18th Century
The Heart of the Run (The Moorheads)
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This is the fictionalized history of the Muirhead family (later Moorhead), in Scotland and Ireland from 1648 to 1764. The novel begins with Alexander Moorhead, ...Read Review
Charlotte’s Story
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Spin-offs from Pride and Prejudice generally focus on Elizabeth and Darcy and occasionally the other Bennet sisters. Instead, in Charlotte’s Story Carolyn ...Read Review
The School of Mirrors
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Eva Stachniak focuses on an intense era: France from 1755 to 1793. The School of Mirrors is a three-generation epic, divided into five parts. As ...Read Review
HMS Hazard (John Pearce, 16)
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In the early summer of 1796, John Pearce commands the 14-gun Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Hazard. She is manned by inexperienced “quota men” ...Read Review
The Books of Jacob
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In mid-18th century Poland, a messianic figure emerges in a small Jewish community. It says something about this book that this character ...Read Review
Wayward Voyage
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The story begins with the child Anne Cormac emigrating from Ireland to Charlestown, South Carolina, in 1704 with her parents. Her father manages to ...Read Review
Black Drop
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London, 1793. Laurence Jago is a lowly government clerk, decoding messages and copying documents. He is answerable to George Aust, Permanent Under-Secretary to Lord ...Read Review
My Fine Fellow
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Alternate HistoryChildren/Young Adult
My Fair Lady meets Master Chef in this surprisingly entertaining confection. Set in an alternate Georgian England, in which George IV’s daughter ...Read Review
The Secrets of Elloughton Park
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Personal journals from the Georgian era fall into the lap of history professor James Postlewaite. Found in Elloughton Park, a Nottinghamshire country house ...Read Review
Antoinette’s Sister
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Charlotte, born Maria Carolina to Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, tells her story in this biographical novel. Her sister, Marie Antoinette, was the ...Read Review
