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Zugzwang
Zugzwang: a position in chess in which a player is obliged to move, though every move makes his position worse,…
Petals in the Ashes
1665. In this sequel to At the Sign of the Sugared Plum, sisters Sarah and Hannah escape from plague-ridden London,…
The Song Before It Is Sung
The steady flow of literary interest with Nazism and its impact upon history shows no sign of abating. This is,…
Prison Ship
1803. In this second Sam Witchell adventure, 15-year-old Sam is an experienced ‘powder monkey’ aboard HMS Elephant. The battle of…
The Solitude of Thomas Cave
Editors' choice
Set in the first half of the 17th century, this is a poetic and highly literate novel that has as…
The Moneylender’s Daughter
(1) 1637. In this second book in the Windjammer series, the Draco, carrying sixteen-year-old Adam Windjammer, is sailing up the…
The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
London, 1670. In a tremendous opening scene, 15-year-old Eliza, starving and desperate, is thrown into the notorious Clink Prison. From…
Restless
Editors' choice
Ruth is a young single mother in mid-1970s Oxford, teaching English to foreign students and executives while avoiding working on…
Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture
Up until the beginning of the 20th century, few people realized that Thomas Jefferson was also one of the nation’s…
Icebergs
Johns’ prizewinning first novel is a literary story of how one coincidence can have repercussions in the lives of…
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