18th Century
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
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
Kate Aylesford, or, The Heiress of Sweetwater
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Originally published in 1855 and out of print from 1873 until 2001, Kate Aylesford has attained legendary status among residents of New Jersey in recent decades. ...Read Review
The Duchess
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Although Allegra Morgan, daughter of the richest man in England, has a flawed pedigree, her father arranges a marriage between her and the ...Read Review
The Riddle of the Shipwrecked Spinster
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Miss Cordelia Stansbury succeeds in setting tongues to wagging twice in a year – first when she snags the ton’s most eligible bachelor, ...Read Review
John’s Story
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Joan Lowery Nixon’s latest foray into the past for children is a charming story. The hero, young John Nicholas, is caught up ...Read Review
Slammerkin
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The title is drawn from 18th century slang for a loose dress, and by extension the loose woman who wears it. Inspired by ...Read Review
Watch by Moonlight
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Alfred Noyes’s tragic, romantic poem “The Highwayman” is the basis of this imaginative and vivid novel. In 1763, Jason Quick of London, son ...Read Review
