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Novels of the Eighteenth CenturyDuring the eighteenth century the British Isles, Continental Europe and North America were scenes of enormous change. The American and French Revolutions were epochal events that have spawned much historical fiction. The English Parliament and monarchs turned to political maneuvering rather than civil war to resolve their conflicts. Scotland became part of Great Britain with the Act of Union in 1707, but Jacobite risings sought to restore Scottish independence until the 1746 Battle of Culloden finally crushed attempts to make "Bonnie Prince Charlie" king of an independent Scotland. Novels about immigrants are generally listed under the country in which the immigrant characters settled, unless the majority of the novel is set in their original homeland. Novels about Napoleon and his family and novels set during the Napoleonic Wars are listed on the Napoleonic Era page. Series novels about naval warfare and seafaring are also listed there if some novels in the series are set during the Napoleonic Wars. Novels are listed alphabetically by author within the following categories: The British Isles in the 18th Century The British Isles in the 18th CenturyPeter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor (1993), a literary novel about a modern London detective and an eighteenth century architect Peter Ackroyd, The Lambs of London (2004), about the essayist Charles Lamb, his sister Mary, and a young bookseller who claims to have discovered a book once owned by Shakespeare Ralph Arnold, Northern Lights: The Story of Lord Derwentwater, about the 1715 Jacobite rising and its disastrous aftermath for the Derwentwater family. Beryl Bainbridge, According to Queeney (2000), about Dr. Samuel Johnson, the eighteenth century English author who published an early dictionary of the English language, from the perspective of the daughter of a couple who befriended him during the last two decades of his life D.K. Broster, The Flight of the Heron, about a Highlander and a British soldier during the Jacobite rebellions; #1 in the Jacobite trilogy. D.K. Broster, A Gleam in the North, #2 in the Jacobite trilogy. D.K. Broster, The Dark Mile, #2 in the Jacobite trilogy. Tracy Chevalier, Burning Bright, about a pair of children who become friends with the radical poet William Blake in eighteenth century London. More info Edward Chupack, Silver, a darkly humorous tale of adventure and murder at sea narrated by the fictional pirate Long John Silver of Robert Louis Stevenson's nineteenth century classic Treasure Island Clare Clark, The Nature of Monsters, about a sixteen-year-old pregnant girl who goes to an apothecary for an abortion in exchange for a year as his maid, and finds herself in mysteriously threatening circumstances. More info Bernard Cornwell, Fallen Angels, an adventure novel about an English family during the time of the French Revolution; Cornwell originally wrote this under the pen name Susannah Kells. More info Marele Day, Mrs. Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife, about the wife of the eighteenth century voyager James Cook, who traveled with him in her imagination as, over the years, she lost each of her six children Emma Donoghue, Life Mask, about an actress in 1790s London who moves in political circles. More info Emma Donoghue, Slammerkin, about a lower class English girl who becomes caught up in a life of prostitution. More info Amanda Elyot, All For Love: The Scandalous Life and Times of Royal Mistress Mary Robinson, a bawdy novel about an eighteenth century Englishwoman who went from debtor's prison to the stage to an affair with the Prince of Wales. More info Thomas Flanagan, The Year of the French, about an Irish attempt with the assistance of French troops to free itself from English rule in 1798; #1 in the Irish trilogy. More info Thomas Flanagan, The Tenants of Time, about the 1867 Fenian uprising; #2 in the Irish trilogy. More info Thomas Flanagan, The End of the Hunt, about the creation of the Irish Free State and the civil war that followed; #3 in the Irish trilogy. More info
Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber, a romantic novel about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland; #2 in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, Voyager, a romantic novel about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland; #3 in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn, a romantic novel about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland; #4 in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross, a romantic novel about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland; #5 in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, a romantic novel about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland; #6 in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone, a romantic novel about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland; #7 in the Outlander series; due for publication in 2008. Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter, about a major in the British army; #1 in the Lord John series about a character who also appears in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, about a major in the British army; #2 in the Lord John series about a character who also appears in the Outlander series. More info Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Hand of Devils, a collection of three novellas about a major in the British army; #3 in the Lord John series about a character who also appears in the Outlander series More info Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner, about a major in the British army; #4 in the Lord John series about a character who also appears in the Outlander series; forthcoming
Kathleen Givens, Kilgannon, about a young London woman who marries a Scot during the time of the Jacobite uprisings. More info Kathleen Givens, the Wild Rose of Kilgannon, the wife of a Scot imprisoned in the Tower tries to free him; sequel to Kilgannon.
