Adventure
Defender of Rome
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Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the campaigns against the Britons a changed man. He is a Hero of…
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome
Don’t let the title fool you: this is not a book about Hannibal. It is, however, about the beginning of…
Crown of Dust
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The tiny mining town of Motherlode isn’t just another place to try one’s luck in Gold Rush California. It’s also…
Bright and Distant Shores
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Set in 1890s Chicago and the South Pacific, Smith’s third novel begins when an insurance tycoon sponsors the world’s tallest…
The Salt Road
In The Salt Road, Jane Johnson creates twin narratives about women from very different cultures who both take the eponymous…
Madame Bovary’s Daughter
Picking up in 1852, a year after the shattering end of Flaubert’s famous novel, young Berthe is burying her father.…
Beyond the Bougainvillea
Beyond the Bougainvillea is the first novel from ninety-year-old Durando. Basing it in part on her childhood in North Dakota…
Into the Blue
In late 19th-century Devon, vicar’s daughter Hester Redding longs to experience all the exciting challenges that the approaching new century…
On His Majesty’s Service
Matthew Hervey is back in the saddle after a three-year absence. The eleventh novel in the series, On His Majesty’s…
Fire on Dark Water
Pirates, it seems, are in! The latest Pirates of the Caribbean film has just been released, a Pirates & Wenches…
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