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Susan Zabolotny

The Wet Nurse’s Tale

By Erica Eisdorfer - Published 2009

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Miss Susan Rose is the narrator and protagonist of this tale, which takes place in Victorian England. Raised by a surly father and ...Read Review

The Nonesuch

By Georgette Heyer - Published 2005 Published 2009

Genres:

Romance

Georgette Heyer has been called the queen of Regency romance and rightly so. Her substantial research and attention to detail made her one ...Read Review

Flint and Silver: A Prequel to Treasure Island

By John Drake - Published 2009

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Adventure

There are writers today who have hitched their wagon to a classical star such as Jane Austen and based their stories on ...Read Review

Angel and Apostle

By Deborah Noyes - Published 2005

Genres:

Literary

At the close of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne speaks of the angel and apostle as a woman of beauty and purity who ...Read Review

Paradise Falls

By Ruth Ryan Langan - Published 2004

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Romance

Paradise Falls takes us to 1890s Michigan for the story of a single girl embarking on a new life. Fiona Downey is the ...Read Review

The Emancipator’s Wife

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2005

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Biographical Fiction

As an avid reader of historical fiction, I like to think I’ve learned the difference between a good story and a great ...Read Review

The Temple of Music

By Jonathan Lowy - Published 2004

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Biographical Fiction

The first two pages of Jonathan Lowy’s novel describe the birth and death of Leon Czolgosz, anarchist son of Polish immigrants and ...Read Review

Liberty’s Children: Stories of Eleven Revolutionary War Children

By Scotti Cohen - Published 2004

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Nonfiction

Liberty’s Children contains eleven different stories woven into a literary tapestry of the American Revolution. She writes about children of diverse backgrounds, ...Read Review

Amagansett

By Mark Mills - Published 2004

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Mystery/Crime

The year is 1947, and Amagansett, a small fishing village on Long Island, is undergoing many post-war social changes. The wealthy have begun to ...Read Review