Winston Graham, Demelza: A Novel of Cornwall, 1788-1790, about life in a Cornish mining village; #2 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, Jeremy Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1790-1791, about life in a Cornish mining village; #3 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793, about life in a Cornish mining village; #4 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Black Moon: A Novel of Cornwall, 1794-1795, about life in a Cornish mining village; #5 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Four Swans: A Novel of Cornwall, 1795-1797, about life in a Cornish mining village; #6 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Angry Tide: A Novel of Cornwall, 1789-1799, about life in a Cornish mining village; #7 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Stranger from the Sea: A Novel of Cornwall, 1810-1811, about life in a Cornish mining village; #8 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Miller's Dance: A Novel of Cornwall, 1812-1813, about life in a Cornish mining village; #9 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Loving Cup: A Novel of Cornwall, 1813-1815, about life in a Cornish mining village; #10 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword: A Novel of Cornwall, 1815, about life in a Cornish mining village; #11 in the Poldark series Winston Graham, Bella Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1818-1820, about life in a Cornish mining village; #12 in the Poldark series
Philippa Gregory, Wideacre, about a scheming bride in Georgian England; #1 in the Wideacre trilogy. More info Philippa Gregory, The Favored Child, one of two children in Georgian England is the rightful heir to an estate; #2 in the Wideacre trilogy. More info Philippa Gregory, Meridon, about a poor woman in Georgian England who dreams of regaining her lost estate; #3 in the Wideacre trilogy. More info Diane Haeger, The Secret Wife of George IV, set during the Regency period. More info G.A. Henty, Bonnie Prince Charlie (1888), about the Stuart heir who was the focus of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. More info G.A. Henty, A Jacobite Exile (1894), about an exiled Englishman in Sweden. More info Greg Hollingshead, Bedlam: A Novel of Love and Madness, about a man unjustly imprisoned in an 18th century London madhouse. More info Naomi Jacob, The Irish Boy (1955), a biographical novel about the eighteenth century Irish tenor Michael Kelly, whose singing career took him to Italy and Austria Miranda Jarrett, Seduction of an English Beauty, historical romance about an eighteenth century Englishwoman in Rome. More info Karleen Koen, Through a Glass Darkly, a young woman marries a much older man during the time of the South Sea Bubble speculation. More info Karleen Koen, Now Face to Face, a politically astute young widow travels from England to Virginia; sequel to Through a Glass Darkly. More info Rosalind Laker, Sugar Pavilion, a woman refugee from the French Revolution opens a confection shop in Brighton. Rosalind Laker, The Silver Touch, based on the true story of a woman silversmith in eighteenth century England. Dinah Lampitt, As Shadows Haunting, time travel by a twentieth-century woman into Georgian England J. Ardian Lee, Son of the Sword, a man travels in time to Scotland during the Jacobite rebellions; #1 in the Sword series. More info J. Ardian Lee, Outlaw Sword, a man travels in time to Scotland during the Jacobite rebellions; #2 in the Sword series. More info J. Ardian Lee, Sword of King James, a man travels in time to Scotland during the eighteenth century Jacobite rebellions; #3 in the Sword series. More info J. Ardian Lee, Sword of the White Rose, a man travels in time to Scotland during the Jacobite rebellions; #4 in the Sword series Caiseal Mór, Carolan's Concerto (2002), about an Irish rebel on the run from the English who stops at a campfire where two men tell him a tale of the harper Turlough O'Carolan, whose music was said to be a gift from the fairies Diana Norman, Blood Royal, about an eighteenth century Englishwoman left destitute after her husband invests and loses her fortune in the South Sea Bubble Diana Norman, The Shores of Darkness, about a man on a quest to find two women his aunt sold as slaves in the West Indies Janet Paisley, White Rose Rebel, about a Scottish woman who leads her clan in warfare during the Jacobite rebellion. Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy, about clan warfare in eighteenth century Scotland. More info Sir Walter Scott, Waverley, about the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. More info Anya Seton, Devil Water, about a man and his daughter during the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. More info Frances Sherwood, Vindication, a novel based on the life of Mary Wollstonecraft. More info Peter Smalley, HMS Expedient, about about British naval officers on a scientific expedition to the South Seas that is not all it seems to be; #1 in the William Rennie series. More info Peter Smalley, Port Royal, about about British naval officers on a mission to Port Royal Jamaica, where the pre-Revolutionary France is hatching a sinister plot; #2 in the William Rennie series. More info Peter Smalley, Barbary Coast, about British naval officers on a dangerous mission to the Barbary Coast; #3 in the William Rennie series. More info Peter Smalley, The Hawk, about British naval officers on a mission to intercept a contraband runner that leads to something far more serious; #4 in the William Rennie series. More info Donald Smith, The English Spy, a fictional account of Daniel Defoe's activities as a spy for the English in 1707 Scotland. More info Jessica Stirling, The Fields of Fortune (2007), about a young woman who flees to her sister in Edinburgh rather than go through with a disastrous marriage Philippa Stockley, A Factory of Cunning, a darkly humorous novel about an exiled French aristocrat who turns swindler in 1784 London. More info William Makepeace Thackeray, The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1848), about an eighteenth century Irish adventurer and con man who marries a widow in order to get his hands on her fortune. More info Nigel Tranter, MacGregor's Gathering, about the Highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor and his nephew Gregor, Laird of Glengyle; #1 in the MacGregor trilogy Nigel Tranter, The Clansman, about Rob Roy MacGregor and why he may have acted as he did at the 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir; #2 in the MacGregor trilogy. More info Nigel Tranter, Gold for Prince Charlie, about Rob Roy MacGregor's efforts to protect the gold and arms that arrived too late to help Prince Charlie's supporters win the Battle of Culloden; #3 in the MacGregor trilogy Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger, a literary novel about the eighteenth century British slave trade. More info
Mysteries: 18th Century BritainBruce Alexander, Blind Justice, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #1 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, Murder in Grub Street, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #2 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, Watery Grave, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #3 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. Bruce Alexander, Person or Persons Unknown, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #4 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, Jack, Knave and Fool, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #5 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, Death of a Colonial, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #6 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, The Color of Death, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #7 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, Smuggler's Moon, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #8 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, An Experiment in Treason, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #9 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, The Price of Murder, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #10 in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Bruce Alexander, Rules of Engagement, based on the historical Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate who started London's first police force; #11 and last in the Sir John Fielding mystery series. More info Lillian de la Torre, Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector, a collection of short stories in which Samuel Johnson, the eighteenth century compiler of the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, solves mysteries; #1 in the Dr. Sam Johnson series. More info Lillian de la Torre, The Detections of Dr. Sam Johnson, a collection of short stories in which Samuel Johnson, the compiler of the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, solves mysteries; #2 in the Dr. Sam Johnson series Lillian de la Torre, The Return of Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector, a collection of short stories in which Samuel Johnson, the compiler of the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, solves mysteries; #3 in the Dr. Sam Johnson series Lillian de la Torre, The Exploits of Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector, a collection of short stories in which Samuel Johnson, the compiler of the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, solves mysteries; #4 in the Dr. Sam Johnson series Janet Gleeson, The Grenadillo Box, about a journeyman for the famous eighteenth century