18th Century
Outlaw Sword
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In this sequel to Son of the Sword (Ace, 2001), Dylan Matheson again finds himself in eighteenth century Scotland on a mission. This time, ...Read Review
Into the Wilderness
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This, the first in a planned series of novels dealing with the westward expansion of the United States, begins in 1752, shortly before the ...Read Review
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 Case of Curiosities
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A memento hominem is a collection of items memorializing a life, and a case full of such items gives structure to Allen Kurzweil’...Read Review
Eye of the Wind
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Cornwall, 1795. Melissa Tregonning, unconventional, beautiful but too tall for her time, tries to save her late father’s boatyard, which is encumbered by ...Read Review
