Historical

The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi: A Novel

by Arthur Japin

“The first ten years of my life I was not black.” Thus begins this startlingly eloquent and beautiful tale based on the true story of Kwasi Boachi, a 19th- century African prince who was sent with his cousin,...

Lord John and the Hand of Devils: A Novel

Lord John series #6

by Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature...

Washington and Caesar

by Christian Cameron

Inspired by a little-known historical fact—that American slaves fought alongside the British in the Revolutionary War—this epic novel tells of a Mount Vernon slave who joins a Loyalist black regiment charged...

Apolysis: Apocalypse Is Just The Beginning

by Marios Koutsoukos

Armageddon breaks out. Then an Apocalypse of nuclear fire rains down from the sky. The Second Coming of the Lord is at hand& but Angels, Demons and Men have different plans and murder in their hearts. God is...

Pavillion: Samuel's Story

by Harry Fox

Pavilion - Samuel's story sets the opulence and excesses of the former Prince Regent, recently crowned George IV and his summer residence the magnificent Brighton Pavilion against a young architect's assistant...

Spartacus: Morituri

by Mark Morris

I, Elizabeth: A Novel

by Rosalind Miles

Publicly declared a bastard at the age of three, daughter of a disgraced and executed mother, last in the line of succession to the throne of England, Elizabeth I inherited an England ravaged by bloody religious...

Dark Assassin: A Novel

William Monk & Hester Latterly #15

by Anne Perry

On a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge, police superintendent William Monk notices a young couple engaged in an intense discussion. Seconds later, the two plunge to their deaths in the icy waters of the Thames....

Mary of Nazareth: A Novel

by Marek Halter

The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of Nazareth

Miriam–also known as Mary–was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed...

The Winter of the Iron Bow

by William F. F. Higbie

This coming-of-age historical novel encompasses a year in the life of a Cheyenne teenager on the brink of manhood. After his vision quest, Otters Circling seeks adventure as a warrior and longs for love with...

Hoodwinked - the spy who didn't die

by Lowell Green & Tina Renard-Offner &

The voice on the tape recordings is that of an old man we all believe is dead. His incredible story whips us along on a fascinating, engrossing speedboat ride so entirely believable that readers are left wondering...

The Last Town on Earth: A Novel

by Thomas Mullen

Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced–the 1918 flu epidemic–Thomas Mullen’s powerful, sweeping first novel is a tale of morality in a time of upheaval....

Habits of the House

by Fay Weldon

For fans of Downton Abbey comes a ravishing portrait of the late 19th Century family from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.

Fay Weldon's new novel takes us inside the lives of an aristocratic household in...

Wedded to War

by Jocelyn Green

Tending to the army's sick and wounded meant leading a life her mother does not understand and giving up a handsome and approved suitor. Yet Charlotte chooses a life of service over privilege, just as her childhood...

Ruth's Redemption

by Marlene Banks

Bo, educated while a slave, was given his freedom. Now he owns a farm and buys slaves for the sole purpose of giving them their freedom. A man of God and widower Bo's life is destined to change when he meets...

Rolling Thunder

by L. Erik Fleming

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He came against his will to fight in a war he didn't believe in. She lived to make the lives of her fellow villagers easier, and dreamed of a day when her home was free. In a simple land now overturned...

Mountains Painted with Turmeric

by Lil Bahadur Bahadur Chettri & Michael J. J. Hutt

Since its publication in the late 1950s, Mountains Painted with Turmeric has struck a chord in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Nepali readers. Set in the hills of far eastern Nepal, the novel offers readers...

The Chronicles of Saint Patrick: The Captivity

by John Clark

The Chronicles of Saint Patrick: The Captivity populates the obscure terrain of fifth-century Ireland with vividly imagined characters who give vibrant life to what little we can know with certainty about this...

Crooked Creek

by Maximilian Werner

Blood Meridian finds A Farewell to Arms in this short and beautiful novel set in 1890s Utah.

Eat Him If You Like

by Jean Teule & Emily Philips

A true story. Tuesday 16 August 1870, Alain de Money, makes his way to the village fair. He plans to buy a heifer for a needy neighbour and find a roofer to repair the roof of the barn of a poor acquaintance....