furniture-maker Thomas Chippendale and his attempt to find out who is murdering people at the manor house where he has come to install a library. More info Janet Gleeson, The Serpent in the Garden, about a fictional eighteenth century portrait painter and his attempt to solve the mystery surrounding two deaths and a couple whose wedding portrait he painted. More info Janet Gleeson, The Thief Taker, about a cook for a family of famous eighteenth century London silversmiths, who is charged with finding out what her fellow servants know about a theft and a murder. More info Robert Goddard, Sea Change, about an impoverished mapmaker during the collapse of the South Sea Bubble in 1721 who becomes a pawn in a dangerous game when he agrees to deliver a package in return for the discharge of his debts. More info Deryn Lake, Death in the Dark Walk, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #1 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death at the Beggar's Opera, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #2 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death at the Devil's Tavern, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #3 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death on the Romney Marsh, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #4 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death in the Peerless Pool, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #5 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death at Apothecaries' Hall, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #6 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death in the West Wind, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #7 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death at St. James's Palace, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #8 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death in the Valley of Shadows, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #9 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death in the Setting Sun, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #10 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death and the Cornish Fiddler, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #11 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info Deryn Lake, Death in Hellfire, an apothecary and a blind magistrate (Sir John Fielding) investigate murders in Georgian London; #12 in the John Rawlings mystery series. More info David Liss, A Conspiracy of Paper, a thriller set in eighteenth century London. More info David Liss, A Spectacle of Corruption, a thriller set in eighteenth century London; sequel to A Conspiracy of Paper. More info Elizabeth Redfern, The Music of the Spheres, a gritty murder mystery set in late eighteenth century London. More info
Continental Europe in the 18th CenturyEvelyn Anthony, Imperial Highness, about Catherine the Great's rise to become Empress of Russia; #1 in the Romanov trilogy. More info Evelyn Anthony, Curse Not the King, about the conflicts between Catherine the Great and the son she hated for his resemblance to his father; #2 in the Romanov trilogy. Evelyn Anthony, Far Flies the Eagle, about the conflicts between Catherine the Great's grandson Czar Alexander I and Napoleon; #3 in the Romanov trilogy. More info Stephanie Cowell, Marrying Mozart, about Mozart's wife. More info Will Davenport, The Painter (2003), about a modern woman who discovers a diary written 300 years ago that describes the rivalry of the painter Rembrandt van Rijn and the poet Andrew Marvell for a woman's love Kathryn Davis, Versailles, about Marie Antoinette. More info Michelle de Kretser, The Rose Grower, an American balloonist lands in France and is caught up in the French Revolution. More info Catherine Delors, Mistress of the Revolution, about a woman from an aristocratic but impoverished family who survived the French Revolution; told in the form of a memoir she writes years later after escaping to England. More info Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, about the French Revolution. Review Rikki Ducornet, The Fan-Maker's Inquisition: A Novel of the Marquis de Sade, an eighteenth century woman is put on trial for co-authoring books with the Marquis de Sade. More info Daphne du Maurier, The Glassblowers, set during the time of the French Revolution. More info Per Olov Enquist, The Royal Physician’s Visit, set in the Danish court of the mad King Christian during the 1760s. More info Carolly Erickson, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette, about Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. More info Penelope Fitzgerald, The Blue Flower, based on the life of an eighteenth century German romantic poet. More info Helen Hollick, Sea Witch, about an eighteenth century pirate; #1 in the Jesamiah Acorne