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An Arrangement of Sorts

Rebecca Connolly

He was intrigued... Nathaniel Hammond, Earl of Beverton, is working to restore his new estate and aid his tenants. But everything changes when he meets the beautiful and mysterious Moira Dennison, a bold young woman who offers to hir...

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Published: Jun 2015

Reign of Madness

Lynn Cullen

From the author of The Creation of Eve, "an intoxicating tale of love, betrayal and redemption,"*comes a novel of passion and madness, royal intrigue and marital betrayal, set during the Golden Age of Spain. Juana of Castil...

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Published: May 2012

The Persian Pickle Club 20th Annivers...

Sandra Dallas

It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club...

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Published: Sep 2014

Last Bus to Wisdom: A Novel

Ivan Doig

Named a Best Book of the Year by the Seattle Times and Kirkus ReviewThe final novel from a great American storyteller.Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig's beloved Tw...

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Published: Aug 2016

The Absentee

Maria Edgeworth

This important novel, written in 1812, was a work of social criticism that raised people's consciousness about the evils of absentee landlords, specifically the English in Ireland. The story involves the efforts of young Lord Colambre...

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Published: May 2000

Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A ...

Jamie Ford

From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel, inspired by a true story, about a boy whose life is transformed at Seattle's epic 1909 World's Fair."An evocative, heartfelt, beautifu...

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Published: Jun 2018

Drums of Autumn (Starz Tie-in Edition...

Diana Gabaldon

"Unforgettable characters . . . richly embroidered with historical detail . . . I just can't put it down."—The Cincinnati PostIn this breathtaking novel, rich in history and adventure, #1 New York Times bestselling author ...

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Published: Oct 2018

The Girl from the Savoy

Hazel Gaynor

Presenting a dazzling new historical novel … The Girl From The Savoy is as sparkling as champagne and as thrilling as the era itself.'Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown …'Dolly Lane is ...

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Published: Jun 2016

People of the Longhouse (North Americ...

W. Michael Gear

Six hundred years ago in what would become the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, five Iroquois tribes were locked in bitter warfare. From the ashes of violence, a great Peacemaker was born…Young Odion and his littl...

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Published: Feb 2011

The Dawn Country: A People of the Lon...

W. Michael Gear

Young Wrass is still being held captive, along with several other children, in Gannajero's camp. Wrass knows he can't wait to be rescued. He has to organize the children for an assault on Gannajero's warriors.  Even if he dies, someo...

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Published: Nov 2011

The Fortune Hunter: A Novel

Daisy Goodwin

The Fortune Hunter, the New York Times bestselling novel by Daisy Goodwin, is a lush, irresistible story of the public lives and private longings of grand historical figures. Empress Elizabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, is the Princes...

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Published: Apr 2015

A Darcy Christmas

Amanda Grange

From two bestselling and a debut author comes heartwarming Christmas tales sure to delight Jane Austen fansFrom Amanda Grange, the bestselling author of Mr. Darcy's Diary and Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, Christmas finds the Darcy's celebrating...

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Published: Oct 2010

The Beantown Girls

Jane Healey

A novel of love, courage, and danger unfolds as World War II's brightest heroines—the best of friends—take on the front lines.1944: Fiona Denning has her entire future planned out. She'll work in city hall, marry her fiance when h...

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Published: Feb 2019

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft

Thor Heyerdahl

Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled...

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Published: May 1990

Trail of Thread: A Woman's Westward J...

Linda K. Hubalek

Taste the dust of the road and feel the wind in your face as you travel with a Kentucky family by wagon trail to the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In the form of letters she wrote on the journey, Deborah Pieratt describes the scene...

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Published: Jun 1995

The Abbot's Tale: A Novel

Conn Iggulden

From New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden comes a new novel set in the red-blooded days of Anglo-Saxon England. This is the original game for the English throne.In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred...

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Published: Oct 2019

Wars of the Roses: Stormbird

Conn Iggulden

The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden's brilliant new historical series about two families that plunged England into a devastating, decades-long civil war.In 1437, the Lancaster king Henry VI ascends th...

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Published: May 2015

Turn the Stars Upside Down: The Last ...

Terry C. Johnston

For more than a decade one man struck fear in the hearts of U.S. soldiers on the frontier: Crazy horse, the great Oglala Sioux leader, who destroyed Custer at Little Big Horn, fought Crook toe-to-toe at the Rosebud, and outwitted and ...

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Published: Jun 2002

Little Century: A Novel

Anna Keesey

"Anna Keesey's debut novel hums with raw energy: its youthful heroine's, the small town around which the ranches lie, and the new century that's just unfolding....Exhilarating."—The Boston Globe In the tradition of such We...

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Published: Jul 2013

The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.: A ...

Lee Kravetz

The Millions Most Anticipated Pick and A GMAMarch Reads Pick “Lee Kravetz has created a bit of a miracle, a plot-driven literary puzzle box whose mystery lives in both its winding approach to history and its wonderous story. It...

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Published: Mar 2023

Finding Dorothy: A Novel

Elizabeth Letts

This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud."A breathtaking read that will transport you ove...

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Published: Dec 2019

The Violin Maker's Daughter: Absolute...

Sharon Maas

When the Nazis march onto the cobbled streets of Colmar on November 1st 1940, Josef, a Jewish violin maker, gathers his wife and daughters closely to him and tells them everything will be all right. But one year later, three sharp kno...

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Published: Jul 2019

The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel ...

Madeline Martin

“An irresistible tale which showcases the transformative power of literacy, reminding us of the hope and sanctuary our neighborhood bookstores offer during the perilous trials of war and unrest.” —KIM MICHELE RICH...

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Published: Apr 2021

Three Sisters

Heather Morris

From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story. Against all o...

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Published: Sep 2022

Miss Emily

Nuala O'Connor

The American debut of an award-winning Irish writer that brings to life Emily Dickinson and will enthrall fans of Longbourn and Mrs. Poe Nuala O'Connor's enchanting American debut novel, Miss Emily, reimagines the private life of Emil...

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Published: Jul 2015

Sacrilege

S. J. Parris

London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. Instead, he is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he wa...

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Published: Feb 2013

Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel

Allison Pataki

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of Philippa Gregory, Paula McLain, and Daisy Goodwin comes a sweeping and powerful novel by Allison Pataki. Sisi tells the little-known story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, the Pri...

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Published: Feb 2017

The Secret Orphan

Glynis Peters

Keep her secret Keep her safeOn the 14th November 1940, Hitler's bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young girl is saved…This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilien...

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Published: Jul 2019

The Lost Queen

Signe Pike

"Outlander meets Camelot" (Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers) in the first book of an exciting historical trilogy that reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a powerful and, until now, tragically forgotten queen of ...

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Published: May 2019

The Lion and the Rose

Kate Quinn

From the national bestselling author of The Serpent and the Pearl comes the continuing saga of the ruthless family that holds all of Rome in its grasp, and the three outsiders thrust into their twisted web of blood and deceit . . . ...

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Published: Jan 2014
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