Edwardian
The Winter Station
Editors' choice
1910: As winter approaches, two frozen bodies are found near the railroad station in the city of Kharbin, a Russian…
The Empire Must Die: Russia’s Revolutionary Collapse, 1900-1917
This is not a traditional history that attempts to explain why the 300-year-old Russia Empire was overthrown by Communism in…
The Workhouse Children
The arrestingly beautiful heroine of this story is 18-year-old Cara Flowers, raised in comfort by her wealthy grandmother. The whereabouts…
The Painted Dragon
This book rejoins aspiring sleuths Sophie and Lillian and their friends as they solve another caper. Leo, called Leonora by…
Impossible Saints
England, 1907. As the women’s suffrage movement grows more militant, public opinion on women’s rights becomes sharply divided. Wherever the…
The Darkness Within
In the wilds of Orkney in 1906, Emily’s family have gathered to support her, following the sudden death of her…
When I Was a Little Boy
This is a welcome reprint of Erich Kästner’s 1957 childhood autobiography. Kästner, best known for his children’s classic Emil and…
City of Lies
Elizabeth Miles must flee for her life in Washington City when Oscar Thornton realizes that she and her brother have…
The Beauty Doctor
Abigail Platford yearns to be a doctor, like her father, but since his death her hopes have been in abeyance.…
Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits
Less a ballad than a sprawling stream-of-consciousness recital of facts from crime reports and newspapers, Merriman attempts to bring a…
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