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18th Century

Timber Rose

By J. L. Oakley - Published 2013

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J. L. Oakley’s Timber Rose is set in the earliest years of the 20th century and follows the life and adventures of ...Read Review

Reluctant Rebel

By Don E. Phelps - Published 2014

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Adventure Children/Young Adult Military

In this coming-of-age tale of a youngster involved in the burgeoning interpersonal conflicts among the politically-divided Mohawk Valley inhabitants and a solider in ...Read Review

Theodosia and the Pirates — The War Against Spain

By Aya Katz - Published 2014

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Adventure

A sequel to Theodosia and the Pirates – The Battle Against Britain, this instalment sees Theodosia fighting against her beloved America while also being ...Read Review

The Cane Creek Regulators

By Johnny D. Boggs - Published 2014

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Spur Award winner Boggs is known for his fast-paced, exciting novels, and this latest novel, set in pre-Revolutionary War South Carolina, continues to ...Read Review

Monsoon Mists

By Christina Courtenay - Published 2014

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Romance

This is book 3 in Courtenay’s Kinross series. It’s 1759, and widower Jamie Kinross has swapped the cold of the pine forests of ...Read Review

The Rising Tide

By Patrick Easter - Published 2014

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Mystery/Crime Nautical Thriller

Set in 1799, this is the third of Patrick Easter’s crime thrillers featuring Tom Pascoe, a former Royal Navy captain turned river surveyor ...Read Review

The Barefoot Queen

By Ildefonso Falcones - By Mara Faye Lethem (trans.) - Published 2014

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The Barefoot Queen brings to life a little-told story: the saga of the Spanish gypsies in 18th-century Bourbon Spain, their culture, and their ...Read Review

Black Wreath

By Peter Sirr - Published 2014

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Children/Young Adult

Based on fact, Black Wreath tells the story of young James Lovett, whose life stands in the way of his father (and his ...Read Review

The Fair Fight

By Anna Freeman - Published 2014 Published 2015 Published 2015-04-14

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The Fair Fight is, I think, just about the most well-written novel I have read in five years. The depiction of the situation ...Read Review

Josiah Stubb: The Seige of Louisbourg

By C. W. Lovatt - Published 2014

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Adventure Military

1758 Louisbourg, Canada. It’s several years into the Seven Years’ War, and Britain has brought its military might to Louisbourg to lay siege ...Read Review