Little Brown
The Winter Station
Editors' choice
1910: As winter approaches, two frozen bodies are found near the railroad station in the city of Kharbin, a Russian…
The Dressmaker’s Secret
It’s 1819, and young Englishwoman Emilia Barton is growing impatient of her unsettled life, traveling up and down Italy as…
Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History
This book is fascinating. It’s excellently well written, painting the characters involved in a very engaging way—one of those superbly…
Coromandel: A Personal History of South India
Coromandel (a corruption of the Tamil Cholamandalam, after the Chola kings who ruled southern India for centuries) was the name…
Careers for Women
The punning title of this sharp and clever novel hints at its complexity: it explores the interconnected personal and professional…
The Revolution of Marina M.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath are explored in this lengthy, poetic novel by the author of White…
Lightning Men
Editors' choice
1950: In segregated Atlanta, a few black families buy homes in policeman Danny Rakestraw’s all white sub-division. “Negro Officers” Lucius…
The Half-Drowned King
It is 9th-century Norway, and the Vikings are sailing, raiding, battling, and attending the gathering of peoples known as the…
The Drowning King
Book two of Holleman’s Fall of Egypt series (after Cleopatra’s Shadows) is told from the points of view of Cleopatra’s…
Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
In Rebel Cities, Mike Rapport ties together three of the great cities of the late 18th-century world, London, Paris, and…
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