Historical - General

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The Taming of the Queen

Philippa Gregory

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel of passion and power at the court of a medieval killer, a riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII's sixth wife Kateryn Parr.Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secr...

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Published: Apr 2016

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

Unabridged CDs • 14 CDs, 18 hoursAbundantly atmospheric and elegantly told, The Little Stranger is Sarah Waters's most thrilling and ambitious novel yet.

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Published: May 2010

King's Fool: A Notorious King, His Si...

Margaret Campbell Barnes

More than 2 million copies of Margaret Camell Barnes' novels have been sold worldwide. First published in 1959 by world-renowned historical novelist Margaret Camell Barnes, King's Fool is a remarkable insider tale of the intrigue, rut...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Master

Colm Toibin

If Leon Edel's five-volume life of Henry James is the literary equivalent of a vast but perfectly articulated symphony, this novel can best be described as a series of brilliant Ttudes based on themes derived from it....T=ibfn is rem...

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Published: May 2005

Death of Kings

Bernard Cornwell

p The latest chapter in the epic saga of the making of England, magnificently brought to life by "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), Bernard Cornwell. As the ninth century wanes, Alfred the Great lies dyi...

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Published: Aug 2012

The Taming of the Queen

Philippa Gregory

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen, a riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII's sixth wife Kateryn Parr, the first English queen to publish under her own name.Why wou...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2015

The Boston Girl: A Novel

Anita Diamant

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of young Jewish woman growing up in...

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Published: Dec 2014

The Evening and the Morning: A Novel ...

Ken Follett

#1 New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of 2020   The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth—set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages "Just as transporting as [The...

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Published: Aug 2022

A Silent Ocean Away: Colette's Domini...

Deva Gantt

Charmaine Ryan knows only poverty and pain growing up. In the wake of a horrifying tragedy, she seeks a new life, and fate leads her into the private world of the wealthy Duvoisin clan. At first, it seems as if nothing terrible could ...

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Published: Oct 2008

The King's Curse (Cousins' War)

Philippa Gregory

The final novel in the Cousins' War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling authorand "the queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) Philippa Gregory tells ...

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Published: Aug 2014

City of Secrets (A Counterfeit Lady N...

Victoria Thompson

The latest book in the exciting series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles—from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Elizabeth Miles knows that honesty is not always the best policy when it comes...

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Published: Sep 2019

The Cavendon Luck: A Novel (Cavendon ...

Barbara Taylor Bradford

#1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford’s magnificent saga continues. What does fate have in store for the aristocratic Inghams and the loyal Swann family who have served them for centuries? THE CAVENDON LUCK I...

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Published: Jan 2017

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular cha...

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Published: Nov 2008

Fall of Giants: Book One of the Centu...

Ken Follett

Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins, as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh bo...

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Published: Sep 2012

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

WINNER OF THE 2009 MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be de...

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Published: Aug 2010

Imperium of Ancient Rome

Robert Harris

A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Marcus Cicero's confidential secretary, traces the life of the famous ancient Roman orator and philosopher from his beginnings as a radical young lawyer through his competitions with such figur...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2006

Murder Most Royal: The Story of Anne ...

Jean Plaidy

Rich historical details vividly capture the splendor, treachery, and intrigues of Tudor England in a novel that intertwines the stories of Anne Boleyn and her younger cousin, Catherine Howard, both of whom found tragedy as the wife of...

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Published: Jan 2006

Fortune's Rocks

Anita Shreve

[P]leasantly atmospheric....Olympia leaps out in sharp focus from the first page, but the conscientiously tangled plodding and the muddle it provokes in her show the strain of transplanting a millennial sensibility back a hundred year...

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Published: Jan 2001

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Maggie O'Farrell

In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never kn...

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Published: Jun 2008

Once Upon a Tartan

Grace Burrowes

"Burrowes delivers red-hot chemistry with a masterful mix of playfulness and sensuality." —Publishers WeeklyHonor or happiness-he can't have both. Tiberius Flynn travels to Scot land with orders to snatch his young niece a...

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Published: Aug 2013

The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla: ...

Lauren Willig

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED! In the latest Pink Carnation novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig, rumors spreading among the ton turn deadly as a young couple unites to solve a mystery....  In October of 1806, the...

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Published: Aug 2014

Speaking from Among the Bones: A Flav...

Alan Bradley

From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as "one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature."  Eleven-year-old ...

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Published: Feb 2013

The Dollhouse

Fiona Davis

"Rich both in twists and period detail, this tale of big-city ambition is impossible to put down."—People Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous Barbizon Hotel fo...

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Published: Jul 2017

The Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and T...

Philippa Gregory

The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen.Jane Grey was queen of England for...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2017

Obasan

Joy Kogawa

Based on the author's own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.

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Published: Dec 1993

Stella Bain

Anita Shreve

An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve.When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and h...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2013

The Award

Danielle Steel

Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellers―Danielle Steel's finest, mo...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2016

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne R...

Anne Rice

Presents a new novel by the author of Interview with the Vampire, incorporating the latest New Testament scholarship to chronicle the life of Jesus Christ, from his early years, through his ministry, through his final days, crucifixio...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2005

The Lost Girls of Paris

Pam Jenoff

Cosmopolitan best book club book of 2019PopSugar must-read book of 2019"Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win th...

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Published: Feb 2019

The Widow's War

Sally Gunning

When Lyddie Berry's husband is lost in a whaling disaster, she becomes the dependent of her nearest male relative, her ruthless son-in-law, who tries to take everything she and her husband had worked for, but as Lyddie's social and le...

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Published: Feb 2007
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