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18th Century

The Apothecary’s Widow

By Diane Scott Lewis - Published 2015

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The Apothecary’s Widow is set in Truro, Cornwall. It is 1781 and England is at war with the American colonies. With his fiscal ...Read Review

Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore

By Julie Peakman - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

In the 18th century, “whore memoirs” became a popular literary phenomenon, when high-class courtesans would pen their autobiographies, full of titillating details of ...Read Review

The Secrets of Casanova

By Greg Michaels - Published 2013

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Adventure Mystery/Crime Thriller

In 1755 Jacques Casanova, exiled from Venice, visits his brother in Paris and comes into possession of a mysterious scroll. Hoping it will provide ...Read Review

Bloodie Bones

By Lucienne Boyce - Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

Gamekeeper Josh Castle has been murdered, and the culprit has not been found. Dan Foster of the Bow Street Runners goes undercover in ...Read Review

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley

By Charlotte Gordon - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote some of the first proto-feminist tracts in the late 18th century, was an inspiration to her daughter Mary Godwin ...Read Review

Imposters of Patriotism

By Ted Richardson - Published 2014

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Alternate History Thriller

Ted Richardson’s intriguing Imposters of Patriotism takes us on an exciting journey that explores the present-day effect of a fictionalized letter of ...Read Review

The Creole Princess

By Beth White - Published 2015

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Inspirational Romance

Mobile, Alabama, 1776. Young Creole beauty Lyse Lanier meets handsome, foppish, Rafe Gonzalez. Rafe is Spanish, at a time when Spain’s political position ...Read Review

The Seats of the Mighty

By Gilbert Parker - Published 2015

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This latest entrant in the Early Canadian Literature Series brings back into print Gilbert Parker’s historical romance, which was wildly popular when ...Read Review

The Sword & the Scabbard: Thieves and Thugs and the Bloody Massacre in Boston

By Allen Woods - Published 2015

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Nicholas Gray and Maggie Magowan run the Sword and Scabbard, a tavern in Boston’s North End, in Allen Woods’ engrossing novel dramatizing ...Read Review

Burke and the Bedouin

By Tom Williams - Published 2014

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Adventure

Tom Williams’ first novel about real-life Napoleonic-era spy, James Burke, was based on the factual record of his exploits in South America (His ...Read Review