19th Century
The Big Wind
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In 1839 the Big Wind swept in and devastated Ireland. Around this true weather event is woven the saga of the O’Carrolls, a ...Read Review
The Dante Chamber
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On a midwinter’s eve in 1870, Jasper Morton, Member of Parliament, staggers under a rock he’s carrying, collapses in a seedy London ...Read Review
The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into the British Aristocracy
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This non-fiction book reads more vividly than many novels. The husband hunters might appear to be wealthy American young women hoping to marry ...Read Review
The Quarryman’s Wife
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Set in the north-east of England in the middle of the industrialising 19th century, this is a rather grim saga of personal hardship, ...Read Review
Becoming Belle
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O’Connor is a celebrated Irish author who lives near the Clancarty estate that was occupied by the “Peasant Countess,” Belle Bilton, in 1891. ...Read Review
The Cattle Drive
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Twelve-year-old twins Michael and Michele Dunn are bundled by their extremely wealthy but unmotherly Aunt Angela onto a Chicago train bound for San ...Read Review
A Mask of Shadows
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Two of my favorite things – Edinburgh and Shakespeare – form the backdrop for this historical mystery, the fourth in a justly celebrated series. The ...Read Review
A Rumored Fortune
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Politano returns and introduces the heiress Tressa Harlowe in this delightful Victorian mystery. Tressa yearns for one more moment with her recently deceased ...Read Review
The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III
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It may be more accurate to say the life of Napoleon III (1808-1873) encompassed the Second French Empire (1852-1870) rather than the reverse, ...Read Review
Anna, Like Thunder
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In 1808, the Russian brig St. Nikolai runs aground off the coast of Washington state, stranding twenty-two people. Among them is amateur astronomer Anna ...Read Review
