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Showing posts with label 18th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 18th century. Show all posts
Saturday, July 2, 2016

Hamilton: The Revolution / Jenny McCarter and Lin-Manuel Miranda / 288 pgs

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" How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten Spot in the Caribbean by Providenc...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Written in My Own Heart's Blood / Diana Gabaldon / 825 pages

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The 8th novel in Gabaldon's Outlander series continues the improbable troubles of the Frasers and friends.  It is beautifully written, a...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

A Breath of Snow and Ashes / Diana Gabaldon / 979 pages

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This is the sixth of the long novels in the Outlander series.  Beginning in 1773, the book delves into the beginnings of the Revolutionary W...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The Garden Intrigue / Lauren Willig / 388 pages

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  This is another interesting spy book set in the Napoleonic era.  This time, Augustus Whittlesby is finally sick of being an awful poet whe...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The Fiery Cross / Diana Gabaldon / 976 pages

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This is part 5 of Gabaldon's Outlander series.  This installment focuses a bit more on Brianna and Roger's relationship, though Jam...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Drums of Autumn / Diana Gabaldon / 880 pages

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This is the fourth of the Outlander series.  This book continues Claire and Jamie's American adventure in 1766-1767.  At the same time (...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Dragonfly in Amber / Diana Gabaldon / 743 pages

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This is the second installment of Gabaldon's Outlander series.  The beginning of the book was a bit jarring; the end of the first book l...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Outlander / Diana Gabaldon / 627 pages

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In the foreword to this book, the author recounts that her publisher told her this book would have to be a word-of-mouth book because it was...