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First published in England in 1791 and the United States in 1794, Susanna Rowson's "Charlotte Temple" was America's first best-selling novel. The story is an example of the seduction novel genre, which was wildly popular in early American literature and focuses on the dangers to young ladies of being seduced by unscrupulous men. In Rowson's novel, the main character is Charlotte Temple, a lovely and naïve young British girl who falls for the overwhelming...

Lucy Temple (1828) is a novel by Susanna Rowson. Inspired in part by the author's experiences in America-she was brought there by her father, a Royal Navy officer, and place under house arrest during the American Revolution-Lucy Temple, the sequel to her bestselling novel Charlotte Temple, fits squarely into the popular genre of the seduction novel. Alongside such works as Hannah Webster Foster's The Coquette (1797), Rowson's novel continues to inform...

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Alexander the Great's story often reads like fiction: son to a snake-loving mother and a battle-scarred father; tutored by Aristotle; a youth from the periphery of the Greek world who took part in his first campaign aged sixteen, becoming king of Macedon at twenty and king of Asia by twenty-five; leading his armies into battle like a Homeric figure. Each generation has peered through the frosted glass of history and come to their own conclusion about...

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A gripping marine mystery from the author of Tide of Death - When a woman is found murdered in Langstone Harbour, DI Andy Horton is assigned to the case but not for long if Superintendent Uckfield has his way. Horton is given just a week to find the killer before being shunted off the case. With the clock ticking Horton is soon forced to take a decision that will put his life on the line.