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The Golden Ocean

Patrick O'Brian

Commodore (late Admiral) Anson's fatefaul circumnavigation of the globe in 1740, wherein Anson and his men encounter disaster, disease, and astonishing success, is the ground to The Golden Ocean. Here ia a tale certain to please not o...

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Published: Oct 1996

The Book of Lost Names

Kristin Harmel

“A fascinating, heartrending page-turner that, like the real-life forgers who inspired the novel, should never be forgotten.” —Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday Inspired by ...

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Published: Mar 2021

The Saint: A Highland Guard Novel

Monica McCarty

Robert the Bruce consolidates lands and loyalty in a bold war for Scotland's independence, as his elite team of warriors, the Highland Guard, fight for king, country . . . and love. Magnus MacKay is the ultimate Highlander: tough, pr...

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Published: Mar 2012

Shadows of the Canyon (Desert Roses)

Tracie Peterson

Book 1 of the Desert Roses series. Working as a Harvey Girl at the luxury resort of El Tovar, located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, Alexandra Keegan feels she is in a dream come true. But when her father's indiscretions come t...

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Published: Aug 2002

War of the Rats

David L. Robbins

The Battle of Stalingrad, perhaps the single most critical and certainly one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, is a great setting for a historical thriller, and in WAR OF THE RATS David L. Robbins has made good use of its pote...

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Published: Jun 2000

The Firebird

Susanna Kearsley

Nicola Marter was born with a gift. When she touches an object, she sometimes glimpses those who have owned it before. When a woman arrives with a small wooden carving at the gallery Nicola works at, she can see the object's history a...

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Published: Jun 2013

Mr. Darcy's Daughters

Elizabeth Aston

Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE fame, produce five daughters, who are the heroines of this Jane Austen spinoff. The girls are in need of wealthy husbands, of course, but each of them in turn is faced with an ob...

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Published: May 2003

The Last Great Dance on Earth

Sandra Gulland

The Last Great Dance on Earth is the triumphant final volume of Sandra Gulland's beloved trilogy based on the life of Josephine Bonaparte. When the novel opens, Josephine and Napoleon have been married for four tumultuous years. Napol...

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Published: Nov 2000

The Aviator's Wife: A Novel

Melanie Benjamin

In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. "The histo...

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Published: Nov 2013

The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel

Monica McCarty

Scotland's King Robert the Bruce is retaking his kingdom from the invading English. To win, he'll need all the grit and courage of his elite band of warriors, the Highland Guard, men who fight without fear and love without limits.b  ...

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Published: Oct 2012

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 Yankee Widow

Linda Lael Miller

A richly layered, emotional novel about one woman's courage and the choices she must make in the face of a dangerous war. Caroline, the young wife of Jacob, is raising their daughter on their Gettysburg farm while her husband is awa...

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Published: Apr 2020

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Time, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Slate, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vox, Variety, Christian Science Monitor, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Dallas Mo...

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Published: Jul 2020

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

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

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

The Lost Apothecary: A Novel

Sarah Penner

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed Most Anticipated of 2021 by Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Hello! magazine, Oprah.com, Bustle, Popsugar, Betches, Sweet July, and GoodReads!March 2021 Indie Next Pick and #1 LibraryReads Pick&ldquo...

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Published: Feb 2022

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 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
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