18th Century
The Loyalist’s Wife
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The historical reality behind Elaine Cougler’s excellent pair of novels, The Loyalist’s Wife and The Loyalist’s Luck, is one that ...Read Review
The Iris Fan
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Japan, 1709. On a dark and stormy night, an unthinkable crime occurs: The shogun is stabbed with an iron-ribbed fan while sleeping in his ...Read Review
The Pirate Captain, Nor Gold (Volume 2)
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This second book in Lynne’s “Chronicles of a Legend” series follows directly from the action of the first (the author does a ...Read Review
The Silversmith’s Wife
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On a dark night in late 18th-century London, a night watchman stumbles across a man with his throat slit. At the inquest no ...Read Review
Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
This is the same Brackston as Paula, author of The Winter Witch and The Witch’s Daughter, beginning a fantasy mystery series. Gretel (...Read Review
Six Winter Days
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The New Jersey countryside is in upheaval with the rebel forces, headed by the recently commissioned Washington, tangling with the British army in ...Read Review
Visions of Teaoga
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Visions of Teaoga takes place in Tioga, northern Pennsylvania, during two very different time periods, one contemporary and one historical. It’s the ...Read Review
Napoleon: A Life
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This is a remarkable biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, a man considered one of the greatest military strategists and rulers in the in the ...Read Review
Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
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Kate Williams, royal correspondent for CNN, has followed up her 2008 biography of Queen Victoria with a well-researched, heavily detailed biography of Josephine Bonaparte, ...Read Review
Fate and Fair Winds
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A familiar star-crossed-lovers twist informs the basic plot of Dory Codington’s historical romance Fate & Fair Winds: John FitzSimmon, a major in ...Read Review
