Historical Fiction Colonial

Arthur Leary thought that his part in the Revolution ended when his generals surrendered their army to the Americans after the Battle of Saratoga. Little did he know that political maneuvering at the highest levels of British and American government would leave him and his fellow soldiers marching across the landscape for years to come...unless he could find a way out. The rocky soil of a New England farm owned by fierce patriots to the American cause offered him hard labor and harder choices - choices that would shape his future and that of his country.

It is 1885. After a decade spent fighting for Queen and Country across the globe, Colonel Ian Steele is enjoying the quiet life in the colony of New South Wales, reunited with his friend Conan Curry and watching over his children and numerous business enterprises. But the British Empire's pursuits are ceaseless, and when the colony's soldiers are required to assist a campaign in Sudan, North Africa, Ian's son Lieutenant Josiah Steele heeds the call, despite an ultimatum from the love of his life, Marian.

In 1638, Lady Margaret Brent, a headstrong and subversive Catholic spinster in Protestant England is forced to flee to the New World. Margaret's transition from a privileged life to one of the privations doesn't disturb her as much as other discoveries. Arriving settlers get sick and die, especially women and children. Catholics tolerate discrimination from Protestants, everyone fears Indian raids, and then there are the irrational behaviors of Maryland men. For Maryland to survive, the government must make tough choices. Margaret must ask for the right to vote to save her Maryland.

Based on the true life adventures of the charming Swiss nobleman Baron Christoph de Graffenried, and his founding of New Bern, the second oldest town in North Carolina, in 1710, Knight of the Purple Ribbon is filled with drama, romance, and suspense. Penned by his descendant, Jennifer Leigh Wells, this sweeping historic novel follows de Graffenried as he goes from being the reckless black sheep of his illustrious family to the head of a colonial settlement, carved out of the wilderness, with his beautiful, spirited bride at his side.

In 17th-century Dublin, Ireland, preteen Callum McCarthy is shipped to the English Colonies, where he will endure horrors of the Irish slave trade. Intense and powerful, JR Thompson’s Brutalized explores ideas of greed, loneliness and despair, determination, and faith.

The Pirate Raiders, with the villainous Captain Bardoso in command, are employed by the vicious Captain Ramon to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy caballero, hoping to use her to trap Zorro. Battles on land and sea, flashing swords and booming cannon explode before your very ears in this exciting audio production.

Denial of Sadduceism in Salem: Caught in a Devil's Cloyster for Witches explores what it might have been like to live in Salem Village in the years between 1689 and 1693. Sadduceism was the belief that no such thing as ghosts, demons, witches, and other supernatural beings existed. To the minds of many who lived in that era that indicated a disbelief in God and in the teachings of the Bible. The King James translation of the Bible had been published in 1611, so educated people would have been able to read it.

The real story of the American "Shero" Mary Patton and her famed gunpowder production can finally be heard in her voice via this creative nonfiction work. Scientific, forestry, and geologic research reveal the hidden truth untold for hundreds of years. Her famed gunpowder helped win the battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Courthouse. Sold across the entire Southeast, the legend comes to an all new light.

Farah Ibn al-Umda's dramatic historical Sa`idian novel takes place during the period of the English occupation of Egypt. The novel follows the adventures of a young doctor who is assigned to join a battalion of doctors heading to Upper Egypt to confront the deadly cholera epidemic sweeping the region. The young doctor faces many challenges and internal conflicts during his journey, with the mayor and his assistants confronting their underestimation of the epidemic and their desire to hold a celebration for the mayor’s son so that all the villagers can gather at the same time in one place.