18th Century
Vienna Nocturne
Anna Storace comes to the opera stage in Naples as “L’inglesina,” a 15-year-old prodigy overshadowed by the native Italian singers.…
Spider in a Tree
The proverb says, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but I might extend that to “cover blurb.” On reading…
The Light: Tales from a Revolution
Robert Harris, a blacksmith living in a town facing takeover by the British and Hessian troops because of the growing…
The Cuckoo’s Daughter
At the age of sixteen, Louisa has lived all her life with her foster family on a farm. She has…
Father Junipero’s Confessor
In the mid 1700s, Father Paloú, a young Franciscan friar from Mallorca, joins the exuberant and zealous Father Junípero Serra…
Revolutionary
This debut novel is based on the true story of Deborah Samson, a Massachusetts servant and weaver who disguised herself…
The Boy Who Felt No Pain
When croaky-voiced fisherman Billy Bates decided he was going to try his hand at smuggling, he did so under cover…
The Infamous Rosalie
Lisette, a Creole slave, works in the plantation house of owners better than some in the 1750s. Still, they could…
The Devil in the Marshalsea
Editors' choice
Antonia Hodgson is no stranger to the literary world, being currently Editor-in-Chief at Little Brown UK. She has proved that…
Espinas
Author Pérez Valdez has carved out a unique niche in historical fiction by writing exclusively about Spanish missionaries of the…
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