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18th Century

Into the World

By Stephanie Parkyn - Published 2017

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It is 1791, and the ships of the La Perouse expedition have gone missing somewhere in the Great Southern Ocean. Admiral Bruni d’Entrecasteaux ...Read Review

The Scot’s Bride

By Paula Quinn - Published 2017

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Romance

1712: Patrick McGregor enjoys the freedom of no responsibilities—marriage would mean giving up his soul. Charlotte “Charlie” Cunningham wants no part of a ...Read Review

The Emperor’s Barber

By Graham Wade - Published 2017

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Kutaissa, an orphaned Turk forced into the Ottoman army, is captured by Russians, where his medical skills learned as a barber eventually bring ...Read Review

Sky Chasers

By Emma Carroll - Published 2018

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Children/Young Adult

Annouay, France, 1783. Magpie is a guttersnipe and opportunist thief, struggling to support herself and her pet cockerel, Coco. When the unpleasant Madame Delacroix ...Read Review

Playing by Heart

By Carmela A. Martino - Published 2017

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Children/Young Adult

Carmela Martino’s debut novel is a charming story of two sisters, Emilia and Maria, who are accomplished young women—so accomplished that ...Read Review

Rhode Island Rendezvous

By Linda Collison - Published 2017

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Adventure Nautical

This third book in the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series takes place during the years leading up to the American Revolution. Patricia has ...Read Review

The Kingdom of This World

By Alejo Carpentier - By Pablo Medina (trans.) - Published 2017 Published c1949

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Literary

Originally published in Spanish in 1949 and translated soon after, this second English translation offers a new edition of the classic novel based on ...Read Review

Phoebe’s Light

By Suzanne Woods Fisher - Published 2018

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Inspirational Romance

In this first book in the new Nantucket Legacy series from Suzanne Woods Fisher, she turns her keen historical storytelling loose on the ...Read Review

Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History

By Lesley Adkins - By Roy Adkins - Published 2017

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Nonfiction

This book is fascinating. It’s excellently well written, painting the characters involved in a very engaging way—one of those superbly done ...Read Review

The Lacemaker

By Laura Frantz - Published 2018

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Inspirational Romance

In Williamsburg, Virginia, on the eve of the American Revolution in 1775, Elizabeth Lawson is set to marry the man her Tory father picked ...Read Review