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Fort Mose

and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
2010
Tells the story of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement to legally exist in what is now the United States, established in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1738, and includes over forty images, as well as notes on the uncovering of the fort.

Dragonfly in amber :

2001
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept the secret of her time-travel to Scotland and James Fraser, the Scots warrior she met when she was there in 1743. She has kept another secret as well. Now she is returning with her grown daughter, Brianna. Their arrival shows them the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart and a doomed highlands uprising.

This dark endeavor

the apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
2011
When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

Such wicked intent

2012
When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering their realm, and soon he, Elizabeth, and Henry are in the spirit world of Chateau Frankenstein, creating and growing a body.

The 1700s

2001
Presents primary and secondary source articles on the major events and cultural characteristics of the eighteenth century around the world, covering such topics as the European monarchs, composers, the Paris art salon, the French and Indian War, American slavery, the Boston Massacre, and child labor.

The silent stranger

a Kaya mystery
2005
In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger arouses suspicion in Kaya's village.

Remember Valley Forge

patriots, Tories, and redcoats tell their stories
2007
Combines letters, journal entries, reports, photographs, and maps to examine the Battle of Valley Forge from multiple perspectives; including a teenage soldier, a doctor, a farmer, and a spy.

In Mozart's shadow

his sister's story
2008
In eighteenth-century Europe, Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, a musician whose talent and dedication is overshadowed by that of her gifted younger brother, Wolfgang, struggles to win the notice of her father and patrons who might further her career, despite her gender.

A tale of two cities

1993
Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel set in Paris and London during the French Revolution, in which a French nobleman, Charles Darnay, renounces his position and leaves his country, then returns during the Terror to save the life of a servant, putting himself in grave danger.

Outlander

1991
While on vacation in Scotland, Clare touches an ancient stone circle and is hurled back in time 200 years, to 1743.

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