Books tagged: 18th century

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New Ceres Nights    by Twelfth Planet Press
Price: $8.00 USD. 97090 words. Published on October 23, 2009. .

New Ceres, a planet in the outer colonies, embraced the Age of Enlightenment nearly 200 years ago and refused to let go. Refugees & opportunists come to New Ceres in search of new lives, escaping the conflicts of the interstellar war. ... presents 13 exciting stories of rebellion, debauchery, decadence, subterfuge & murder set against the backdrop of powdered wigs, coffee houses, duels and balls.
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.
Benedetto Casanova - The Memoirs    by Marten Weber
Price: $9.69 USD. 189770 words. Published on March 29, 2011. .

Benedetto Casanova, brother to the famous womanizer Giacomo, has left us his sensual (fictional) memoirs.
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.
Follow The Night    by Michele Hauf
Price: $3.99 USD. 78630 words. Published on June 15, 2011. .

Vicomte Gabriel Renan may become vampire if he cannot make it to the full moon without drinking blood. Will the madness that threatens lure him to follow the night? On a quest to rescue her brother, Roxane is distracted by the handsome vicomte, and the reality he may become her greatest enemy should he transform to vampire. They must trust one another to win the battle between good and evil.
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. .

An early swashbuckling tale featuring the vampire Saito Izumi. From the author of STONE OF DESTINY - Book One in the Irish Cycle Series.
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.