Historical

Twelve Seconds to Live

by Douglas Reeman

The mine is an impartial killer, and defusing it requires steady nerves, steady hands, and an intrepid flirtation with death. Haunted by the mine that destroyed his first command, H.M. Submarine Tornado, Lieutenant-Commander...

Through a Glass Darkly

by Karleen Koen

""Lives up to every expectation. It's magnificent!"" - Cleveland Plain Dealer Sourcebooks Landmark proudly reintroduces this classic historical novel. Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters...

Mr. Darcy's Daughters: A Novel

by Elizabeth Aston

Picking up twenty years after Pride and Prejudice left off, Mr. Darcy's Daughters begins in the year 1818. Elizabeth and Darcy have gone to Constantinople, giving us an opportunity to get to know their five...

I Am Madame X: A Novel

by Gioia Diliberto

The life of Virginie Gautreau, the notorious beauty of Madame X, John Singer Sargent's most famous and scandalous portrait, provides inspiration for this absorbing and intriguing novel.

Madame X caused an immediate...

Daughter of Ireland

by Juilene Osborne-McKnight

I am the wind which breathes on the water.

I am the swell of the sea.

I am the light of the sun.

I am the point of the battle spear.

I am the God who gives fires to the mind.

Who announces the ages of the moon?

Who...

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth is Edith Wharton's first literary success. The novel features the desirable yet impoverished Lily Bart, who was raised to be an eventual upper class wife. However, her reluctance to conform...

The Broken Lands

by Robert Edric

The Broken Lands-a treacherous labyrinth of ice through which the fabled Northwest Passage was sought for centuries. Cabot, Frobisher, Hudson, Parry and Ross were all defeated, and the names on the maps testify...

Touch and Go

Richard Delancey #4

by C. Northcote Northcote Parkinson

With his Royal Navy commission in hand, Richard Delancey is posted to Gibraltar to command the sloop Merlin for convoy protection in the Mediterranean. Overcoming problems with his crew, Delancey quickly proves...

The Heroic Garrison

Alexander Sheridan #5

by V. A. A. Stuart

General Havelock's Moveable Column—a force of barely a thousand men--has fought its way through to the heroic garrison defending the Residency in Lucknow. They must hold firm until the relieving force reaches...

The Cannons of Lucknow

Alexander Sheridan #4

by V. A. A. Stuart

Cawnpore is retaken, but they have come too late to stop the slaughter—the relieving British soldiers can only stare at the ill-sited, poorly-defended entrenchment and shake their heads, wondering why. One...

Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl

by Kate McCafferty

Kidnapped from Galway, Ireland, as a young girl, shipped to Barbados, and forced to work the land alongside African slaves, Cot Daley's life has been shaped by injustice. In this stunning debut novel, Kate McCafferty...

A Game of Bones

Privateersman Mysteries #6

by David Donachie

The long-awaited return of the Bucephalas to the safety of the Cinque Ports is interrupted by a disastrous engagement in the Channel. The looming shape of a merchantman becalmed in fog presents an almost irresistible...

The Scent of Betrayal

Privateersman Mysteries #5

by David Donachie

The discovery of an abandoned Spanish merchant ship off the coast of America plunges the Ludlows into a far-reaching conspiracy fueled by jealousy, ambition and nationalistic fervor. The Bucephalas lies trapped...

Emperor: The Gates of Rome: A Novel of Julius Caesar

by Conn Iggulden

Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawlessly capturing the essence of a land, a people, a legend. Conn Iggulden is just such a writer, bringing to vivid...

When I Lived in Modern Times

Women's Prize for Fiction 2000

by Linda Grant

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction

In the spring of 1946, Evelyn Sert stands on the deck of a ship bound for Palestine. For the twenty-year-old from London, it is a time of adventure and change when all things...

The Sea Hawk

by Rafael Sabatini

Sir Oliver Tressilian , a Cornish sea-faring gentleman, was betrayed by his jealous half-brother. He was then forced to serve as a slave on a Spanish Galley, but was soon liberated by Barbary pirates. After...

Thief of Souls

by Ann Benson

With her acclaimed novels The Plague Tales and The Burning Road, Ann Benson has carved out a unique place on the literary landscape with her fascinating alchemy of mystery, history, and psychological terror....

The Eagles' Brood

Camulod Chronicles #3

by Jack Whyte

The Eagles’ Brood continues the saga of the Colony known as Camulod, and the tale of the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a new way of life for the Celt and Roman peoples when the Roman legions...

Sparrowhawk III

by Edward Cline

Third in the popular historical series, Sparrowhawk Book Three follows Jack Frake (Book One) and Hugh Kenrick (Book Two) as they meet in the town of Caxton in Colonial Virginia. Jack is a successful planter...

Sparrowhawk II

by Edward Cline

Following the success of Sparrowhawk Book One: Jack Frake, this second installment in the historical series recounts the life of Hugh Kenrick as he finds his own moral path through England's upper class. When...