19th Century
An Infamous Army: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and War
This is a well-documented account of the Battle of Waterloo from the British army’s point of view. The social events…
Harriet and Isabella
The adultery trial of world-famous preacher Henry Ward Beecher was front-page news and tabloid fodder in the 1870s, and Patricia…
The Wreck of the Medusa: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century
In 1816, the French frigate Medusa, bound for Senegal, hit a reef off the coast of Africa. This book is…
The Pilfered Plume
The Pilfered Plume is a Regency romance set in London. Linnet Carlisle returns to the capital after spending a year…
The Shanghai Tunnel
This is the first in Sharan Newman’s Emily Stratton series. Newman always possesses the special key to a portal that…
Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher
Besides the immediate appeal of visiting again with Mark Twain’s immortal characters, the author has created an adventure story that…
The Rules of Gentility
The heroine is Philomena Wellesley-Clegg. Not those Wellesleys, as Philly always adds to her introductions. Her entrance into the ton…
Why Mermaids Sing
In Regency-era England, wealthy, aristocratic young men are being murdered, and the bodies are mutilated in grisly ways that seem…
The Straw Halter
Betsy Salden was eleven years old when she was sent into service with Mrs. Wallasey, who taught her to read…
Fancy Pants
Newly arrived in the United States in 1890, Lady Sydney Hathwell cannot bring herself to enter into a loveless marriage…
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