Little Brown
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…
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: The Story of Britain through its Census, since 1801
This is a readable and entertaining account of why and how the UK started its decennial censuses starting in 1801.…
Hunting Prince Dracula
Hunting Prince Dracula is the second in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco. In this installment, Audrey…
White Highlands
In 1952 Kenya, Englishman Johnny Seymour has found a refuge from his wartime traumas in the Information Department under his…
The Long Drop
Editors' choice
In the mid-1950s, Glasgow police discover a horrid triple murder: three women, brutally slain. The women, the wife, daughter, and…
The World of Tomorrow
This ambitious, sprawling adventure imagines New York City and the 1939 World’s Fair in all its jazzy glory. Mathews, a…
Devastation Road
As the title suggests, Devastation Road is an intense, often surreal account of a man’s wartime journey and its aftereffects.…
Grace
This is a heartbreaking novel of strength and survival set during the potato harvest of 1845 and the beginning of…
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