For those who enjoy the Victorian Era, including the American Civil War, here are titles with interesting characters and riveting stories. This list was created by Jefferson County Public Library staff. Copy and paste this web address to request a list of your own: https://jeffcolibrary.org/just-for-you.
Placidia Fincher is 17 when she marries Gryffth Hockaday, an enigmatic major in the Confederate army. She spends two days as his wife before his redeployment, when she's left to run his estate and care for his child by an earlier marriage. It’s at…
In 1837, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria, sheltered, small in stature, and female, became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Many thought it was preposterous: Alexandrina, Drina to her family, had always been…
Examining newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Roberts brings the war-torn capital into focus through the lives of formidable ladies like Sara Agnes Pryor and Elizabeth Blair Lee. Her…
Agreeing to marry Randolph Churchill, the son of a duke she has known only three days, New Yorker Jennie Jerome was swept up in a whirlwind of British politics and the breathless social climbing of the Marlborough House Set, the reckless men who…
Portraits of Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Buford, Hancock, and other Civil War leaders are interwoven with historical detail to provide a fictional re-creation of the bloody battle at Gettysburg. A central figure in the book, however, is Col. Joshua…
Charlotte Baird, heir to the Lennox family fortune, penniless Captain Bay Middleton, and Empress Elizabeth of Austria form a love triangle of historical proportions. With its witty dialogue, intriguing research and cameo appearances by Queen…
Four ambitious American girls secure husbands and position in England in order to live happily ever after. But life bears little resemblance to the fairy tales, and castles appear a lot less magical when you have to live in them. They soon find…
