18th Century
Landfalls
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To say that this debut novel is thoroughly delightful may sound too dismissive of what is a deeply researched and ingeniously told story, ...Read Review
Yakimali’s Gift
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Fernanda Marquina, the fifteen-year-old heroine of Linda Covella’s Yakimali’s Gift, is of mixed Spanish-Pima Indian ancestry, living in Mexico, New Spain ...Read Review
Paternoster
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I am a natural to review this book. The locations are mostly just a short walk from where I live. This is Fleet’...Read Review
Becoming Lisette (The Queen’s Painter, Book 1)
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The first volume in Rebecca Glenn’s The Queen’s Painter series, Becoming Lisette centers on strong-willed and beautiful Elizabeth “Lisette” Vigee, who ...Read Review
The Penny Heart
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Martine Bailey provides a traditional culinary recipe before each chapter. One caution, though: the ‘most effectual Hystericon for Women’ needs careful preparation, as ...Read Review
Once Upon a Crime
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
Once Upon a Crime is set in the fictitious 18th-century town of Gesternstadt, Bavaria, where the Brothers Grimm characters continue to live on, ...Read Review
Laurel
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Set in North Carolina in 1783, this multi-racial family drama features a compelling group of characters, at the centre of which are Nicholas and ...Read Review
Dead Man’s Reach: The Thieftaker Series
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This fourth in series returns with Ethan Kaille, a career ‘thief-taker’ in the backstreets of 1770s Boston and a powerful conjurer. An ethical ...Read Review
Cuckold Point
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London, 1799. Left ashore by the Royal Navy, Tom Pascoe has made a new and successful life for himself in the Thames Marine Police, ...Read Review
The Watchman of Eternity
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It’s 1752, and Jacobite agent Thomas Aylesford is trying to bring to Paris the Hunter, a mysterious, clock-shaped weapon that could turn the ...Read Review
