2001
The Mask Carver’s Son
Set during the late 1800s in Japan and in France, this novel is a portrait of two artists, Kiyoki and…
The Royal Physician’s Visit
In 1768 a magnetic, handsome German physician named Struensee became royal physician to King Christian VII of Denmark. Struensee was…
Dead Born
This superb novel, one in the series of Joan Lock’s Detective Sergeant Best mysteries, was originally published in 2001 and…
Get Along, Little Dogies: The Chisholm Trail Diary of Hallie Lou Wells
Hallie, a rancher’s daughter in 1878 Texas, thinks it’s unfair that only boys are allowed to go on cattle drives.…
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs
Publishers used to describe this type of book as one ‘written for the intelligent reader’, and this is exactly what…
Leonardo da Vinci
In a few short pages, Sherwin Nuland skillfully outlines the life of Leonardo da Vinci, a man whose life is…
Something Dangerous
Something Dangerous is the second novel in Vincenzi’s Spoils of Time trilogy featuring the Lytton family and their London publishing…
Beware, Princess Elizabeth
In this installment of the “Young Royals” series, Carolyn Meyer has penned a breezy account of the early years in…
Breaking the Line
As the third and final novel of this trilogy begins, Nelson returns to England following his rescue of the Neapolitan…
Tested by Fate
Second of a “trilogy-in-the-making,” this novel delves deeper into the lives of Horatio Nelson, one of England’s greatest naval heroes,…
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