18th Century
The Hawk
Editors' choice
Smalley has been hailed as the heir to those great writers of naval historical fiction, Patrick O’Brian and C.S. Forester.…
Mittee
Mittee was first published in 1951. The story is set in the Transvaal in the late 18th century. The new…
The Iron Tongue of Midnight
This fourth volume in the series featuring castrato opera singer Tito Amato is the author’s tribute to the country house…
Duchess by Night
In 1783, Harriet, the young widowed duchess of Berrow, longs to escape the structure of Georgian society. She jumps at…
The Devil’s Prize
The Devil’s Prize takes the reader into the realms of Cornish wrecking and smuggling towards the end of the 18th…
To Taste Temptation
The unknown situation surrounding her brother’s death during the Battle of Spinner’s Falls in the American colonies haunts Lady Emeline…
Rules of War
This is the second in the series of adventures of Captain Jack Steel, first introduced to us in Man of…
The Lightstep
Editors' choice
Once upon a time Michel Wery had been a firm supporter of the French Revolution, but the Terror, the atrocities…
Johnny One Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution
Editors' choice
Johnny One-Eye is a cleverly written and well-crafted glimpse of some of the leading British and American characters of the…
Midwife of the Blue Ridge
This novel begins just after the battle at Culloden Moor in 1746, when young Maggie Duncan joins the Cameron household,…
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