Historical - General

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The Taster

V. S. Alexander

Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined—one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler’s dictator...

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Published: Jan 2018

Sharpe's Devil: Richard Sharpe and th...

Bernard Cornwell

Richard Sharpe believes that his soldiering days are over, but his retirement is interrupted by a request from Donna Louisa Vivar for Sharpe to discover the truth about the disappearance of her husband, the Captain-General of Chile. S...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2009

The Flame Bearer (Saxon Tales)

Bernard Cornwell

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe next installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom,...

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Published: Oct 2017

For the King

Catherine Delors

"A superbly elegant novel" (Susan Holloway Scott, author of The French Mistress) from the author of Mistress of the Revolution. After First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte survives an assassination attempt, Chief Inspector Roch M...

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Published: Jul 2011

Napoleon's Pyramids: An Ethan Gage Ad...

William Dietrich

The world changes for Ethan Gage—onetime assistant to the renowned Ben Franklin—on a night in postrevolutionary Paris when he wins a mysterious medallion in a card game. Framed soon after for the murder of a prostitute and facing...

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Published: Mar 2012

The Ghost Tree

Barbara Erskine

Before you follow the path into your family's history, beware of the secrets you may find…The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of h...

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Published: Mar 2019

Julian Fellowes's Belgravia

Julian Fellowes

FROM THE CREATOR OF DOWNTOWN ABBEYThe New York Times bestselling novel about scandalous secrets and star-crossed lovers On the evening of 15 June 1815, the great and the good of British society have gathered in Brussels at what is to ...

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Published: Jul 2017

Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower, 9)

C. S. Forester

Commodore Hornblower's new mission is a delicate one because he must maintain good diplomatic relations with Russia and Sweden at all costs and, at the same time, keep Napoleon's forces out of the Baltic. Reprint. 25,000 first printin...

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Published: Apr 1989

The American Heiress

Daisy Goodwin

"Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a del...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2011

Loving Libby

Robin Lee Hatcher

Libby Blue ran from her past--a ruthless father and a privileged life--and never looked back until Remington Walker came into her life. With a wall of lies between them, is the one great Truth they shared enough to unite them forever?

Paperback
Published: Aug 2005

Regency Buck

Georgette Heyer

A sparkling Regency romance from the queen of the genre, with an element of mystery and some of the beloved fictional characters from An Infamous Army.'Clever!' Library JournalAfter their father's death, Miss Judith Taverner and her b...

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Published: Aug 2008

The Convenient Marriage

Georgette Heyer

A dashing hero, with an equally dashing rival, and a swordfight that will take readers' breath away. Horatia Winwood is a plain girl with a stutter. When she rescues her sister from an undesired marriage to the Earl of Rule by proposi...

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Published: Feb 2009

The Obituary Writer: A Novel

Ann Hood

A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras.On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, str...

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Published: Oct 2013

King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel

Sharyn McCrumb

John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution; he was too busy fighting Indians in the Carolinas and taming the wilderness. But when an arrogant British officer threatens his settlement, the war becomes personal. ...

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Published: Sep 2014

Bittersweet: A Novel

Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough's new, romantic Australian novel about four unforgettable sisters taking their places in life during the tumultuous years after World War I is "just as epic as her ultra-romantic classic, The Thorn Birds" ...

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Published: May 2015

Caesar's Women

Colleen McCullough

His victories were legend -- in battle and bedchamber alike. Love was a political weapon he wielded cunningly and ruthlessly in his private war against enemies in the forum. Genius, general, patrician, Gaius Julius Caesar was history....

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Published: Nov 2008

Tim

Colleen McCullough

Mary Horton is content with her comfortable, solitary existence . . . until she meets Tim. A beautiful young man with the mind of a child -- a gentle outcast in a cruel, unbending world -- he illuminates the darkness of Mary's days wi...

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Published: Jul 1997

Vegas Rich

Fern Michaels

When Sallie Coleman abandons Texas to follow her dreams in Las Vegas, she never imagines she'll win so soon - and so big. But a stroke of luck makes her the richest, most powerful businesswoman in Nevada, and in no time at all her tra...

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Published: Jul 2001

The Winter Ghosts

Kate Mosse

Unabridged, 4 CDs, 5 hours Read by TBA By turns thrilling, poignant, and haunting, this is a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage.

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2011

Taking Liberties (Makepeace Hedley)

Diana Norman

In this follow-up to her debut, Diana Norman spins a vivid new tale of two women as they begin a journey through life, love, and liberty... In the chaos of wartime Plymouth, in the early days of the American Revolution, two women com...

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Published: Jun 2009

Blind Justice: A William Monk Novel

Anne Perry

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor a generation, Anne Perry's New York Times bestselling novels have invited readers to explore the brilliantly seductive heart of Victorian London, where great wealth and great evil live side by side, and great me...

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Published: Sep 2014

The Quarryman's Bride

Tracie Peterson

Peterson Hits the Bestseller Lists Again and Again!Emmalyne Knox and Tavin MacLachlan were destined to be together...until the tragic deaths of Emmalyne's youngest sisters. Family tradition mandates that the youngest daughter should ...

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Published: Jun 2013

Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome (N...

Steven Saylor

"May Steven Saylor's Roman empire never fall. A modern master of historical fiction, Saylor convincingly transports us into the ancient world...enthralling!" -USA Today on Roma Continuing the saga begun in his New York Times...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2010

A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Si...

Jeff Shaara

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERContinuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America's long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortre...

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Published: May 2014

Desert God CD: A Novel of Ancient Egy...

Wilbur Smith

Ex-slave. Philosopher. Chosen one. Taita has risen from nothing to become the most trusted man at the Pharaoh's side. Only he can plot a mission that will return Egypt to its former glory. Only he can muster the force that can break t...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2014

The Hidden Thread

Liz Trenow

The Hidden Thread is a breathtaking novel about the intricate craft of silk and the heartbreak of forbidden love.When Anna Butterfield's mother dies, she's sent to live with her uncle, a silk merchant in London, to make a good match a...

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Published: May 2017

Sacajawea (Lewis & Clark Expedition)

Anna Lee Waldo

Clad in a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushing forces of America's destiny: Sacajawea, child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark's historic trek -- beautiful spear of a dying na...

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Published: Jul 1984

The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel

Lisa Wingate

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Published: Jun 2021

The Boleyn Inheritance

Philippa Gregory

ANNE OF CLEVES: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a court ruled by the terror of a vengeful king who despises her. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusations and false witness. KATHERINE HOWARD...

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Published: Aug 2007

The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales.

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2006
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