series. Helen Hollick, Pirate Code, about an eighteenth century pirate; #1 in the Jesamiah Acorne series. Michael Kleeberg, The King of Corsica (2008), about the German adventurer Theodor von Neuhoff, who was proclaimed King of Corsica in 1736 but died in poverty in London. More info Allen Kurzweil, A Case of Curiosities, about an inventor in France before the Revolution. More info Rosalind Laker, The Venetian Mask, about two women who secretly maintain their friendship after marrying into feuding families in eighteenth century Venice. More info Rosalind Laker, Tree of Gold, about the eighteenth century silk industry in Lyons. Tanith Lee, The Gods are Thirsty: A Novel of the French Revolution, about the first year of the French Revolution. More info Helene Lehr, The Star of the North, about Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. More info Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, about the French Revolution. More info Stephen Marlowe, Colossus: A Novel About Goya and a World Gone Mad (1972), a biographical novel about the eighteenth century Spanish artist Francisco Goya Isolde Martyn, Fleur-de-Lis, about a young widow who risks betraying her aristocratic background when she moves to Paris after the Revolution. Sylvie Matton, Rembrandt’s Whore (2003), about the young woman who goes to Amsterdam to model for the eighteenth century Dutch artist Rembrandt and becomes his mistress for the remainder of his life Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette, about Marie Antoinette. More info Katherine Neville, The Eight, a complex thriller set in eighteenth century France and modern Algeria, which revolves around an occult chess game connected to the time of Charlemagne. More info Diana Norman, The Sparks Fly Upward, a young Englishwoman tries to rescue an aristocratic Frenchman from the guillotine during the French Revolution. More info Countess Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, an Englishman rescues French aristocrats during the French Revolution. More info Anne Perry, A Dish Taken Cold, a novella set during the French Revolution. More info Marge Piercy, City of Darkness, City of Light, about three women who worked for reforms during the French Revolution. More info Barbara Quick, Vivaldi's Virgins, about an orphaned young woman confined in a convent music school in eighteenth century Venice. More info Pam Rosenthal, The Bookseller’s Daughter (2004), about a love affair on the eve of the French Revolution between a scullery maid who once worked in her late father's bookshop and an aristocratic smuggler of forbidden books who used to be her father's customer Anthony J. Rudel, Imagining Don Giovanni (2001), about a meeting between Mozart, Casanova and the poet Lorenzo da Ponte and Mozart's opera Don Giovanni Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche, an adventure novel set during the French Revolution. More info Agnes Selby, Constanze, Mozart's Beloved, about Mozart's wife. Patrick Suskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, a gritty literary novel about the sense of smell, set in eighteenth century Paris; magical realism. More info Debbie Taylor, The Fourth Queen, about an eighteenth century Scottish woman kidnapped for a Moroccan harem. More info Chantal Thomas, Farewell, My Queen, the story of Marie Antoinette, narrated by one of her attendants. More info James Tipton, Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution, about the French lover of the eighteenth century English poet Wordsworth. More info Jean Vautrin, The Voice of the People, set in Paris following the French Revolution. More info Elena Maria Vidal, Trianon: A Novel of Royal France, about Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI and the Catholic faith that sustained them; Christian message. Julie Waldron, Mozart's Wife, about Mozart's wife Constanze; set in eighteenth century Austria. David Weiss, Sacred and Profane (1968), a biographical novel about the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart David Weiss, The Assassination of Mozart (1970), a novel about Mozart based on the theory that he was poisoned by Salieri, a rival composer; sequel to Sacred and Profane Dennis Wheatley, The Launching of Roger Brook (1947), about a British adventurer with an eye for women who becomes embroiled in French foreign policy during the time of Marie Antoinette; #1 in the Roger Brook series. More info Dennis Wheatley, Shadow of Tyburn Tree (1948), about a British spy sent to Russia in 1788, who finds himself in a risky situation when Catherine the Great chooses him to be her lover; #2 in the Roger Brook series Dennis Wheatley, The Rising Storm (1949), about a British spy sent to France on the eve of the Revolution, at risk not only from his mission but also from his desire for a married woman; #3 in the Roger Brook