18th Century
The Wildness
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Keer’s debut traverses our human connection with the natural environment through one woman who, in striving to reign in her inherent wildness, ...Read Review
The Women Who Saved Shakespeare
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The reverence in which Shakespeare is held today as the most famous and preeminent English writer of all is due in no small ...Read Review
Abigail Trench: A Novel of Washington’s Spy Ring
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Abigail Trench immigrates to New York colony after her mother’s death in London. She is a loyal British subject, educated and employed ...Read Review
Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution
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Janell Strube’s debut novel, Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution, introduces readers to Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, a young Parisian woman ...Read Review
A Founding Mother
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Abigail Adams, astonishing “President’s Lady,” tells her story just in time for America’s 250th anniversary. Abigail forges her place as a ...Read Review
The Rebel Romanov
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The Rebel Romanov is an engaging biography of the enigmatic Princess Juliane (Julie) of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Although few of Julie’s letters have survived, ...Read Review
Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk
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Francesca de Tores’ follow up to Saltblood, which retold the story of pirate Mary Read, continues to retell tales of real people during ...Read Review
After My Brother Sam
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This is a sequel to the 1974 Newbery Medal honor book My Brother Sam is Dead, by the present author and his brother Christopher. ...Read Review
A Storm Coming
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Set in the coastal plains of the British colony of North Carolina from 1710 to 1712, Chuck Locklear’s novel is based on historical Native ...Read Review
The Thirteenth Apostle (Richard Brinsley Sheridan Mysteries)
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This is the third mystery in which 18th-century playwright, theatre owner and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan turns detective. The story takes on a ...Read Review
