18th Century
Jack Absolute
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“Rollicking” is not a word I usually use, but it perfectly describes C.C. Humphreys’ new novel, Jack Absolute. The title character claims ...Read Review
A King’s Trade
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It’s 1799, and the Napoleonic Wars have just begun. Alan Lewrie, captain of the 32-gun British frigate HMS Proteus, is in trouble – again. ...Read Review
Cruel Music
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Third in her series of Baroque mysteries, Beverle Graves Myers’s Cruel Music finds Venetian castrato Tito Amato involved in the machinations to ...Read Review
My Darling Heriott
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Jane Brown has created a fascinating biography of Henrietta St. John: ‘My Darling Heriott’ of the title. Henrietta was born in 1699; her lineage ...Read Review
Magic Man
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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
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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
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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
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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
Brookland
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The novel opens with a confessional letter from an unusual woman to her grown daughter, Recompense, living far from home and expecting ...Read Review
Give Me Liberty
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Every young reader wants to hear about the times of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Patrick Henry. In this story, Elliott provides ...Read Review
