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Darkness at Chancellorsville: A Novel of Stonewall Jackson’s Triumph and Tragedy

By Ralph Peters - Published 2019

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In the latest of his Civil War novels, Ralph Peters tells the story of the Battle of Chancellorsville through a broad array of ...Read Review

Irish Above All: A Novel

By Mary Pat Kelly - Published 2019 Published 2019-02-05

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Saga

The third in Kelly’s own family-based sagas (following Galway Bay and Of Irish Blood), Irish Above All lands 44-year-old photographer Nora Kelly ...Read Review

Hard Ride

By Elmer Kelton - Published 2018

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Romance Short Stories Western

Western fans as well as romance aficionados will like this collection of Kelton’s short stories from the 1950s. Many of them originally ...Read Review

A Sinister Splendor: A Mexican War Novel

By Mike Blakely - Published 2019

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Military Western

In 1845, General Zachary Taylor and his American army arrive at Corpus Christi, Texas. Taylor has been ordered by President James K. Polk to ...Read Review

Nottingham

By Nathan Makaryk - Published 2019

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Adventure

Who was Robin Hood or Robin of Nottingham? In 1191, King Richard is battling during the Crusades to restore Jerusalem to Christian rulers. The ...Read Review

The Flimflam Affair: A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery

By Bill Pronzini - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

This is the seventh installment in the Carpenter and Quincannon series by husband and wife writers Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller, although this ...Read Review

Wild Justice: A Page Murdock Novel (Page Murdock Novels)

By Loren D. Estleman - Published 2018

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Western

Author of ten previous Page Murdock books, Estleman now brings Murdock into 1896, feeling his age and saddened by the sudden death of his ...Read Review