Victorian
The Devil’s Feast
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It is 1842, and in this third outing for William Avery, late of the East India Company Army, and Jeremiah Blake, special inquiry agent, ...Read Review
To the Bright Edge of the World
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This novel is an epistolary novel with four principal characters: one pair, husband and wife, live in 1885, and the other pair are contemporary. ...Read Review
The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas
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Artist Edgar Degas spent the winter of 1872-73 with his brother’s family in New Orleans. No sketchbook of his time there has ...Read Review
The Apothecary’s Curse
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In Victorian England, apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune, whose knowledge comes from a mysterious manuscript passed down through his family for generations, is viewed with ...Read Review
The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes, that fascinating detective born from Conan Doyle’s pen in the late Victorian era, still captivates readers and viewers today. Currently, ...Read Review
A Most Magical Girl
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Twelve-year-old Annabel Grey is sent to stay with two great-aunts after her mother unexpectedly leaves home to go travelling. The old women are ...Read Review
Victoria
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The early reign of Great Britain’s Queen Victoria is recounted in this multi-view narrative replete with rich characterization and political intrigue. Among ...Read Review
Mad Miss Mimic
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1872. Leonora Somerville is an heiress with a stutter. The only time she can talk without stuttering is when she mimics others, something she ...Read Review
The Illusion of Innocence
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The year is 1897, and a train carrying a vicious murderer to his trial crashes east of London. Amid the confusion, death, and injuries, ...Read Review
A Shilling for a Wife
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In the 1850s, Sally, a workhouse orphan, is sold for one shilling to Joseph Goden to be his wife, and so Sally’s ...Read Review