20th Century
The History Room
Almost the only history in this novel is in the title. It is a modern mystery with the origins going…
Into Dust and Fire
In the spring of 1941, before Pearl Harbor, before American committed itself to involvement in World War II, a cadre…
Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
Davenport-Hines has written a half-dozen of masterful biographies and histories, many of them set around the time of the Titanic’s…
The Perfume Garden
Fluctuating between the Spanish Civil War and the present day, this book tells the story of three generations of a…
Shadow of the Titanic
In the wealth of books published for the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, most center on the tragedy…
By Starlight
This story takes place during the Great Depression in the small town of Colton, Montana. The speakeasy in the basement…
Helen Keller in Love
Blind and deaf Helen Keller is 37 in 1916. She tours the country speaking about her “miracle” release from the…
Lehrter Station
This is the fifth novel in Downing’s series that features World War II era journalist John Russell, and the first…
The Hard Way: Surviving Shamshuipo POW Camp
Major V.S. Ebbage was taken prisoner with his Royal Army Ordinance Corps when the Japanese captured Hong Kong in 1941.…
The Far Side of the Sky
Author Daniel Kalla, an ER physician in Vancouver, B.C., drew upon his own family’s heritage to write this novel of…
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