Historical / XXth century (<1945)

The Flowers of War

by Geling Yan & Nicky Harman

It is December 1937 and the Japanese Imperial Army has just entered Nanking. Unable to reach the Safety Zone in Pokou, a group of schoolgirls are hiding out in the compound of the St. Mary Magdalene mission....

The Saga of Rifka and Herschel

by Dorothy Friedman

The Saga of Rifka and Herschel begins in South Africa where Herschel Haverman joins the Frankel family after his parents are murdered in Lithuania. Eventually, Herschel goes to Munich for his rabbinical studies....

Looking Back

Trail of Thread #4, Butter in the Well #4

by Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: The Final Tale of Life on the Prairie Book 4, Historical Diary 1919 The inevitable happens-time moves on and we grow older. Instead of our own little children surrounding us, grandchildren take their...

The Great Lover: A Novel

by Jill Dawson

In 1909, sixteen-year-old Nell Golightly is a housemaid at a popular tea garden near Cambridge University, and Rupert Brooke, a new tenant, is already causing a stir with his boyish good looks and habit of swimming...

Watching

by Jeff Edwards

How does a young woman of wealthy parents and high birth become the owner of one of the most famous bordellos in London? We follow the life of Jade Green; the infamous Madam of The Garden of Eros, from her birth...

Black-Eyed Devils

by Catrin Collier

A historical romance by best-selling novelist Catrin Collier which is set during the Tonypandy riots of 1911 in South Wales.