18th Century
Sparrowhawk, Book One: John Frake
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The first of a series of novels depicting the roots of the American Revolution, Book One takes place entirely in England, which is ...Read Review
The Measure of the World
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In June, 1792, two astronomers set off from Paris on what proves to be a six-year mission–to survey the meridian running through France ...Read Review
Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
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Eighteenth-century Africa is a land of many tribes and kingdoms–and many enmities between them. While tending her young brother one day, young ...Read Review
The Linwoods, or “Sixty Years Since in America”
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Readers of historical and classic fiction should welcome this new edition of an early woman novelist’s most highly-regarded work. A lengthy introduction ...Read Review
The Floating Brothel
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The Floating Brothel tells the story of “…ordinary women who, by a caprice of fate, found themselves in extraordinary circumstances.” These women are ...Read Review
Selkirk’s Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe
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While Defoe’s Crusoe was fictional, Alexander Selkirk inspired the tale. In 1703 this Scotsman signed aboard William Dampier’s expedition to capture the ...Read Review
A Cold Bleak Hill: Prelude to Glory #5
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During the summer of 1777, recurring series character Caleb Dunson is a member of General Washington’s underfunded, poorly-trained Continental Army. After the costly ...Read Review
The Royal Physician’s Visit
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“On April 5, 1768, Johann Friedrich Struensee was appointed Royal Physician to King Christian VII of Denmark, and four years later he was executed.” So ...Read Review
Fiery Cross
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In the fifth book in Gabaldon’s popular ‘Outlander’ series, we find Claire and Jamie Fraser, their daughter Brianna, her husband Roger and ...Read Review
George Washington, Frontiersman
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Zane Grey, one of America’s foremost writers of western fiction, died in 1939. This book, a fictionalized narrative of George Washington’s early ...Read Review
