19th Century
Strands of Bronze and Gold
Tucked away in a backwater Mississippi town is Wyndriven Abbey, home of the mysterious, intoxicating Bernard de Cressac. Sophia Petheram…
The Movement of Stars
Editors' choice
At the age of 24, Hannah Gardner Price is not conforming to the expectations of her Nantucket community. Women in…
Path of Freedom
In pre-Civil War North Carolina, Quaker sisters Flora and Irene are excited about their first train ride to Charlottesville, Virginia.…
Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol
This sixth Oscar Wilde mystery is set largely during Wilde’s infamous period of imprisonment between 1895-1897, after he was sentenced…
Her Mother’s Secret
Rifke and Jacob Goldman, Jewish immigrants, had fled a Russian pogrom with their family and settled in Chicago. Now, in…
A Different Sun: A Novel of Africa
Since she was a young woman, Emma has felt a calling to serve God. She is also drawn to Africa,…
Darius
Darius Lindsey is a cicisbeo by trade, a handsome man who caters to the needs and whims of married women.…
The Lightning Dreamer
Illumination of the 19th-century fight for rights and human dignity turns to another corner of our hemisphere: the island of…
Habits of the House
Fay Weldon of Upstairs Downstairs fame has written this first of a trilogy, “delving into the decadent lives of masters…
The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker
Browning’s text collects in print for the first time rare and unknown writings by or about Bram Stoker, produced between…
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