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18th Century

The Highland Commander

By Amy Jarecki - Published 2017

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Magdalen, the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish earl, runs a hospital for women ravaged by red-coated Dragoons infesting northern Scotland in 1707. At her ...Read Review

Casanova’s Secret Wife

By Barbara Lynn-Davis - Published 2017

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Romance

Barbara Lynn-Davis’ debut novel is a delicious delight, a feast for the senses. Setting her work in romantic Venice, and basing it on ...Read Review

The Body in the Ice

By A. J. Mackenzie - Published 2017

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Mystery/Crime

It is an exceptionally cold winter at St Mary in the Marsh on Romney Marsh. On Christmas Eve 1796 a body is discovered encased ...Read Review

The Wardrobe Mistress

By Meghan Masterson - Published 2017

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Giselle Aubry, the newest wardrobe mistress in Marie Antoinette’s household, has her uncle, Pierre de Beaumarchais, to thank for her coveted position. ...Read Review

Where the Light Falls

By Allison Pataki - By Owen Pataki - Published 2017

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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

By Julia Quinn - Published 2017

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Romance

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

Alex and Eliza: A Love Story

By Melissa de la Cruz - Published 2017

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Children/Young Adult

Young Colonel Alexander Hamilton works as secretary to General George Washington in Albany, New York, in 1777. Hamilton begs for a command of his ...Read Review

Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America’s Founding Father

By George Goodwin - Published 2017

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Nonfiction

This fascinating book follows Benjamin Franklin’s life in Georgian Britain from 1757-1775, with a brief intermission back in Philadelphia. He came in ...Read Review

Mozart’s Starling

By Lyanda Lynn Haupt - Published 2017

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Nonfiction

Like its two subjects – Mozart and the European Starling – this natural history is virtuosic, lively, affectionate, and entertaining. Haupt offers a deep dive ...Read Review

An Uncommon Courtship

By Kristi Ann Hunter - Published 2017

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Inspirational Romance

1796: Lord Trent Hawthorne and Lady Adelaide Bell are thrown together by fate, and the honorable Trent feels he must propose. His lifelong dream ...Read Review