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18th Century

Blast to the Past: Washington’s War

By Rhody Cohon - By Stacia Deutsch - Published 2007

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Blast to the Past is a marvelous series. The History Club, made up of Abigail, Bo and twin brothers Jacob and Zack, use ...Read Review

The Motive from the Deed

By Patricia Wynn - Published 2007

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Mystery/Crime Romance

The latest adventure of outlawed Viscount St. Mars, aka the highwayman Blue Satan, and his friend Hester Kean unfolds in London during the 1715 ...Read Review

How the Hangman Lost his Heart

By K.M. Grant - Published 2006

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Children/Young Adult Mystery/Crime

London, 1746. When Alice’s Uncle Frank is executed for supporting Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite cause, his niece is determined to bring ...Read Review

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh

By Linda Colley - Published 2007

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Nonfiction

The subtitle of this fascinating book is ‘A Woman in World History.’ Because it is not just a biography of a remarkable but ...Read Review

Devil Water

By Anya Seton - Published 2007

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Romance

Through a youthful misalliance, Charles Radcliffe, brother to the Earl of Derwentwater, is forced to marry a pregnant Northumbrian lass. Ashamed of the ...Read Review

The Dante Trap

By Arnaud Delandande - Published 2007

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Mystery/Crime Romance

In his cell in a noisome dungeon languishes The Black Orchid,Venice’s most dashing swordsman, secret agent and lover. But he is ...Read Review

The Belles Dames Club

By Melinda Hammond - Published 2007

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Adventure Romance

A unmarried Miss—the frivolous Clarissa Wyckenham—does a markedly good deed in helping the dour Lord Alresford out of a vexing predicament. ...Read Review

Napolean’s Pyramids

By William Dietrich - Published 2007

Genres:

Adventure

American expatriate Ethan Gage wins an ancient and possibly cursed medallion in a card game in revolutionary France. Threatened by the powerful Count ...Read Review

A Treasury of Regret

By Susanne Alleyn - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

When investigator Aristide Ravel enters the office of his local police commissariat, he’s met by Laurence Dupont, a young woman determined to ...Read Review

Too Great a Lady

By Amanda Elyot - Published 2007

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Elyot (the pseudonym used by actress-novelist Leslie Carroll for her historical novels) presents a sweeping, emotionally intense portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton, half ...Read Review