18th Century

Summer’s Grace

By Vanessa Hannam - Published 2016

Genres:

Nautical

1740. Commodore George Anson sets off on his hazardous voyage to the New World with orders to capture the annual Spanish treasure galleon in ...Read Review

The Star in the Meadow

By Carla Kelly - Published 2017

Genres:

Western

Fernando Ygnacio and his daughter, Catalina, are auditors who make sure, for tax purposes, that the records of New Mexican ranchers match the ...Read Review

The Lady of the Lakes: The True Love Story of Sir Walter Scott

By Josi S. Kilpack - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical FictionInspirationalRomance

Edinburgh, 1790s: Walter Scott, a young man with a romantic temperament, falls deeply in love with a young girl, Mina, from the very ...Read Review

The White Mirror

By Elsa Hart - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 18th-century China, tensions are escalating between the Emperor of China, the Tibetan king, and the Mongols in the north. Li Du, a ...Read Review

The Captain and the Countess

By Rosemary Morris - Published 2016

Genres:

Romance

The Right Honourable Captain Edward Howard and Kate, the Countess of Sinclair, feel a powerful attraction to each other; however, she is a ...Read Review

The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter

By John Pipkin - Published 2016

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This novel focuses on the turbulent years in Ireland from 1791 to 1823, when the pursuit of astrology and the mapping of the solar system ...Read Review

The Wife’s Tale

By Christine Wells - Published 2016

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This is a dual-narrative novel with a difference. In one section, a modern-day woman becomes intrigued by centuries-old secrets about an elegant country ...Read Review

The Demon Undertaker

By Cameron McAllister - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultThriller

London, 1749: dirty, rat-infested and dangerous. Everyone is terrified of the Demon Undertaker, a fiend with red eyes wearing a skull mask who supplies ...Read Review

A Highlander’s Christmas Kiss

By Paula Quinn - Published 2016

Genres:

Romance

Set in Scotland in 1711, A Highlander’s Christmas Kiss is another installment in the MacGregor-Grant clan series. This one features Cailean Grant, who ...Read Review

George Washington: The President and Me

By Deborah Kalb - By Robert Lunsford (illus.) - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slip

This is the story of a fifth-grade boy, Sam, and a magic hat. When Sam’s class is visiting Mt. Vernon, the boy ...Read Review