18th Century

Midnight Fires

By Nancy Means Wright - Published 2010

Genres:

Biographical FictionMystery/Crime

After a major disappointment in love, aspiring author Mary Wollstonecraft must support herself and takes a position as governess to a wealthy family ...Read Review

The Admiral’s Game

By David Donachie - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureNautical

This is the fifth in the series of novels about John Pearce, a naval officer by default rather than proper entitlement. As in ...Read Review

Evangeline

By Ben Farmer - Published 2010

Genres:

RomanceSaga

Based on the poem of the same name by Longfellow, Evangeline tells the story of the Great Upheaval, the forcible removal of the ...Read Review

The Story of Cirrus Flux

By Matthew Skelton -

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Britain’s Age of Enlightenment is an intriguing period of history to explore. It’s rich in scientific discovery, philosophical debate, and a ...Read Review

The Lieutenant

By Kate Grenville - Published 2009Published 2010

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Kate Grenville is a bestselling Australian author who has already written about her country’s convict past. In The Lieutenant she goes back ...Read Review

The Kitchen House

By Kathleen Grissom - Published 2010

Genres:

Saga

In 1791, Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan, becomes an indentured servant on a Virginia tobacco plantation. Although she is white, she is raised by ...Read Review

Here Burns My Candle

By Liz Curtis Higgs - Published 2010

Genres:

InspirationalSaga

In 1745 in Edinburgh, the widowed Lady Marjory Kerr and her family await the arrival of the Jacobites, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. Sharing ...Read Review

The Queen’s Necklace

By Antal Szerb (trans. Len Rix) - Published 2009

Genres:

Nonfiction

Published originally in 1942 in Hungarian, The Queen’s Necklace is a nonfiction work by an author known primarily to English speakers for his ...Read Review

The Pirate Devlin

By Mark Keating - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureNautical

After the success of Pirates of the Caribbean and its sequels, walking the plank, pieces of eight and buried treasure are once again ...Read Review

The Highest Stakes

By Emery Lee - Published 2010

Genres:

Adventure

Emery Lee vividly portrays the world of 18th-century British and American horseracing in her debut novel. Robert Devington has spent much of his ...Read Review