18th Century
The Boy Who Led Them
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In the present day, a young and troubled boy, Stanley, finds a centuries-old message in a bottle washed ashore. In his quest to ...Read Review
The Fiery Alphabet
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We first meet Daniela Meso in 1764 as a 17-year-old prodigy, proficient in mathematics and fluent in Greek and Hebrew, among other languages. She ...Read Review
The Cuckoo’s Daughter
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At the age of sixteen, Louisa has lived all her life with her foster family on a farm. She has never been told ...Read Review
To Make a Match
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Set in 1740, this lively romance has an intriguing plot of cross-purposes as Lady Victoria Lennox tries to escape her sister’s over-zealous vigilance. ...Read Review
Letter from a Dead Man
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The main protagonist is the daughter of a member of the landed aristocracy on the Isle of Wight, a landowner who has recently ...Read Review
A Sister’s Secret
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The American War of Independence has been won, and reconciliation with Britain is the order of the day. Enter two sisters, Southern belles, ...Read Review
Confessions of Marie Antoinette
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Confessions of Marie Antoinette is the third and final installment in Juliet Grey’s detailed account of Marie Antoinette’s life. The novel ...Read Review
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin corresponded his entire life with his youngest sister, Jane. Born in Boston into poverty, Jane married at fifteen and bore several ...Read Review
The Last Banquet
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Jean-Marie d’Aumout’s sharply distinctive and intelligent voice narrates his life story spanning 18th-century France, from desperate poverty to the viciousness of ...Read Review
The Fountain of St James Court or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman
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Writing two novels in one, Naslund juxtaposes chapters set up as “Fountain” or “Portrait” to chronicle two artistic women: Kathryn Callahan, a 69-year-old ...Read Review
