Seduction. Spies. Sodomy. Starvation. Severe cold. Indian Attacks. A plague of sickness and death. And a love story, too.Isaac Stanfield is a young man with a thirst for adventure. He leaves his home to become a sailor on a merchantman, the Sweet Rose, and through ingenuity and sheer luck, finds himself in the middle of the drama and explorations that precede the departure of the Mayflower for New England in 1620. Exploration is Isaac’s c...

'Retribution' begins in 1620. A grieving Isaac Stanfield heads out across the Atlantic Ocean.After the Mayflower sails for the new world, Isaac has been sent to explore the potential for trade and further settlements in New England. His efforts are frustrated by the incompetence and duplicity of the people with whom he has to deal. This second book in the Stanfield Chronicles series continues with Isaac's love of adventure, his courage, and ingenuity being fully tested, his fascina...

Plantation the fourth book in The Stanfield Chronicles series - continues the story, through Isaac's eldest son, James.Leaving Bermuda for Barbados in 1639, James is pulled into a rescue attempt that costs him his freedom, disappearing into the brutal world of the island's booming, slavery-built sugar trade.A new setting, a new generation, and the same question that's driven the whole saga: what does it cost to build something new in a world this unforgivin...

Redemption is the third novel of the Stanfield Chronicles Historical trilogy. It's 1628. The early stages of the Great Migration to New England have begun. The first boatloads of what will become a flood of settlers arrive, under-equipped and ill-prepared.Isaac and his family, driven by personal loss, political and religious conflict, migrate to New England on a nightmare voyage. Surviving the journey, they face mortal danger from unseen foes and fight to survive when half their fe...

Isaac Stanfield is a young man with a thirst for adventure. He leaves his home to become a sailor on a merchantman, the Sweet Rose, and through ingenuity and sheer luck, finds himself in the middle of the drama and explorations that precede the departure of the Mayflower for New England in 1620. Exploration is Isaac’s coming-of-age story, capturing the turbulence of the times through his observations and experiences.Suspenseful, poignant, and expertly res...

‘Retribution’ begins in 1620. A grieving Isaac Stanfield heads out across the Atlantic Ocean.After the Mayflower sails for the new world, Isaac has been sent to explore the potential for trade and further settlements in New England. His efforts are frustrated by the incompetence and duplicity of the people with whom he has to deal. This second book in the Stanfield Chronicles series continues with Isaac’s love of adventure, his courage, and ingenuity being fully tested, his fascina...

Lawrence Hill’s nationally bestselling novel has garnered praise and awards around the world. The Book of Negroes has won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and CBC Canada Reads, among many others. Lawrence Hill—and his remarkable character Aminata Diallo—have become household names throughout Canada.Readers will follow the story of Aminata, an unforgettable heroine who cut a swath through an 18th-century world hostile to her colour an...

Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the American Revolution in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series.Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the American Revolution in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series.British soldiers were everywhere. There was no escape.Nathaniel Fox never imagined he'd find himself in the middl...

Spring, 1648.When Thomas Hill, a bookseller living in rural Hampshire, publishes a political pamphlet he has little idea of the trouble that will follow. He is quickly arrested, forced on a boat to Barbados and condemned to life as a slave to two of the island’s most notoriously violent brothers.In England war has erupted again, with London under threat of attack. When news of the king’s execution reaches the island, political stability is threatened and a fl...

"Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in Finch's accomplished fifth whodunit set in Victorian England ... the best in the series to date."—Starred Review, Publisher's WeeklyIn A Burial at Sea, Charles Lenox, Member of Parliament, sets sail on a clandestine mission for the government. When an officer is savagely murdered, however, Lenox is drawn toward his old profession, determined to capture another killer.1873 is a peri...

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!It is a dark and snowy night when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to colonial times. General George Washington is about to lead his army in a sneak attack against their enemy. But now a terrible weather is making the great general question his plans. Can Jack and Annie keep history on track? The fate of the country rests in their hands!...

"[U]ndeniably one of the greatest stories of a bygone era." - Wall Street JournalThe true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica's deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of *The Widow ClicquotSummer, 1856*Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten and her husband, Joshua, were young and ambitious. Both from New En...