Books tagged: 18th century

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The Dark Rose    by Bev Bevan
Price: $2.99 USD. 106150 words. Published on November 29, 2010. .

When,in 1730,Isaac Forrester set out on his first and only sea voyage, he had no idea that it would have such far reaching effects on his future life. Twenty years later his daughter is missing, old friends are dying in suspicious circumstances, and the only link is that journey. The Dark Rose is a story of adventure, slavery, compassion, romance, jealousy, prejudice, revenge and highway robbery.
Barnaby Bell's Hot Air Balloon    by Dandi Palmer
Price: $0.99 USD. 600 words. Published by Dodo Books on May 12, 2011. .

Picture story about an adventurous 18th century inventor with full colour illustrations.
Born of Tyranny: Port of Errors    by steve cypert
Price: $0.99 USD. 74900 words. Published on May 21, 2011. .

Set in the late seventeenth century Eastern Atlantic, this epic adventure of brotherly love and betrayal shadows two orphans, Davy and Joseph, who come to bond tighter than blood. But they are soon ripped apart by a tragic event that will set into motion the birth of tyrannous revenge on behalf of their loss and place them each on a daring journey to find one another.
Humble Launching    by N. Beetham Stark
Price: $4.99 USD. 116190 words. Published on June 14, 2011. .

This is the story of an orphaned young English boy growing up at sea in the 18th century and facing many challenges from the four terrible ship’s boys to a vindictive leftenant. We experience the Napoleonic Wars through his eyes and those of his friend, Thomas Murphy. It is pumped with action and still shows the challenges that will make Benji a fine captain under often near impossible odds.
The Secret Diary of a Princess: a novel of Marie Antoinette    by Melanie Clegg
Price: $1.75 USD. 98510 words. Published on July 11, 2011. .

The dramatic and often tragic years of Marie Antoinette’s early life, told in her own words. This book follows her privileged childhood and adolescence in the beautiful palaces of Vienna as the youngest and least important of the daughters of the all powerful Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.
Saito Izumi, She-Devil of the Spanish Main    by David Miller
Price: $0.99 USD. 9410 words. Published by Dark Road Publishing  on August 9, 2011. .

The vampire Saito Izumi, during the 18th century A Tale from the Irish Cycle
The Good Harvest    by J. Paige Straley
Price: $2.99 USD. 96870 words. Published on August 14, 2011. .

It's 1814 in London, and Harold Hammonds has come a long way in his 24 years. He's second officer aboard the merchant vessel "The Good Harvest", bound for Sydney with a cargo of settlers goods, topped off with a parcel of transported convicts. It's a hell voyage, ending with a storm that wrecks them on an island off the west coast of New Zealand. Should he stay? Will he claim this grand place?
The Smuggling Life of Gabriel Tomkins    by Kent Barker
Price: $5.99 USD. 14590 words. Published on September 1, 2011. .

Gabriel Tomkins was a smuggler … and a customs officer! This is his extraordinary story spanning the first half of the 18th century in which he rode with the notorious Hawkhurst gang, led the Mayfield smugglers, was shot, arrested, jailed, transported and finally hanged in Bedford in 1750.
The Child of Egypt: A True Story of Magic, Revenge, Revolution and the Last European Sorcerer    by Jason Underhill
Price: $0.99 USD. 112470 words. Published on September 8, 2011. .

Based on the life of Alessandro di Cagliostro, the Child of Egypt follows a young boy called Acharat on a life long journey of self discovery as he takes on the guises of Joseph Balsamo and Cagliostro and sparks a bloody revolution that will tear down the Bourbon monarchy in France before setting his sights on the heart of the Christian world, the Pope in Rome.
Cold Lady    by Paul Batteiger
Price: $0.99 USD. 12250 words. Published on October 16, 2011. .

In a cold winter in the late 18th Century, five men are marooned in the northern reaches of the Hudson Bay. Alone, they must struggle across country to safety. Only they are not truly alone. Something is there in the wilderness. Something inimical, ancient, and cold.