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18th Century

The Cavalier Spy

By S. W. O’Connell - Published 2015

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The second in O’Connell’s adventure series (after The Patriot Spy, 2012) begins late in 1776, with Lt. Gen. George Washington confronting a recalcitrant ...Read Review

Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, & Man Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gevaudan

By Gustavo Sanchez-Romero - By S.R. Schwalb - Published 2016

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Mystery/Crime Nonfiction

A mysterious predator slaughtered more than one hundred people from 1764 to 1767. The killings took place in a remote region of France, and in ...Read Review

A Master Passion: The Story of Elizabeth and Alexander Hamilton

By Juliet Waldron - Published 2016

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Biographical Fiction

In the New World of the mid-18th century, young Alexander Hamilton’s childhood could not have been more different from the cosseted ...Read Review

Jacobites: A New History of the ’45

By Jacqueline Riding - Published 2016

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Nonfiction

In August 1745, Charles Edward Stuart landed in the Scottish Highlands, intending to restore his exiled father, James, to the British throne. The Hanoverian ...Read Review

Resolution: A Novel of the Boy Who Sailed With Captain Cook

By A.N. Wilson - Published 2016

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Biographical Fiction Nautical

Any book by A. N. Wilson is a rewarding read, but be warned! Resolution was the ship in which Captain Cook sailed on ...Read Review

On the Account

By Helen Hollick - Published 2016

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Adventure Historical Fantasy Nautical

From the mists of Exmoor to the bustle of Bristol in the early 18th century, this fifth instalment of the Sea Witch Voyages ...Read Review

Homegoing

By Yaa Gyasi - Published 2016 Published 2017

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Literary

In the 18th century in what is now Ghana, then the Gold Coast, half-sisters are born in different villages. One grows up to ...Read Review

Grimm Patriot

By David W. Arndt - Published 2016

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Military

David Arndt’s debut novel, Grimm Patriot, follows young Joseph Grimm, who in 1775 decides to enlist in the newly-formed Continental Marines, leaving behind ...Read Review

Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings

By Stephen O’Connor - Published 2016

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Biographical Fiction Literary

A brilliant, inventive debut novel, Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings presents these two historical figures in intimate detail well beyond the historical ...Read Review

The Mask Revealed: The Jacobite Chronicles, Book 2

By Julia Brannan - Published 2016

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Adventure Romance

Continuing the story which started in Mask of Duplicity, this novel narrates the life of Beth Cunningham and Sir Anthony Peters during the ...Read Review