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18th Century

This Duchess of Mine

By Eloisa James - Published 2009

Genres:

In London in 1784, Elijah, the Duke of Beaumont, requires an heir. He also requires that his wife return from her travels across the ...Read Review

The Ninth Daughter

By Barbara Hamilton - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This first novel of a new mystery series begins with Boston housewife Abigail Adams visiting Rebecca Malvern, only to discover some unknown woman’...Read Review

Blacksnake’s Path

By William Heath - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure Biographical Fiction Military

“Blacksnake” is William Wells, a boy from a Kentucky settlement who was captured by the Miami in 1784. He underwent initiation among them, and ...Read Review

To Desire a Devil

By Elizabeth Hoyt - Published 2009

Genres:

Romance

Beatrice Corning, niece of the Earl of Blanchard, is secretly attracted to a handsome man depicted in a portrait that hangs in her ...Read Review

Scaramouche

By Rafael Sabatini - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

1788, France. When André-Louis Moreau, illegitimate son of no-one knows who, witnesses the murder of his best friend by the arrogant Marquis de ...Read Review

When Fortune Frowns

By William H. White - Published 2009

Genres:

Nautical

October, 1790. Captain Edward Edwards of the Pandora is directed by the Admiralty to seek out the infamous mutineers, late of the Bounty, and ...Read Review

The Devil’s Company

By David Liss - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Fans of David Liss’s Benjamin Weaver series will not be disappointed by his latest installment. Benjamin Weaver makes his living as an ...Read Review

The Counterfeit Guest

By Rose Melikan - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This, the second in the Mary Finch series (the first reviewed in HNR 44) sees our redoubtable heroine immersed in yet another, somewhat unlikely ...Read Review

Kill-Grief

By Caroline Rance - Published 2009

Genres:

Literary

‘Kill-grief’ is 18th-century cant for gin, and this novel certainly is awash with the stuff. Mary arrives in Chester in 1756 to work as ...Read Review