With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settles into a new sort of normal: Evacuees from London are billeted in local homes. Nightly air raids become grimly mundane. The tighten...
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adve...
Michael ChabonMichael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, sprang from an early passion for the derring-do and larger-than-life heroes of classic comic books. Now, once more mining the rich past, Ch...
A page-turning novel of honor, intrigue, treachery, and love, continuing the story of England's greatest knight of the Middle Ages, William Marshal. Bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick, "an author who makes historical fiction c...
The Empty Throne: A Novel (Saxon Tale...
Bernard CornwellThis eighth entry in New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell's epic Saxon Tales series brings to life the harrowing and turbulent tale of a nation torn apart by sectarian and religious strife, a political struggle dominated...
To Be Queen of the Early Life of Elea...
Christy EnglishThe author of The Queen's Pawn delves into the early life of the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine in her new historical novel. After her father's sudden death, fifteen-year-old Eleanor is quickly crowned Duchess of Aquitaine and betrot...
1845: New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City forever… Timothy Wilde tends bar, saving every dollar in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. Bu...
In an age when Norse invaders threaten Scottish civilization, one woman will defend her clan's honor and claim her own exceptional destiny.1263: As the Highland village of Somerstrath prepares for the joyous wedding of Margaret MacDon...
The Queen's Vow of Isabella of Castil...
C. W. GortnerC.W. Gortner's gripping novel follows young Isabella of Castile in her dramatic and turbulent ascent to power, transforming from the defiant, passionate daughter of an exiled widow into the famed warrior-queen who irrevocably changed ...
Where the Lost Wander: A Novel
Amy HarmonIn this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss. The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eage...
In a gripping historical novel of suspense and romance from the national bestselling author of The Queen's Governess, two women fight to defeat the enemies of the precarious Tudor monarchy by uncovering the secrets of the dead...div ...
An ambitious young woman, Alice Verney risks everything for pride and status as she deals with the political intrigues, private passions, shifting alliances, and social machinations of the Restoration court of King Charles II. By the ...
London, 1527. Marry or serve: for Honor Larke, the choice is clear. Unwilling to perish of boredom as an obedient wife, she leaves the home of her ward, the brilliant Sir Thomas More, to attend Her Majesty, Queen Catherine of Aragon. ...
I sentence you, Mr. Weaver, to be hanged for the most horrible crime of murder.' Hearing that judicial decree, Benjamin Weaver--former pugilist, current 'thief-taker,' and future master of disguise--begins one of the sorriest days of ...
DIV"[Anne] Perry's Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are] an annual treat," declared IThe Wall Street Journal. Perry continues this magnificent tradition with IA Christmas Garland, a yuletide tale set in exotic India. This ...
A fictional portrait of the doomed Mary Stuart follows the beautiful, clever, and Catholic queen of Scotland from her return to a Protestant Scotland from France, through her disastrous marriages, to the intrigues and political machin...
"Absorbing and arresting." —New York Times "Fascinating and factual." —Los Angeles Times "Chilly, witty, and completely engrossing ... great, good fun." — Kirkus Reviews "An outstanding histori...
The Fire Kimono: A Thriller (Sano Ich...
Laura Joh RowlandJapan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war.When a long-buried skeleton with mysterious links to the sho...
"I suppose I ought to warn you at the outset that my present circumstances are puzzling, even to me. Nevertheless, I am sure of this much: My little story has become your history. You won't really understand your times until you ...
Anguished by death. Driven by revenge. Bryony Russell and her two sisters are left destitute by the disgrace and unexpected death of their father, a wealthy shipping magnate. He left a cryptic note, and Bryony is determined to find th...
The Secret History: A Novel of Empres...
Stephanie ThorntonWhere Theodora went, trouble followed . In sixth-centuryConstantinople, one woman, Theodora, defied every convention and all the odds and rose from common theater tart to empress of a great kingdom, the most powerful woman the Roman...
The Booker shortlisted novel that "restored the historical novel to its rightful place of honor" (New York Times).Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is give...
The year is 1883 and following a whirlwind courtship, seventeen-year-old Copper Brown finds herself living in the bustling city of Lexington, KY, far away from her beloved mountain home, newly married to a man she barely knows. Having...
After a night of intense passion, beautiful heiress Daphne MacLeod left Norris Sutherland without so much as a backward glance. Norris, the son of a very powerful Earl, is used to getting what he wants — and right now, he wants Daph...
A captivating cross-generational novel from German author Mina Baites about a Jewish family divided by World War II and an inheritance with the power to bring them back together.1914. For Paul, with love. Jewish silversmith Johann Blu...
The Trouble with Being a Duke: At the...
Sophie BarnesThe Trouble With Being a Duke by Sophie Barnes has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
From blockbuster bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a stunning saga of love and loyalty set in early twentieth-century England. Cavendon Hall is home to the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. But after t...
This is a reprint of the first sequel ever written to any of Jane Austen's books. It weaves favorite characters from all six of Jane Austen's novels into a riotous, but pleasurable story. As with all of Jane Austen's stories, this has...
"Richly detailed setting, heart-stopping plot, and unforgettable characters." —Deanna Raybourn, New York Times bestselling authorAs the Civil War rages between the states, a courageous pair of spies plunge fearlessly int...
Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley,seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to cal...
In the cobbled streets outside Newgate Prison, the common and desperate of London gather regularly to enjoy the spectacle of human necks broken at the end of a hangman's rope.For Rider Sandman, newly returned from the Napoleonic Wars,...