Readers glancing at a summary of Michael Cooney’s novel Neither Rebel Nor Tory—the story of Hanyost Schuyler, a young man in ...Read Review
Island Beneath the Sea
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Isabel Allende is at the top of her game in Island Beneath the Sea, a seductive, sprawling historical novel set in Haiti and ...Read Review
The Rebellion of Jane Clarke
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It’s 1769, and Jane Clarke of Satucket, Cape Cod, has been banished from the family home as punishment by her domineering father after ...Read Review
The Bells
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When I look at my copy of The Bells sitting in front of me, I cannot believe it lies there immobile and lifeless. ...Read Review
Wicked Intentions
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Young widow Temperance Dews manages a foundling home in London’s notorious St. Giles slum with her brother, Winter. When the home’s ...Read Review
The Rake and the Redhead
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This is the story of Miss Hyacinthe Dancy and Blase, Lord Norwood, based around a small village on Lord Norwood’s estate not ...Read Review
The Mistaken Wife
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1797 and in the aftermath of the French Revolution, General Bonaparte’s armies are sweeping across Europe. The British government is deeply concerned about ...Read Review
The Broken Token
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Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, has grown prosperous on the cloth trade. It is a town of great wealth and even ...Read Review
Anatomy of Murder
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London 1781. Gentlewoman Harriet Westerman and reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther have gained a surprising reputation in the field of criminal investigation. When a body ...Read Review
