Editors' Choice

Wild Orchid

By Cameron Dokey - Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

In this retelling of “The Ballad of Mulan” for the young adult reader, told in the first person, Cameron Dokey breathes fresh life ...Read Review

The Last Dickens

By Matthew Pearl - Published 2009

Genres:

LiteraryMystery/Crime

If you love reading Charles Dickens, this novel will be heaven-sent. If you’re not a big fan of Dickens, you will be ...Read Review

Tuck: The Legend Triumphs

By Stephen R. Lawhead - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

This is book three in the King Raven trilogy, the final chapter of Stephen Lawhead’s interpretation of the Robin Hood legend. During ...Read Review

The Red Velvet Turnshoe

By Cassandra Clark - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In February of the year 1383 a rain started to fall before Martinmas. It swept through France, Flanders, and Tuscany causing floods and famine. ...Read Review

The Owl Killers

By Karen Maitland - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The year is 1321. Deep in the heart of the English countryside, an isolated village is controlled by a sinister group called the Owl ...Read Review

Blood Royal

By Vanora Bennett - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This first in a series is the story of Catherine de Valois, daughter of Charles, King of France. Brought up with her younger ...Read Review

The Woman’s Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000

By Diana Wallace - Published 2008

Genres:

Nonfiction

This timely, perceptive analysis gives a much-maligned genre its proper significance in the canon of English literature. Diana Wallace sets out to show “...Read Review

Twilight of Avalon

By Anna Elliott - Published 2009

Genres:

Saga

In Arthurian fiction, queens tend to fall into two groups: the powerful and the powerless. Anna Elliott places Isolde among the latter. To ...Read Review

Palace Circle

By Rebecca Dean - Published 2009

Genres:

Saga

It’s been a long time since I was as caught up in a novel as I was in Palace Circle. The action ...Read Review

Agincourt

By Bernard Cornwell - Published 2008 (UK)Published 2009 (US)

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

Agincourt is a stunning ride through the battle best known from Shakespeare’s Henry V. Through the eyes of archer Nicholas Hook, I ...Read Review

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