Margaret Barr
Lost Nation
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The unique characters who settled extreme northern New Hampshire–which in 1838, was disputably Canadian rather than American territory–are tested by each other, ...Read Review
Hope: Adventures Of A Diamond
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Written in a light, entertaining style yet containing a wealth of detail, Fowler’s latest nonfiction work charts the history of the notorious ...Read Review
The Linwoods, or “Sixty Years Since in America”
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Readers of historical and classic fiction should welcome this new edition of an early woman novelist’s most highly-regarded work. A lengthy introduction ...Read Review
Gramercy Park
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An intriguing, memorable debut, this historical novel offers numerous puzzles, startling revelations, and a rich cast of characters. Cohen depicts the social and ...Read Review
The Age of Homespun
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Like the women she writes about, historian and academic Ulrich (a Pulitzer Prize recipient) has herself spun an intricate and wonderful work. Through ...Read Review
The Thief-Taker: Memoirs of a Bow-Street Runner
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In June 1815, as Wellington’s army faces down the French somewhere in Belgium, in London the officers of Bow Street wage war against ...Read Review
A Cold Bleak Hill: Prelude to Glory #5
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During the summer of 1777, recurring series character Caleb Dunson is a member of General Washington’s underfunded, poorly-trained Continental Army. After the costly ...Read Review
Rose of Nancemellin
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At the heart of this entertaining upstairs-downstairs tale is an effervescent, energetic working-class heroine who accepts her place in the world but is ...Read Review
Slammerkin
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The title is drawn from 18th century slang for a loose dress, and by extension the loose woman who wears it. Inspired by ...Read Review
Watch by Moonlight
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Alfred Noyes’s tragic, romantic poem “The Highwayman” is the basis of this imaginative and vivid novel. In 1763, Jason Quick of London, son ...Read Review
