2005
The Countess and the Miner
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The peasant girl Irena is sent to Scotland for an arranged marriage to a miner employed by Lord Eveson, the husband of her ...Read Review
Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600
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Evelyn Welch takes the approach of a cultural historian to explore how men and women purchased goods from 1400 to 1600 in central and northern ...Read Review
The Reaper
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The year is 1775. As the book opens, Captain Gilbert Anthony’s dying father, the famous “Fighting James Anthony,” retired Vice Admiral of the ...Read Review
Garner
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In Garner, New Hampshire, in 1925, postman Willard Heald discovers the body of Frances Giddens in a stream. Frances is the ostensible and elusive ...Read Review
Hearing By Jael
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In 1860, fifteen-year-old Frances Boullet received a forty-volume diary set. Over the years, she recorded the history of her family and her observations of ...Read Review
Sparrowhawk Book Five: Revolution
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This fifth book of six in the series picks up in June of 1765 and follows the debate and turmoil surrounding the Stamp Act ...Read Review
For Better, For Worse
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This novel, by an author new to me, set in fictitious Yorkshire towns in World War Two and beyond is a nostalgic breath ...Read Review
Murder, Ancient and Modern
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In this uneven collection of short stories, Marston explores murder throughout the ages, from ancient Roman provinces to contemporary England. Perhaps Marston, who ...Read Review
Rahab’s Story
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Forced from her family home by a scheming stepmother, Rahab becomes a prostitute at the House of Palms, which stands against Riha’s ...Read Review
Crown of Fire
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Ransom MacKenzie’s life changes forever when he aligns himself with his teacher, the indomitable John Knox, and other Protestant reformers against the ...Read Review
