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18th Century

The Lost Kingdom

By Matthew J. Kirby - Published 2013

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This is an entertaining middle-grade historical fantasy set on the American frontier during colonial days. Young Billy Bartram, his naturalist father, and a ...Read Review

The Reluctant Bride

By Beverley Eikli - Published 2013

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Adventure Romance

Set in the period after the French Revolution, this novel tells the story of Emily, who has no option but to marry Angus, ...Read Review

The Society for Useful Knowledge

By Jonathan Lyons - Published 2013

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Nonfiction

On the cusp of the American Revolution, a group of humble craftsmen came together to successfully challenge the central tenets of European scholarship. ...Read Review

Confessions of Marie Antoinette

By Juliet Grey - Published 2013

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Jill Lepore - Published 2013

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Nonfiction

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 Age of Ice

By J.M. Sidorova - Published 2013

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Prince Alexander M. Velitzyn and his twin brother were conceived of a mocking prince upon a humpbacked court jester locked overnight in the ...Read Review

Thieves’ Quarry

By D.B. Jackson - Published 2013

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Historical Fantasy Mystery/Crime

Urban fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction, Thieves’ Quarry is the second novel in the well-received Thieftaker Chronicles, set in pre-Revolutionary Boston, Massachusetts. Ethan ...Read Review

Shades of Death

By S. Thomas Bailey - Published 2012

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Military

This second book in Bailey’s Gauntlet Runner series follows the lives of Jacob and Maggie Murray, who have been torn apart by ...Read Review

The Pirate Captain: Chronicles of a Legend

By Kerry Lynne - Published 2013

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Adventure Nautical

Nathanael Blackthorne, the pirate captain of Lynne’s boisterous, hilarious debut, is not only a scourge of the mid-18th century West Indies ...Read Review