Historical category: 104939 books

Here's a historical murder mystery, for you, set in the 18th century, one Christmas Day... Someone is killing the lordlings in London.Get your copy of Sarah Barton's "Hunting the Wren" to discover this intriguing who dunnit. "Mrs." Elizabeth Rowland is the young housekeeper...

A young woman sets out on an epic journey across colonial America in a “tale of love and fortitude. Simply riveting” (Keith Donohue, New York Times–bestselling author). “Based on the poem of the same name by Longfellow, Evangeline tells the story of the Great Upheaval, the forcible...

Sir Walter Scott was a poet, novelist, critic and man of letters, who is recognized as the master of the historical novel.   “Redgauntlet” is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Dumfries, Scotland in 1765. The novel's hero is a young man named Darsie Latimer. Early in the...

Leonardo's Dragon Da Vinci's Cases by Alfred Bekker The scope of this book is 148 pages paperback. The young Leonardo da Vinci is to learn the craft of painting in Florence. As soon as he arrived, he prevents an assassination attempt on Piero de Medici, the City Lord of...

~ A Flirty & Feisty Historical Romance Novel ~ Obigho has a simple task to perform. Capture a new kingdom and its treasures and get honoured. But things get complicated when she meets the handsome prince who is ready to give his life to save his people. Tempted beyond her will–just once,...

A soaring love story set in Napoleonic France This irresistible literary debut novel was inspired by the life of Sophie Blanchard, one of the first women to fly. In Paris, a young widow inherits her late husband’s considerable debts, as well as his celebrated hydrogen balloon. Drawn...

Crimson Kiss: A Gothic Vampire Historical Romance, Book 2 Mary Wingfield is completely torn. She had believed that she had lost her childhood sweetheart to the insurgence in India. After being introduced to him by her father, she was only just warming up to the idea of marrying General Hodd...

Crimson Prison: Death's Gift, Book 3 A Gothic Vampire Historical Romance Mary Wingfield has been banished to her room, locked up like a prisoner—for taking a walk in the garden. Yes, the walk had been at night and apparently unescorted. And yes there had been a man with her. But her...

4 character-driven short mysteries set in frontier Canada and steeped in whimsy *From award-winning author Alexandra Amor** Over 350 pages of quirky charm and old-fashioned values, with some modern themes for good measure, the Town Called Horse short mystery collection is the love child...

Historical Novel Society - Editor's Choice An American woman, Addie Bridges, accidentally finds herself in the center of a tense power-struggle in Rand Charles’ gripping and tremendously effective debut novel Fall Irmgard. The year is 1941, and Addie Bridges is in Paris when she witnesses...

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‘A DARK AND MACABRE ATMOSPHERE THAT FEELS FRESH AND ORIGINAL’ THE TIMES HISTORICAL BOOK OF THE MONTH Cornwall, 1844. On a lonely farm not far from Jamaica Inn, farmhand Shilly finds love in the arms of Charlotte Dymond. Charlotte has many secrets, and when she’s found on the moor with...

Can Christianity save Rome? It is a chaotic time with the Roman Republic being overwhelmed by an insidious Empire and Caesars being proclaimed Gods when a visionary ex-Senator embarks on a lifelong path to salvation. While envisioning a better future, Proculus forms a plan, Propositum, to merge...

PITCH PERFECT HISTORICAL: Fans of the Elizabethan era as well as historical mysteries will instantly be drawn to decadent Searcher of the Dead. CROOKED LANE STRENGTH: As evidenced by The Ripper’s Shadow, and Putnam’s first in the Lincoln and Speed series These Honored Dead, Crooked Lane...