Victorian
The Rag and Bone Shop
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A fascinating tale about Charles Dickens’s relationship with actress Ellen Ternan, this novel is told from almost every point of view but ...Read Review
Badge of Glory
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It is a curious fact of historical fiction that while library shelves buckle under the weight of novels on the Royal Navy, only ...Read Review
Let Loose the Dogs
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This is the 4th book in Jennings’ mystery series set in late 19th century Toronto, featuring Acting Detective William Murdoch. Murdoch’s family ...Read Review
Douglass’ Women
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Writing about an historical figure and compelling writer is a challenge, but author Rhodes, who depicted Marie Laveau in Voodoo Dreams, makes it ...Read Review
A Singular Hostage
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In 1838, Mariana Givens travels to India to husband-hunt. She, however, is not a typical Victorian maiden; she prefers bazaars to balls and learning ...Read Review
St. Raven
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Cressida Mandeville is playing a dangerous game. She is trying to regain some of her family’s fortune by accepting an indecent proposal ...Read Review
Catherine’s Heart
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Set in the late Victorian period, this novel recounts the academic and romantic adventures of Catherine Rayborn, a sheltered young woman reveling in ...Read Review
The Fifteen Streets
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John O’Brien is a dockworker who returns home each night to a mean existence in the fifteen streets of Northumberland. His mother’...Read Review
An Improper Death
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The second mystery adventure of Dr. Alexandra Gladstone has much the same virtues and flaws as the first (Symptoms of Death). The problems ...Read Review
Seven Dials
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This is the 23rd volume in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series, and I will say, from the beginning, that it is probably ...Read Review
