Historical - General

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Rando...

Lisa See

Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.In nineteenth-century C...

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Published: Feb 2006

Sharpe's Regiment (#8) (Sharpe's Adve...

Bernard Cornwell

Major Sharpe should be fighting the French -- but his worst enemies are in England...Major Richard Sharpe's men were in mortal danger -- not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements could be brough...

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Published: Oct 2001

Waterloo (#11) (Sharpe's Adventures)

Bernard Cornwell

Just as Sharpe comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe once again plays a pivotal role in the outco...

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Published: Nov 2001

Queenmaker of King David's Queen

India Edghill

For over forty years, Michal lived and reigned in David's court. She was the beautiful and proud daughter of King Saul and the prize David would risk his kingdom to win. Behind the palace doors, beneath the burning sun of the desert, ...

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Published: Jan 2003

Child of the Morning

Pauline Gedge

Based closely on historical events, this sensuously beautiful, astonishingly evocative novel tells the story of one of history's most remarkable women—the first female Pharaoh of Egypt. Thirty-five centuries ago, Hatshepsut, the y...

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Published: Apr 2010

The Chaperone

Laura Moriarty

The New York Times bestseller and the USA Today #1 Hot Fiction Pick for the summer, The Chaperone is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922 and the summer that wou...

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Published: Jun 2013

These Tangled Threads (Bells of Lowel...

Tracie Peterson

Book 3 of Bells of Lowell. Timid yet alluring Daughtie Winfield finds herself in a precarious position when the new doctor casts his favor upon her. Though flattered by his attention, she is drawn to Liam Donohue, a local Irish artisa...

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Published: Sep 2003

To the Last Man of the First World Wa...

Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the w...

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Published: Aug 2005

Daughters of the Witching Hill

Mary Sharratt

InDaughters of the Witching Hill, Mary Sharratt brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching novel of strong women, family and betrayal inspired by the 1612 Pendle witch trials.Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow, lives with her ...

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Published: Jan 2011

The Shadow Sister: Book Three

Lucinda Riley

"Riley's engaging and mezmerizing story of self-discovery and love...can be perfectly read as a standalone. This book will appeal to readers of Edwardian novels and Jane Austen-style fiction." —Library Journal (starred review)“[Lu...

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Published: Jan 2018

In the Shadow of Lady Jane (Richard S...

Edward Charles

It is April 1551. While the family of Lord Henry Grey are visiting their Devon estate, the Grey sisters are saved from drowning by a local medical apprentice, Richard Stocker. Little does Richard know that this single act will plunge ...

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Published: Nov 2008

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: A Novel

Jennifer Chiaverini

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's compelling historical novel unveils the private lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln through the perspective of the First Lady's most trusted confidante and friend, her dressmaker, ...

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Published: Sep 2013

Sharpe's Escape: Richard Sharpe and t...

Bernard Cornwell

In this installment in the long and eventful career of his perennial hero, Bernard Cornwell sends Captain Sharpe to Portugal, where he must protect the city of Lisbon from the ravening French army under Napoleon. Before long, not only...

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Published: May 2006

Bette (Women of Ivy Manor)

Lyn Cote

Award-winning author Lyn Cote continues her series about four generations of women set against the tapestry of the 20th century. Elizabeth Bette Leigh Black comes of age in the years before WW II. Although money is scarce in the after...

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Published: Sep 2005

The Gilded Hour

Sara Donati

The international bestselling author of Into the Wilderness makes her highly anticipated return with a remarkable epic about two female doctors in nineteenth-century New York.  The year is 1883, and in New York City, Anna Savard and ...

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Published: May 2016

The Favored Queen of Henry VIII's Thi...

Carolly Erickson

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, who married him only days after the execution of Anne Boleyn and ultimately lost...

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Published: Aug 2012

Yellow Wife: A Novel

Sadeqa Johnson

A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Christian Science Monitor Called “wholly engrossing” by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this “fully immersive” (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Befo...

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Published: Jan 2022

The Town House (The Suffolk Trilogy)

Norah Lofts

Can a house built from the ashes of tragedy ever be a place of lasting happiness? Can the hereditary mix of wild gypsy lore, fierce independence, magic and mystery truly settle in a respectable home? The Town House is the first in Nor...

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Published: Aug 2013

Quakertown

Lee Martin

In Quakertown, award-winning author Lee Martin travels back to 1920s Texas to tell the story of a flourishing black community that was segregated from its white neighbors-and of the remarkable gardener, Little Washington Jones, who wa...

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Published: Jul 2002

Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome...

Colleen McCullough

A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of The Thorn BirdsIn this breathtaking follow-up to The October Horse, Colleen McCullough turns her attention to the legendary romance of Antony and Cleopatra, and in this...

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Published: Dec 2008

The Daughters of Ireland

Santa Montefiore

Ireland. 1925. The war is over. But life will never be the same..."Everything Santa Montefiore writes, she writes from the heart," says JOJO MOYES. See why in this unforgettable story of love, loss, and life, perfect for fan...

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Published: Aug 2017

The Girl in the Castle

Santa Montefiore

International sensation Santa Montefiore presents the first book in a trilogy that follows three Irish women through the decades of the twentieth century—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Hazel Gaynor.Born on the ninth day of the ...

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Published: Sep 2016

The Shining Badge (House of Winslow)

Gilbert Morris

Jennifer Winslow had known only the finest life had to offer--until her family lost everything in the crash of '29. Moving from New York to a small farm in Georgia, Jenny struggles to adapt to her tough new life. Then, through a start...

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Published: Mar 2004

The Traitor's Wife

Allison Pataki

A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind America's most infamous act of treason.Everyone knows Benedict Arnold—the infamous Revolutionary War General who betra...

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Published: Feb 2014

Somewhere in France

Jennifer Robson

In the dark and dangerous days of World War I, a daring young woman will risk her life to find her destinyLady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the stifling restric...

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Published: Jan 2014

Promise Bridge

Eileen Clymer Schwab

A powerful debut novel of friendship, love, and family set in the segregated pre-Civil War South. "This is a promise bridge, and it bridges a promise flowing from your heart to mine. It can't never be broken...the promise is part...

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Published: Jul 2010

The Steel Wave of World War II

Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara, America's premier author of military historical fiction, brings us the centerpiece of his epic trilogy of the Second World War. General Dwight Eisenhower once again commands a diverse army that must find its single purpos...

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Published: May 2009

Girl Waits with Gun

Amy Stewart

A National Bestseller A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA September 2015 Indie Next PickA Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book of 2015, Fall/WinterOne of USA Today's "New and Noteworthy"One of New York Post's "Must-Read&q...

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Published: May 2016

Ruled Brittania

Harry Turtledove

In this alternate England during the Elizabethan era, William Shakespeare must write a play that will incite the citizens to rise against the Spanish Monarchy that rules them...

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Published: Sep 2003

The Beekeeper's Promise

Fiona Valpy

Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman's story, a stor...

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Published: May 2018
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