18th Century
A Child of the Dales
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1785: On the edges of the Yorkshire moors and dales, a mother and her foundling daughter make their living running a remote inn, with ...Read Review
The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Aberdeen, 1730: the cultured, restless Elizabeth Blachrie resists her parents’ attempts to marry her to a dull but suitable man, for she is in ...Read Review
Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story
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In 1756, an 11-year-old African boy is on guard in his village while his parents go to market. He spots slave traders who terrorise ...Read Review
A Time to Fight
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Once a grenadier in the Royal Army, Will Sturt returns home to Goudhurst, England, after four years of fighting. Much has changed, but ...Read Review
Sailor of Liberty (The Philippe Kermorvant Thrillers, 1)
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1793: France is in the grip of a fanatical regime and the age of Madame Guillotine as terror rules and heads fall. Philippe Kermorvant, ...Read Review
The Weather Woman
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Neva, a Russian girl, has a gift—she can predict the weather. In January 1789, the Thames is frozen over, and London is enjoying ...Read Review
The Ashmole Box
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1646, Lichfield. Elias Ashmole returns exhausted to what was once his home town, humiliated by the defeat of the Royalists at Worcester. Ashmole is ...Read Review
A Wild & True Relation
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Sherwood quickly captures the reader’s imagination in this blistering tale of early 18th-century love, betrayal, murder, and revenge, wrapped up in a ...Read Review
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
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There is much to recommend in this debut novel by the writer and actor, Paterson Joseph. The book is in many ways a ...Read Review
The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill
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Ivy’s life has not been easy. The British burned her family’s home, and the family was forced to start life over ...Read Review
