Books like Jacob's oath by Martin Fletcher

When Alexandra inherits her father's farm in 1880s Nebraska, she battles poverty, family loyalty, and love in a harsh pioneer world.

A heartrending saga that spans generations, tracing the abuse of orphaned children by the Tennessee Children's Home Society and the modern quest for truth, redemption and family bonds.

We Were the Lucky Ones chronicles the 1939–1945 journey of the Kurc family, Polish Jews scattered across five continents as they fight to survive, reunite, and endure the Holocaust.

A sweeping saga linking a Jewish family’s peril in 16th‑century Portugal to a contemporary romance in New York, showing how one act of compassion by an Ottoman sultan echoes across centuries and shapes the lives of descendants in Istanbul and America.

Nell Zink’s debut novel, Mislaid, explores intricate family ties—mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and sons—against a backdrop of historical New York, touching on cultural heritage, race awareness, and identity.

The compelling new saga set in turn-of-the twentieth-century London by the author of The Cockney Angel.Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world.But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.

A young woman investigates her brother’s death in World War I and discovers a long-buried secret in this compelling historical novel set in London during the war and post-war era.