18th Century

Copper Sun

By Sharon Draper - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1738, fifteen-year-old Amari’s peaceful village life in Africa came to an end. Her village was burned and her family brutally murdered as ...Read Review

The Alchemist’s Daughter

By Katharine McMahon - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In lyrical prose, this novel details the life of Emilie Selden, a female scientist in 18th century England, squirreled away in her father’...Read Review

No Choice but Freedom

By Pat Mattaini Mestern - Published 2006

Genres:

Saga

In the 1750s, an English heiress, Joanna, marries an American planter. She has remained in England while her husband occasionally visits in the ...Read Review

Shadow Patriots

By Lucia St. Clair Robson - Published 2005

Genres:

Thriller

The title Shadow Patriots refers to those individuals who assisted the Americans during the War for Independence by gathering intelligence—spies, in other ...Read Review

A Factory of Cunning

By Philippa Stockley - Published 2005

Genres:

Literary

By age thirty, French noblewoman Mrs. Fox has been scandalized and chased to Holland with her loyal maid, Victoire. There Mrs. Fox establishes ...Read Review

Sails on the Horizon

By Jay Worrall - Published 2005

Genres:

AdventureMilitaryNautical

Worrall’s novel of a young Royal Navy officer, the brave and resourceful Charles Edgemont, covers waters already familiar to devotees of adventures ...Read Review

Sacagawea’s Child

By Susan Colby - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

This is a great book for the Lewis and Clark enthusiast, for it was on that exploration that Sacagawea’s child, Pomp, was ...Read Review

Just Jane

By William Lavender - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Spanning the era of the American Revolution, this young adult novel is a coming-of-age story about an English orphan sent to live in ...Read Review

Under the Jolly Roger

By L. A. Meyer - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In London to hook up with her beloved Jaimy, Jacky Faber spies him holding hands with another girl, destroying Jacky’s dreams of ...Read Review

Rules of Engagement

By Bruce Alexander - Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the eleventh and final book in the mystery series featuring the blind magistrate Sir John Fielding (half-brother of novelist Henry) and ...Read Review