series. Dennis Wheatley, The Man Who Killed the King (1951), about a British spy's attempt to rescue Marie Antoinette from the guillotine during the bloodiest phase of the French Revolution; #4 in the Roger Brook series Dennis Wheatley, The Dark Secret of Josephine (1955), about a British spy who arrives in the West Indies in the midst of a slave revolt and uncovers a mysterious episode in the life of Napoleon's Empress; #5 in the Roger Brook series Dennis Wheatley, The Rape of Venice (1959), about an eighteenth century British spy's attempt to rescue a beautiful woman abducted by an unscrupulous Venetian senator; #6 in the Roger Brook series Dennis Wheatley, The Sultan's Daughter (1963), about a British spy and the passionate daughter of a sultan during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign; #7 in the Roger Brook series Dennis Wheatley, The Wanton Princess (1966), about an eighteenth century British spy whose mission involves consoling Napoleon's newly widowed sister; #8 in the Roger Brook series Dennis Wheatley, Evil in a Mask (1969), about a British spy at the center of intrigues in eighteenth century Turkey, Persia, Portugal and Brazil; #9 in the Roger Brook series Max White, In the Blazing Light (1946), about the twenty-year love affair between the artist Francisco Goya and the scandalous Maria Teresa, Duchess of Alba
Mysteries: 18th Century European ContinentSusanne Alleyn, Game of Patience, a mystery set in eighteenth century Paris after the French Revolution; #1 in the Ravel mystery series. More info Susanne Alleyn, A Treasury of Regrets, a mystery set in eighteenth century Paris after the French Revolution; #2 in the Ravel mystery series. More info P.C. Doherty, The Masked Man, an investigation into the identity of the "man in the iron mask" set in eighteenth century Paris. More info Beverle Graves Myers, Interrupted Aria, about a young castrato singer in eighteenth century Venice whose friend is accused of murdering a prima donna; #1 in the Baroque Mystery series. More info Beverle Graves Myers, Painted Veil, about a young castrato singer in eighteenth century Venice on the trail of a villain who wears the bird mask of a plague doctor; #2 in the Baroque Mystery series. More info Beverle Graves Myers, Cruel Music, about a young castrato singer in eighteenth century Rome whose brother is arrested on a trumped-up smuggling charge during the controversy over who should succeed the dying Pope Clement XII; #3 in the Baroque Mystery series. More info Beverle Graves Myers, The Iron Tongue of Midnight, about a young castrato singer in eighteenth century Venice who is paid lavishly to accept the lead role in a new opera, where he stumbles into a case of murder; #4 in the Baroque Mystery series. More info Charles O'Brien, Mute Witness, a deaf seamstress helps an English actress investigate a murder during the years leading up to the French Revolution; #1 in the Anne Cartier series. More info Charles O'Brien, Black Gold, an actress investigates a murder in Georgian Bath, England, assisted by a friend from Paris; #2 in the Anne Cartier series. More info Charles O'Brien, Noble Blood, a former actress who tutors deaf children investigates a murder during the period before the French Revolution; #3 in the Anne Cartier series. More info Charles O'Brien, Lethal Beauty, a former actress who tutors deaf children investigates a murder during the period before the French Revolution; #4 in the Anne Cartier series. More info Charles O'Brien, Fatal Carnival, a former actress who tutors deaf children investigates a murder during the period before the French Revolution; #5 in the Anne Cartier series. More info Charles O'Brien, Cruel Choices, a former actress who tutors deaf children investigates a murder during the period before the French Revolution; #6 in the Anne Cartier series. More info Lou Jane Temple, Death du Jour, a cook for a wealthy household in Paris must solve a murder mystery on the eve of the Revolution. More info
North America in the 18th CenturyChristine Blevins, Midwife of the Blue Ridge (2008), about a Scottish midwife who becomes an indentured servant in order to pay for her voyage to America Connie Briscoe, A Long Way from Home, about 3 generations of house slaves in Virginia from the time of President Madison to the Civil War. More info Rita Mae Brown, Dolley, about Dolley Madison, wife of the U.S. Founding Father James Madison. More info Jerome Charyn, Johnny One-Eye, a bawdy comic novel about a one-eyed rogue who joins Benedict Arnold as a spy for the British even though he suspects George Washington may be his father. More info Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sally Hemings, about the slave woman with whom Thomas Jefferson had an affair. More info Barbara Chase-Riboud, The President's Daughter, about the daughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson; sequel to Sally Hemings. Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk Book One: Jack Frake, about an intelligent and restless young man who joins a group pressing for greater freedom in 1740s England, a harbinger of the American Revolution; #1 in the Sparrowhawk series. More info Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk Book Two: Hugh Kenrick, about a talented but rebellious young English nobleman who gets in trouble for his political views; #2 in the Sparrowhawk series. More info Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk Book Three: Caxton, the protagonists of Book One and Book Two meet in Colonial Virginia; #3 in the Sparrowhawk series. More info Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk Book Four: Empire, about the anti-tax movement in the American Colonies; #4 in the Sparrowhawk series. More info Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk Book Five: Revolution, about the American colonists’ resistance to the Stamp Act; #5 in the Sparrowhawk series. More info Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk Book Six: War, about the final steps that set the stage for the Revolutionary War; #6 and last in the Sparrowhawk series. More info James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (1826), about a white man raised by Indians during the French and Indian War; set in 1757. More info Bernard Cornwell, Redcoat, about the American Revolution from the perspective of a British soldier. More info Howard Fast, April Morning, about a teenaged boy's experience of the Battle of Lexington and Concord on the eve of the American Revolution. More info Howard Fast, Bunker Hill, about the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775. More info Howard Fast, The Crossing, about Washington's crossing of the Delaware. More info Janice Holt Giles, The Kentuckians, about a pioneer family in 1775 Kentucky; #1 in the Kentuckians series. More info Janice Holt Giles, Hannah Fowler, about a pioneer woman in Kentucky; #2 in the Kentuckians series. More info Janice Holt Giles, The Land Beyond the Mountains, about General James Wilkinson’s conspiracy with the Spanish to detach Kentucky from the U.S. and create his own empire there; #3 in the Kentuckians series. More info Sally Gunning, Bound (2008), about an indentured servant in eighteenth century New England J.M. Hochstetler, Daughter of Liberty, about a young woman who sympathizes with the American revolutionaries and the handsome officer in the British army to whom she feels attracted; Christian message; #1 in the American Patriot series. More info J.M. Hochstetler, Native Son, about a young woman who works as both a doctor's assistant and a spy for the American revolutionaries, and the army officer she loves; Christian message; #2 in the American Patriot series. More info Michael Kilian, Major Washington, about three years in the life of George Washington from 1753-1755, while he was an officer in the British army. Jane Kirkpatrick, A Clearing in the Wild (2006), about a German-American woman in a Bethelite religious colony in 1850s Missouri who takes the opporunity to push for freedom when she joins a group sent to the Northwest to scout a new location for the group; Christian message; #3 in the Change and Cherish trilogy Jane Kirkpatrick, A Tendering in the Storm (2007), about a German-American woman and her husband who break away from a confining religious community to make their own way in 1850s Washington territory; Christian message; #3 in the Change and Cherish trilogy Jane Kirkpatrick, A Mending at the Edge (2008), about a German-American woman struggling to balance her need for community and individual freedom in a confining religious community in 1850s Oregon; Christian message; #3 in the Change and Cherish trilogy Sheila Kohler, Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness, about an aristocratic Frenchwoman who survives the Revolution and immigrates to the American Hudson River Valley. More info Deryn Lake, The Governor's Ladies, about the British Governor of Massachusetts and his American wife, who have opposing views on the impending American Revolution. More info Rosalind Laker, New World, New Love, about a refugee from the French Revolution who finds love in eighteenth century America. More info William Martin, Citizen Washington, a biographical novel about George Washington. More info Patrick McGrath, Martha Peake: a Novel of the Revolution (2000), about the daughter of a disfigured Englishman and her escape to the Colonies in the years just before the American Revolution Robert Morgan, Brave Enemies, about a young bride who dresses as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War after her husband is captured by the British. More info Nancy Moser, Washington's Lady (2008), about Martha Custis Washington, the wife of