18th Century
Where the Light Falls
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Two idealistic young men’s fates entwine during the trial of General Christophe de Kellermann, a hero of the French Revolution. Jean-Luc St. ...Read Review
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband
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Facing the probability of marriage to an oily and grasping cousin, Cecilia Harcourt escapes by sailing to America to search for her brother ...Read Review
Freedom’s Ring
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The story alternates between present day and the 1770s in this inspirational novel. Anaya feels a tremendous burden of guilt after she is ...Read Review
Kintu
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The highly celebrated debut novel from an award-winning Ugandan author, Kintu presents a sweeping portrait with perspectives on Ugandan culture, history and psychology. ...Read Review
Love, Madness, and Scandal: The Life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck
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This is that rare thing—a learned biography, which entertains and impresses. Love, Madness, and Scandal achieves for fans of Stuart-era England what ...Read Review
Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West
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Hogeland’s book is a finely researched entry about a war about which few Americans are aware—the war to eradicate the Native ...Read Review
How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution
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From a secret meeting in Philadelphia to the Treaty of Versailles, Shachtman explores the story of French involvement in the American Revolution, focusing ...Read Review
The Dolocher
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1756, English-ruled Ireland, and its largest city, Dublin, is experiencing its own version of the murderous rampage of London’s Jack the Ripper. A ...Read Review
Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
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In Rebel Cities, Mike Rapport ties together three of the great cities of the late 18th-century world, London, Paris, and New York, in ...Read Review
The Women of Versailles
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This is a fictional biography of Adélaïde, daughter of Louis XV of France, set in 1745, when Adélaïde was a ...Read Review
