19th Century

Snowdrift, and Other Stories

By Georgette Heyer - Published 2016

Genres:

Romance

This book is a collection of the author’s Regency short stories, eleven of which were previously published under the title Pistols for ...Read Review

Days without End

By Sebastian Barry - Published 2016

Genres:

LiteraryWestern

Thomas McNulty, an 11-year-old survivor of Ireland’s Great Famine, and 14-year-old John Cole, who fled his father’s played-out New England farm, ...Read Review

Silver City

By Jeff Guinn - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

It’s 1874 as Cash McLendon arrives in Mountain View, a silver mining town in northeast Arizona Territory. He’s finally tracked down his ...Read Review

Soldier, Spy, Heroine: Based on a True Story of the Civil War

By Cheryl DuBois - By Debra Ann Pawlak - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Gender crossover is a maturing but still exciting trend in modern literature. The theme is never more compelling than when based on historical ...Read Review

The Chronocar

By Steve Bellinger - Published 2015

Genres:

Time-slip

This multi-time science fiction novel begins in 1888, as the son of slaves in the Jim Crow South makes a daring escape to achieve ...Read Review

Billy Gogan: American

By Roger Higgins - Published 2016

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In 1844, 15-year-old Billy Gogan is dismissed from St. Patrick’s College in Ireland after his father’s death in prison. He goes to ...Read Review

The Black Orchid: A Lady Jane Mystery

By Annis Bell - By Edwin Miles (trans.) - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Holmes and Watson, make way for wife-and-husband team Lady Jane and Captain David Prescott, amateur detectives intent on solving two ghastly murders—the ...Read Review

Good Time Coming: A Novel of the American Civil War

By C.S. Harris - Published 2016

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Already addicted to Harris’s St. Cyr Regency mysteries, I couldn’t help but jump on the opportunity to review her new entry, ...Read Review

The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson

By Nancy Peacock - Published 2017

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Persimmon “Persy” Wilson, a former slave, has only a short time to live before his hanging. Tried and convicted of killing his former ...Read Review

The Apothecary’s Curse

By Barbara Barnett - Published 2016

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

In Victorian England, apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune, whose knowledge comes from a mysterious manuscript passed down through his family for generations, is viewed with ...Read Review