18th Century
The Song Peddler of the Pont Neuf
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Paul Gastebois, a “confidential inquirer” in Paris of 1788, usually avoids taking on missing person cases. “People in Paris are lost all the time, ...Read Review
A Lawless Place (Contraband Shore)
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The sequel to Donachie’s The Contraband Shore (2017), this novel is set in and around Deal (where the author lives) in 1787. Naval captain ...Read Review
The Shaker Murders (A Will Rees Mystery)
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Will Rees and his family are hiding in Zion, a Shaker community in Maine, and hoping to find safety, but what Will discovers ...Read Review
Preservation
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In 1797, the ship Sydney Cove is wrecked north of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). Its speculative cargo includes valuable rum. On board are ...Read Review
Of Love & Duty: Nelson, the Hamiltons, the Prince & Miss Knight
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The Napoleonic period saw many European aristocrats, as expatriates, reduced to living off the hospitality of more prosperous members of their class, moving ...Read Review
The Other Miss Bridgerton: A Bridgertons Prequel
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Summer, 1786, and Poppy Bridgerton is feeling a little bored. Suitors have been disappointingly dull, and her visit with an old friend is a ...Read Review
The General’s Cook
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It’s no mystery why so many historical novels have featured cooks as protagonists – food is one of the most vivid windows into ...Read Review
Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and The Battle of Brooklyn
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At nineteen, Josh Bolton joins the Maryland militia in 1776. His best friend, Ben, a freed black man, joins with him. They soon discover ...Read Review
The Seamstress
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In 1788 in Mouton Blanc in France, 16-year-old Renée and her older cousin Laurette are helping at Émile’s sheep farm and sleeping ...Read Review
Lucky Button
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1970s London: Jonah has always struggled to fit in at school. He’s too busy to make friends, spending his time caring for ...Read Review
