Literary
Milk Fever
Set in 1780s France, Milk Fever tells two stories. The first is that of Celeste, a servant girl, educated by…
The Dream Maker
The Dream Maker follows the Renaissance adventures of Jacques Coeur, the man who played the role of Argentier to King…
Pfitz
Conceived of by a prince, Rheinnstadt will be a great city, both architecturally impressive and culturally diverse; every detail will…
Local Customs
In 1838, successful English writer L.E.L. (Letitia Landon) makes a surprise marriage to George Maclean, chief administrator of Cape Coast,…
The Swan Gondola
Editors' choice
The World’s Fair of 1898 was the biggest thing to ever hit the Western town of Omaha. The Fair was…
Lion and Leopard
Editors' choice
Multiple narrators combine to paint a picture of the Philadelphia art world around 1820, beginning with some young men who…
Mandragora: A Ribald and Irreverent Tale from the Italian Renaissance
Niccolo Machiavelli, Renaissance author of The Prince and father of political science, also wrote comedies such as La Mandragola (The…
The Luminaries
In January 1866, Walter Moody, newly arrived in the New Zealand goldfields, stumbles into a furtive gathering of twelve local…
If I Close my Eyes Now
As Yuri Gagarin transmits from space, and indelibly changes our view of ourselves, two young boys bunking off school in…
The Sleeping Dictionary
In 1930s Bengal, ten-year-old Pom is orphaned when a tidal wave sweeps through her coastal village. She is rescued by…
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