Historical - General

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In Gallant Company (Richard Bolitho N...

Alexander Kent

As a junior officer in the British Royal Navy, Bolitho is caught up in the turmoil of American Revolution sea battles. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vit...

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Published: Apr 1998

The Darkening Sea

Alexander Kent

Soon after taking part in the dramatic capture of Martinique in the Caribbean, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is next despatched to the African coast to gather a flotilla and stop French attacks on British trade routes. But Bolitho ...

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Published: Oct 2000

Villa America: A Novel

Liza Klaussmann

A dazzling novel set in the French Riviera based on the real-life inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is The Night. When Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy met and married, they set forth to create a beautiful world together-one ...

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Published: Jul 2015

The Other Side of the Sun

Madeleine L'Engle

A young British bride is caught up in her new family's complicated history in this atmospheric novel set in the American South after the Civil War. When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron Renier, she has no idea what kind of cla...

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Published: Sep 2017

The Paris Orphan

Natasha Lester

An American soldier and an enterprising photographer brave occupied France during World War II to help give a little girl her dream--a family--in this gripping novel from the bestselling author of The Paris Seamstress.New York City/Pa...

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Published: Sep 2019

A Treacherous Paradise

Henning Mankell

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander crime novels, a powerful stand-alone novel set in early-twentieth-century Sweden and Mozambique, whose vividly drawn female protagonist is awoken from her naïvete by her...

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Published: Jul 2013

Sins of the Highlander

Connie Mason

Even with her gift of the Sight, never had Elspeth Stewart imagined her wedding would be interrupted by a darkhaired stranger charging in on a black stallion, scooping her into his arms, and carrying her off across the wild Scottish h...

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Published: Jan 2012

The Accursed

Joyce Carol Oates

A major historical novel from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation)—an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power, and loss in early-twentieth-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powe...

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Published: Nov 2013

The Miner's Lady

Tracie Peterson

Tracie Peterson Delivers Romance and AdventureWhen Chantel Panetta's younger sister claims to be in love with Orlando Calarco, Chantel knows there is no hope. The Panettas and Calarcos have been sworn enemies for decades, and young lo...

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Published: Sep 2013

Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1...

Francine Prose

[Read by Edoardo Ballerini, Rosalind Ashford, Geoffrey Cantor, Nicola Barber, Suzanne Toren, Maggi-Meg Reed]A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2014

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge

Michael Punke

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE A thrilling tale of betrayal and revenge set against the nineteenth-century American frontier, the astonishing story of real-life trapper and frontiersman Hugh GlassThe year is 1823, and the trappers o...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2015

The Nun's Tale: The Owen Archer Serie...

Candace Robb

"[An] engrossing tale…imbued with the flavor of English medieval life, Robb's story melds true events with fiction to create a gripping historical mystery." ―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Based on an enigmatic entry in the records ...

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Published: Jul 2015

War Cry CD: A Courtney Family Novel

Wilbur Smith

The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this fourteenth installment in Wilbur Smith’s bestselling series—the sequel to 2009’s Assegai—a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa and spann...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2017

The Duchess: A Novel

Danielle Steel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incomparable Danielle Steel breaks new ground as she takes us to nineteenth-century England, where a high-born young woman is forced out into the world—and begins a journey of survival, sensuality,...

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Published: Feb 2018

Shadowbrook of Love, War, and the Bir...

Beverly Swerling

A sweeping tale of love, ambition, and a war that ignited a revolution...1754. In a low-lying glen in Ohio Country, where both the French and English claim dominion, the first musket ball fired signals the start of a savage seven-year...

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Published: Mar 2005

No Time Like the Past: The Chronicles...

Jodi Taylor

The fifth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a differen...

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Published: Jan 2017

The Little Wartime Library

Kate Thompson

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Libraryor The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944: Clara Butto...

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Published: Feb 2023

Tony's Wife CD: A Novel

Adriana Trigiani

Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s and World War II, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani tells the story of two talented working class kids who marry and become a successful si...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2018

The Mammoth Hunters

Jean M. Auel

Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan of th...

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Published: Nov 1986

Song of the Axe

John R. Dann

Agon, a powerful ancient warrior, his beloved Eena, and their children become the targets of Ka, an evil shaman, and his vengeful offspring, in a historical saga set against the backdrop of the end of the last Ice Age in prehistoric E...

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Published: Jul 2002

Grass Crown

Colleen McCullough

Throughout the Western world, great kingdoms have fallen and despots lay crushed beneath the heels of Rome's advancing legions. But in this age of magnificent triumph and barbaric cruelty, internal rebellion threatens the stability an...

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Published: Nov 2008

Sharpe's Waterloo: Sharpes's novel # ...

Bernard Cornwell

In this, the culmination of Richard Sharpes long and arduous career, Bernard Cornwell brings to life all the horrorand all the exhilarationof one of the greatest military triumphs of all time.

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2009

The Last Kingdom Low Price CD (The Sa...

Bernard Cornwell

The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2015

The Midwife of Hope River

Patricia Harman

p Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, Patience takes the jobs that ...

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Published: Aug 2012

Imperium of Ancient Rome

Robert Harris

From the bestselling author of Pompeii comes the most provocative and brilliant novel of Rome and its power struggles since I, Claudius.Of all the great figures of the Roman world, none was more fascinating or charismatic than Marcus ...

Abridged CD
Published: Feb 2010

Yellow Crocus

Laila Ibrahim

Moments after Lisbeth is born, she's taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship th...

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Published: Aug 2014

Commodore (Aubrey Maturin Series)

Patrick O'Brian

The seventeenth Aubrey-Maturin novel. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold -- to make a large dent in the slave trade...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2006

The Midnight Rose

Lucinda Riley

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a remarkable girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911...

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Published: Mar 2014

Rare Objects

Kathleen Tessaro

In Depression-era Boston, a city divided by privilege and poverty, two unlikely friends are bound by a dangerous secret in this mesmerizing work of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfume Collector...

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Published: Apr 2017

All the Stars in the Heavens CD: A No...

Adriana Trigiani

Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2015
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