18th Century
Far Beyond Rubies
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Inside Riverside House in England in 1706, the seventh baron William Kemp is heard shouting at his 18-year-old attractive half-sister: “Bastards, Juliana! You and ...Read Review
Whispers of Vivaldi
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Tito Amato is back, and this time he has a plan to save his beloved Teatro San Marco: A new opera called “The ...Read Review
An Elegant Solution
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The name “Bernoulli” is as recognizable to mathematicians as “Tudor” is to historians. The Bernoulli brothers, Jacob and Johann, each in turn the ...Read Review
Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great
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It is 9 AM on November 5, 1796. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, is 67 years old. Her splitting headache is followed by numbness in her hand. ...Read Review
Original Death
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1760, New York Colony: Exiled Scot Duncan McCallum seeks only to avoid the fighting between the French and English and accompany his mentor, Conawago, ...Read Review
King of the Wind
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Written in 1948 by an award-winning American author of animal stories, this novel is part truth, part fiction. The true story concerns a colt ...Read Review
The Devil’s Tongue: Bresciano Accused
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Set in Gibraltar in the spring of 1793, this novel has a real sense, particularly, of place. There is a plan included so the ...Read Review
Espinas
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Author Pérez Valdez has carved out a unique niche in historical fiction by writing exclusively about Spanish missionaries of the 16th and 17...Read Review
Milk Fever
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Set in 1780s France, Milk Fever tells two stories. The first is that of Celeste, a servant girl, educated by her employers. The ...Read Review
Burnt Norton
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Readers who think Downton-style drama could never happen in reality should look at Caroline Sandon’s Georgian soap opera, a tale of jealousy, ...Read Review
