Browsing: 19th Century

A New York Times Bestseller Audrey Rose and Thomas Cresswell find themselves aboard a luxurious ocean liner that becomes a…

In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They…

In search of a new life, seamstress Rachel decides to become a mail-order bride. When she travels west alongside her best friend and the handsome Talbot brothers, she knows better than to fall for wealthy Jason — yet their feelings take them both by surprise!

Many years have passed since Bernadette Bellamy fled the Cariboo Gold Rush and her reputation as the sister of a…

This “intriguing” account (Publishers Weekly) documents an 1888 blizzard among the worst ever seen in the US — and the havoc it wreaked along the East Coast. “Amazing stories of life and death fill this readable social history of a great disaster” (Library Journal).

“Essential… Heartbreaking” (Booklist): Blackwell Island was meant to house prisoners, the poor, and the sick of New York in the mid-19th century. The dark truth of its mistreatment of tenants is told “with clarity and conscience by master storyteller Stacy Horn” (Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Teresa Carpenter).

As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s…

Once disguised as a boy while living on the streets of London, Olivia is now a society girl. Can she keep her secret when she runs into a handsome thief? “Clever… Perfect for readers who love romance, adventure, historical settings, and heroines who can kick butt in formal gowns” (Booklist starred review).

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world. In…

Tatiana knows who has her heart, but should she settle for the man she knows or wait on God?Family hardship…