18th Century

The Prisoner in the Tower (A Drusilla Davanish Mystery)

By Dawn Harris - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This novel could justly be described as a ripping yarn. Set mainly on the Isle of Wight in 1794, the marvellously alliterative Drusilla Davanish ...Read Review

The Jacobite Rising of 1715 and the Murray Family: Brothers in Arms

By Rosalind Anderson - Published 2020

Genres:

Nonfiction

The Jacobite Rising of 1715 is remembered, if at all, usually as the precursor of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rising in 1745.  However, it was ...Read Review

Beyond the Ghetto Gates: A Novel

By Michelle Cameron - Published 2020

Genres:

Shortly after being appointed Commander-in-chief in 1796, Napoleon invades Italy and forces the withdrawal of Austria. When he reaches the city of Ancona, he ...Read Review

The Bastille Spy (A Revolution Spy Series)

By C.S. Quinn - Published 2020

Genres:

Thriller

1789. Attica Morgan, illegitimate daughter of an English lord and an African princess, erstwhile slave, and now British spy, killer, and a woman with ...Read Review

Angelica, Paintress of Minds

By Miranda Miller - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This fictionalised account of the life of Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Swiss-born portraitist, history painter and one of the two female founders of the ...Read Review

Mari’s Way

By Gilbert and Valerie Lewthwaite - Published 2020

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England, 1768. Mari Westin is the eldest daughter of a rich widower. He spends most of his time in his London mansion with his ...Read Review

The Rakess: Society of Sirens, Volume I

By Scarlett Peckham - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

For those who don’t read Regency, The Rakess is a gender-flipped invention, a feminine form of rakehell, a person who drinks hard, ...Read Review

Becoming Lady Washington

By Betty Bolte - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Despite its title, Becoming Lady Washington focuses on nearly the entirety of Martha Washington’s life, from her courtship by her first husband ...Read Review

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (The Shadow Histories 1)

By H. G. Parry - Published 2020

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

The concept of this ambitious fantasy historical works neatly: substitute “magic” for “freedom,” and the French Revolution and the Abolition movement in England ...Read Review

For to See The Elephant: A Novel in Verse

By Tammi J. Truax - Published 2019

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Elephants bury and mourn their dead. Their bones are sacred, and their bonds are strong. This novel-in-verse relates how capitalism and the worst ...Read Review