2013
The Reichsbank Robbery
This visually evocative novel, set towards the end of the Second World War, tells of Sturmbannführer (Major) Friedrich Schonewille, an…
Death on a Pale Horse
Donald Thomas’ sixth novel about the adventures of famed detective Sherlock Holmes does not disappoint. Capturing the tone and essence…
Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
Queen Victoria presided over a vast household of servants, but this is not a book about the drudgery of scullery…
Shadow on the Crown
Editors' choice
In this, the first installment of a contemplated trilogy, debut author Bracewell deftly explores the formative years of Emma of…
The Sign of the Weeping Virgin
Editors' choice
If you love Italian history mixed with mystery, then The Sign of the Weeping Virgin is perfect! Author Alana White…
Fever
Editors' choice
I always know when an historical novel is exceptionally well done because it pushes me to learn more about the…
Calling Me Home
Julie Kibler’s debut novel travels between the current era and the late 1930s to early ´40s. The outer rim of…
Amber Road
Singapore has long been a strategic British colony but, as 1941 dawns, its residents are ill-prepared for what is about…
The Daughters of Mars
The First World War has become a staple of recent fiction. Thomas Keneally, in this epic novel told from an…
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Keckley rose out of slavery to become the dressmaker for both Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.…
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