Multi-Period
The Bookworm
For the novelist, history is full of “what if?” What if Anne Boleyn had a son who lived? What if…
The Silver Music Box
This novel spans multiple generations, numerous geographic locations, and two world wars, all tied together by an exquisite silver music…
The House of Erzulie
Editors' choice
Architectural historian Lydia Mueller secures a juicy assignment: evaluating historical objects found during the renovation of a sugar plantation near…
Watling Street: Travels through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
The author has written an engaging account of England’s ancient and long route, Watling Street. Starting at Dover, he follows…
The Pearl Sister
Editors' choice
In 2007, CeCe (Celaeno) D’Aplièse is on an airplane. She sees the intermittent groups of twinkling lights below, one resembling…
Seasons of the Moon
In 1929, Paul Vertune is born into a poor farm family on France’s North Atlantic coast. Seasons of The Moon…
Rebellion
In 1999, 84-year-old Hazel must leave her rural Illinois farm to reside in a nursing home. After her children and…
Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492-1900
This is the second book in Schama’s magisterial history of the Jews, following the Jewish people from the expulsion from…
Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy
In this critical examination, Chris Bryant explores the history and legacy of the British aristocracy and explains how a group…
Peculiar Ground
Set in both the 1660s and the 1960s, this debut novel explores the workings of a fictional English manor house…
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