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18th Century

Quest for Liberty

By Robert H. Rowe - Published 2001

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Clearly written in a style which poignantly underlies the intense emotion and beliefs felt on both sides of the American Revolution, Quest for ...Read Review

Mozart’s Wife

By Juliet Waldron - Published 2001

Genres:

Romance

Mozart’s Wife is a delightfully written novel about Wolfgang Mozart as seen through the eyes of his beloved wife Konstanze. The ongoing ...Read Review

A Woman Named Solitude

By Andre Schwarz-Bart - Published 2001(c 1972)

Genres:

Military

The slave trade in Guadeloupe provides the grim historical context for this brief but powerful novel. The opening chapters describe an indigenous African ...Read Review

Rise to Rebellion

By Jeff Shaara - Published 2001

Genres:

Military

This is a typical Shaara masterpiece, and that is high praise indeed. Once again this talented writer transports the reader into the minds ...Read Review

Maria’s Story: 1773

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Children/Young Adult

The death of her father turns nine-year-old Maria Rand’s world upside down. When her mother should be teaching her the skills needed ...Read Review

The Lost Band

By Don Coldsmith - Published 2000

Genres:

Saga

At the annual Big Council of the People an empty place is reserved in honor of the Lost Band who, at some point ...Read Review

The Franklin Affair (An Henri Gruel Adventure)

By Ty Drago - Published 2001

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Written in the first person, Henri Gruel looks back to his youth and his adventures with Benjamin Franklin during the time of the ...Read Review

The Sweet Trade

By Elizabeth Garrett - Published 2001

Genres:

Adventure Nautical

This book fictionalizes the short and colorful careers of the two best-known female pirates ever to sail together, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, ...Read Review

A Mischief in the Snow

By Margaret Miles - Published 2001

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This mystery is the fourth in a series featuring widowed sleuth Charlotte Willett and set in the village of Bracebridge, Massachusetts shortly before ...Read Review

Son Of The Sword

By J. Ardian Lee - Published 2001

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Dylan Mattheson is a modern-day American martial arts and sword instructor who is transported to 18th-century Scotland when he is caught up in ...Read Review