18th Century

Magic Man

By Patricia Rice - Published 2006

Genres:

Romance

Magic Man is the finale for a series of books which began with Merely Magic in 2000. All take place in the mid-18th ...Read Review

The Black Hole: Money, Myth And Empire

By Jan Dalley - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

In 1756 the Nawab of Bengal besieged the British East India Company’s fort in Calcutta and 146 people were imprisoned in a cell 18ft ...Read Review

Tenacious

By Julian Stockwin - Published 2006

Genres:

Nautical

Fans of Napoleonic naval action will certainly enjoy sailing with Lieutenant Thomas Kydd, RN in Stockwin’s sixth book in his Kydd Sea ...Read Review

A Scented Palace: The Secret History Of Marie-Antoinette’s Perfumer

By Elisabeth de Feydeau (trans. Jane Lizop) - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

Jean-Louis Fargeon, son of a perfumer in the scent-rich town of Montpellier, France, apprenticed well and took his trade to Paris, where his ...Read Review

An Aristocratic Affair: The life of Georgiana’s Sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough

By Janet Gleeson - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough, had always been overshadowed by her more flamboyant sister, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire but she was an attractive ...Read Review

Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture

By Hugh Howard - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

Up until the beginning of the 20th century, few people realized that Thomas Jefferson was also one of the nation’s first architects. ...Read Review

Blackbeard

By Angus Konstam - Published 2006

Genres:

NauticalNonfiction

While other pirates have faded from memory, Blackbeard still conjures up vivid imagery of pirates terrorizing people and shipping for about two years ...Read Review

The Women Of The House

By Jean Zimmerman - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

In 1695, twenty-two-year-old Margaret Hardenbroeck arrived in the colony of New Amsterdam. Margaret wasn’t anyone’s dependent, but a factor, a representative of ...Read Review

Liberty: The Lives And Times Of Six Women In Revolutionary France

By Lucy Moore - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

The French Revolution and its aftermath is such a well-trodden path that it always needs a fresh focus. In this beautifully bound volume, ...Read Review

Samuel Adams: Father Of The American Revolution

By Mark Puls - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

Never president like his cousin John, not a military leader like George Washington, Samuel Adams seems to have become simply “the other Adams” – ...Read Review