Historical

Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk: A Novel

by Boris Akunin & Andrew Bromfield

In the middle of the night, a disheveled and badly frightened monk arrives at the doorstep of Bishop Mitrofanii of Zavolzhsk, crying: “Something’s wrong at the Hermitage!” The Hermitage is the centuries-old...

The Truth of the Matter

by Robb Forman Dew

From a National Book Award winner comes a masterful novel set in the 1940s about a woman finding a new life for herself and her grown children after her husband's death.

The Winds of War

by Herman Wouk

Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceeding America's involvement in World War II.

The Great Husband Hunt

by Laurie Graham

From the author of The Future Homemakers of America comes the hilarious and moving story of one unstoppable woman's unforgettable ride through an ever-changing century.... What hope is there for Poppy Minkel?...

The Tapestries: A Novel

by Kien Nguyen

In THE TAPESTRIES, based loosely on the life of the author's grandfather, who, in the early 1900s, was a professional embroiderer in the court of the last king of Vietnam-Kien Nguyen has reimagined his grandfather's...

The Ideal Husband

by Shari Anton

Having been saved by handsome Geoffrey Hamelin, Leah of Pecham takes the injured man home, where her dishonor will become a thing of the past as she passes Geoffrey off as her husband. Original.

21 Aldgate

by Patricia Friedberg

21 ALDGATE, a story of love and war, set in England during the buildup to the Second World War, bears witness to prejudice and bias, aggression and propaganda, which influenced a privileged society. First and...

London in Chains

by Bradshaw Gillian

An English Civil War novel from a highly-acclaimed author - London, 1647. Lucy Wentor, a young lady who was attacked by soldiers during the civil war, and then rejected by her sweetheart, hopes to start her...

Shadow of a Quarter Moon

by Eileen Clymer Schwab

From the author of Promise Bridge comes a powerful novel of the pre-Civil War era South and the Underground Railroad.

1839, North Carolina. As the daughter of a plantation owner, Jacy has been raised in privilege-...

Jamrach's Menagerie: A Novel

by Carol Birch

SHORTLISTED for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

A thrilling and powerful novel about a young boy lured to sea by the promise of adventure and reward, with echoes of Great Expectations, Moby-Dick, and The...

The Lighthouse Stevensons

by Bella Bathurst & Harpercollins Publishers Ltd.

For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks.  Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished  by rain.  In 1786...

River Ice

by David Martin

Synopsis: During the Great Depression, Lewis Seagrove struggles to provide for his wife and three children; an honest man, he will still do whatever necessary to take care of them. The stunning novel River Ice...

Twelve Quiet Men: A Historical Western Novel

by Michael Edward Little

Synopsis: In 1884 Montana and Dakota were overrun with hordes of outlaws. Granville Stuart, asks his ranch foreman, to organize a vigilante posse from his ranch hands. Harley chose twelve tight-lipped cowboys.----...

Lady of the Butterflies

by Fiona Mountain

One of the great natural scientists of her age, Eleanor Glanville was a woman ahead of her time-the beautiful daughter of a seventeenth-century Puritan nobleman whose unconventional passions scandalized society....

Haymarket: A Novel

by Martin Duberman

On the night of May 4, 1886, during a peaceful demonstration of labor activists in Haymarket Square in Chicago, a dynamite bomb was thrown into the ranks of police -trying to disperse the crowd. The officers...

City of Ash: A Novel

by Megan Chance

When the great Seattle fire of 1889 leaves them with nothing to lose, two very different women discover a mutual passion for revenge.

Chicago socialite and art patron Geneva Langley has brought scandal to her...

City of Dreams: A Novel of Early Manhattan

New York City #1

by Beverly Swerling

In 1661, Lucas Turner, a barber surgeon, and his sister, Sally, an apothecary, stagger off a small wooden ship after eleven weeks at sea. Bound to each other by blood and necessity, they aim to make a fresh...

Incognito

by Gregory Murphy

An elegant literary mystery set during the Gilded Age.

New York City, 1911. Representing the widow of a Wall Street financier, lawyer William Dysart travels to a small Long Island town with a generous offer...

A Southern Exposure

by Alice Adams

“What a terrific book. I loved its rich, recognizable characters, the intricacies and excitement of the plot, the beauty of the writing.”  --Anne Lamott

Reaching back to the Great Depression, and with...

After the War

by Alice Adams

“As always, Adams' strength is her fine, elegant language and the attention she pays to the minutiae of every day living. Like Jane Austen, she stays close to her characters and weaves intrigue out of their...