18th Century
Stitches in Air
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This beautifully imagined (if slow to unfold) tale concerns the life of Anna Maria Pertl, wife of the minor Austrian composer Leopold Mozart, ...Read Review
The Distant Beacon
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This book is the fourth volume in the authors’ Song of Acadia series. Nicole, who has been made Lady Harrow by her uncle, ...Read Review
Peter Loon
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The time is shortly after the end of the American Revolution. The place is the District of Maine, then a part of the ...Read Review
The Glorious Cause
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I couldn’t wait for this sequel to Rise to Rebellion; I knew it was going to be superb and was not disappointed. ...Read Review
The Curse Of Treasure Island
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When I was a boy growing up, there were two books that kids were assumed to have read: one was Tom Sawyer, and ...Read Review
Casanova In Bohemia
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Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725, but author Codrescu opens his novel with an aging Casanova inhabiting a Bohemian castle writing his ...Read Review
The History Of Sir Henry
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Sir Henry Morland, the infamous scoundrel, has reserved all of his affection for his orphaned niece, Lady Frances Pleckham, whom he has not ...Read Review
The Canebrake Men
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By the end of this, the final of three volumes, Tennessee has at long last become a state, but more than the history ...Read Review
For Love Or Country
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Frothy as a syllabub, For Love or Country has a sparse texture with minimal description, except when it serves the character interplay. Sparks’ ...Read Review
The Scottish Thistle
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This romantic historical novel chronicles the events of Scotland’s Rising of 1745 for “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” as experienced by Rory MacGregor and Duncan ...Read Review
