American Revolution
In Liberty’s Wake
Editors' choice
In Liberty’s Wake, Alexandra Norland’s remarkably accomplished debut novel, takes a familiar theme in American historical fiction – slavery –…
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
In the history-plus-humor tradition, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is another smart offering from Sarah Vowell, author of The…
The Devil Take Tomorrow
Ethan Matlock, the dashing, dangerous hero of Gretchen Jeannette’s The Devil Take Tomorrow, is spy for the rebelling American colonies,…
Samantha’s Secret (A More Perfect Union, Book 3)
Betty Bolte continues her winning More Perfect Union series with her latest novel, Samantha’s Secret, in which midwife Samantha McAlester…
Rewinder
Denny Younger is an Eight—one of the lowest social classes in a strictly stratified British society in a timeline where…
Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution
John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson that America’s Revolution “was in the minds of the people, and this was effected…
To Tame the Wind
In this prequel to her Agents of the Crown series, Regan Walker presents a romantic adventure story that can easily…
The Mistress of Tall Acre
As Sophie Menzies waits patiently for her brother to return safely from the American War of Independence, her home is…
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came To Fight America
Since the arrival of the Mayflower, the American colonies had been a prized possession of the British Empire. Yet in…
The Sword & the Scabbard: Thieves and Thugs and the Bloody Massacre in Boston
Nicholas Gray and Maggie Magowan run the Sword and Scabbard, a tavern in Boston’s North End, in Allen Woods’ engrossing…
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