18th Century

Peter Wicked

By Broos Campbell - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureNautical

From start to finish, and from stem to stern, Broos Campbell’s Peter Wicked is carried happily forward by the witty narrator Matty ...Read Review

I am Rembrandt’s Daughter

By Lynn Cullen - Published 2008

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This complex work of fiction is based upon the real person of Cornelia, the illegitimate daughter of Rembrandt van Rijn and his common-law ...Read Review

The Four Seasons

By Laurel Corona - Published 2008

Genres:

Saga

Two sisters, Chiaretta and Maddalena, are abandoned at a religious foundling home in 18th-century Venice. The Pietà raises its orphans to perform in ...Read Review

Anila’s Journey

By Mary Finn - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureSaga

Anila’s Indian mother is dead. Her Irish father is inexplicably missing. When her guardian, Miss Hickey, relocates to Madras, Anila is alone. ...Read Review

Ross Poldark

By Winston Graham - Published 2008

Genres:

Saga

Set in Cornwall towards the end of the 18th century, the first three books in the Poldark series tell the story of two ...Read Review

Cat Among the Pigeons

By Julia Golding - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

(1) London, 1790. In this, the second of Cat Royal of Drury Lane Theatre’s adventures, Cat’s friend, the black actor Pedro, is in ...Read Review

Demelza

By Winston Graham - Published 2008

Genres:

Saga

Set in Cornwall towards the end of the 18th century, the first three books in the Poldark series tell the story of two ...Read Review

Jeremy Poldark

By Winston Graham - Published 2008

Genres:

Saga

Set in Cornwall towards the end of the 18th century, the first three books in the Poldark series tell the story of two ...Read Review

To Seduce a Sinner

By Elizabeth Hoyt - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

Despite, or perhaps because of, being left at the altar twice, Jasper Renshaw, Lord Vale, jumped to accept Melisande Fleming’s proposal of ...Read Review

The Time of Terror

By Seth Hunter - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureNautical

In 1793, France is gripped by The Terror – a violent period where neither the guilty nor the innocent are safe from the wrath of ...Read Review