George Washington; Christian message. More info Kerry Newcomb, Call Down Thunder, about a Mississippi River boatman at the end of the eighteenth century. Kerry Newcomb, Guns of Liberty, about a plot to murder George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Kerry Newcomb, War Path, set during the eighteenth century French and Indian War. More info Diana Norman, A Catch of Consequence, about a patriotic American woman who lands in trouble when she rescues an upperclass Englishman from drowning during the Boston Tea Party. More info Diana Norman, Taking Liberties, about two women during the early days of the American Revolution; sequel to A Catch of Consequence. More info Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, about the eighteenth century surveyors who laid out the boundary line between the states of the North and South in the U.S. More info Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Boon Island, about men struggling to survive after a shipwreck off the Maine coast in 1710. More info Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Northwest Passage, about a military officer who fought in the French and Indian War. More info Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Oliver Wiswell, about British loyalists during the American Revolution. Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Arundel, about a young man during the Revolutionary War; includes a sympathetic portrayal of Benedict Arnold; #1 in the Chronicles of Arundel series. More info Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Rabble in Arms, about the origin of the U.S. Navy during the Revolutionary War; includes a sympathetic portrayal of Benedict Arnold; #2 in the Chronicles of Arundel series (series continues during the War of 1812: see 19th Century U.S. page). More info Lucia St. Clair Robson, Shadow Patriots, about a woman who spied for George Washington during the American Revolution. More info Mary Lee Settle, O Beulah Land, about the founding of a West Virginia town in the early part of the eighteenth century; #2 (but the first written) in the Beulah Quintet series, which covers a range of time periods. Jeff Shaara, Rise to Rebellion, about the American Revolution. More info Jeff Shaara, The Glorious Cause, about the American Revolution; sequel to Rise to Rebellion. More info Carol Spradling, Cost of Freedom, historical romance about a Boston woman loyal to England who, on the eve of the Revolution, is shocked to discover her childhood friend supports the Sons of Liberty; forthcoming in 2008. Tom Standage, The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth Century Chess Playing Machine, about an inventor who travels through eighteenth century Europe and America. More info Beverly Swerling, Shadowbrook: A Novel of Love, War and the Birth of America, set during the eighteenth century French and Indian War. More info Elswyth Thane, Dawn’s Early Light, about two Virginia families during the Revolutionary War; #1 in the Williamsburg novels (#2 - #7 continue from the Civil War through the World War II periods). More info
Mysteries: 18th Century North AmericaRobert Lee Hall, Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case, Benjamin Franklin turns sleuth; #1 in the Benjamin Franklin mystery series. More info Robert Lee Hall, Benjamin Franklin and a Case of Christmas Murder, Benjamin Franklin turns sleuth; #2 in the Benjamin Franklin mystery series. More info Robert Lee Hall, Murder at Drury Lane, Benjamin Franklin turns sleuth; #3 in the Benjamin Franklin mystery series. Robert Lee Hall, Benjamin Franklin and the Case of Artful Murder, Benjamin Franklin turns sleuth; #4 in the Benjamin Franklin mystery series. More info Robert Lee Hall, Murder by the Waters, Benjamin Franklin turns sleuth; #5 in the Benjamin Franklin mystery series. More info Robert Lee Hall, London Blood, Benjamin Franklin turns sleuth; #6 in the Benjamin Franklin mystery series. Margaret Lawrence, Hearts and Bones, about a midwife's struggle to investigate a murder during a brutal Maine winter in 1786; #1 in the Hannah Trevor mystery series. More info Margaret Lawrence, Blood Red Roses, about a midwife who investigates a murder in late eighteenth century Maine; #2 in the Hannah Trevor mystery series. More info Margaret Lawrence, The Burning Bride, about a midwife who investigates a murder in late eighteenth century Maine; #3 in the Hannah Trevor mystery series. More info Margaret Lawrence, The Iceweaver, a stand-alone novel about Hannah Trevor's deaf daughter in 1809 New York State. Michael Schein, Just Deceits: A Historical Courtroom Mystery, about the 1793 trial for adultery and infanticide of Richard Randolph and his sister-in-law Nancy Randolph, who were defended by John Marshall and Patrick Henry; forthcoming in September 2008
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