Showing posts with label Historical Fiction. Show all posts
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Thursday, 22 December 2016

Daughter of York By Anne Easter Smith


Daughter of York
Title : Daughter of York
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ISBN : 0743277317
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 557




History tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York had everything any woman could want, except for love The acclaimed author of A Rose for the Crown takes us between the lines of history and into her heart

It is 1461 Edward, son of Richard of York, ascends to the throne, and his willful sister, Margaret, immediately becomes a pawn in European

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The Discarded Image By C.S. Lewis


The Discarded Image
Title : The Discarded Image
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ISBN : 0521477352
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 231




Hailed as the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind, this work paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, as historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance....

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Lady of the Glen By Jennifer Roberson


Lady of the Glen
Title : Lady of the Glen
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ISBN : 1575661292
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 413




The author of several robust historicals Lady of the Forest, 1992, etc presents a stirring if ultimately doleful drama concerned with the 1692 massacre of the Highland MacDonald clan a slaughter that took place during the campaign by King William III of England to subdue the fierce chiefs of Scotland Roberson s latest is an under two flags or under two plaids romanc The author of several robust historicals Lady of the Forest, 1992, etc presents a stirring if ultimately doleful drama concerned wi...

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Frances's Story (Quantock Quartet, #2) By Ruth Elwin Harris


Frances's Story (Quantock Quartet, #2)
Title : Frances's Story (Quantock Quartet, #2)
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ISBN : 0763617040
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 300




Originally published in Britain as The Beckoning Hills.Successful landscape artist Frances Purcell, burdened with responsibility for her three younger sisters and their English country home since their parents died in 1910, fears her art will suffer if she marries the man she has always loved....

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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

The Secret Life of Josephine By Carolly Erickson


The Secret Life of Josephine
Title : The Secret Life of Josephine
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ISBN : 031236735X
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 336




The bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette and The Last Wife of Henry VIII returns with an enchanting novel about one of the most seductive women in history Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon Born on the Caribbean island of Martinique, Josephine had anexotic Creole appeal that would ultimately propel her to reign over an empire as wife of t The bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette and The Last Wife of Henry VIII returns with an...

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Past Encounters By Davina Blake


Past Encounters
Title : Past Encounters
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ISBN : 1499568258
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 442




From the moment Rhoda Middleton opens one of her husband s letters and finds it is from another woman, she is convinced he is having an affair But when Rhoda tracks her down, she discovers the mysterious woman is not his lover after all, but the wife of his best friend, Archie Foster There is only one problem Rhoda has never even heard of Archie Foster Devastated by t From the moment Rhoda Middleton opens one of her husband s letters and finds it is from another woman, she is convinced he is hav...

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Wickett's Remedy By Myla Goldberg


Wickett's Remedy
Title : Wickett's Remedy
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ISBN : 1400078121
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 370




The triumphant follow up to the bestselling Bee Season, Wickett s Remedy is an epic but intimate novel about a young Irish American woman facing down tragedy during the Great Flu epidemic of 1918....

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Saturday, 17 December 2016

Finding Camlann By Sean Pidgeon


Finding Camlann
Title : Finding Camlann
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ISBN : 0393240150
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 350




An ancient poem and a mysterious burial inspire an enthralling historical and literary quest.Despite the wealth of scholarship that pretends to offer proof, archaeologist Donald Gladstone knows there is no solid evidence that a real King Arthur ever existed Still, the great popular tales spun by medieval historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, and embroidered by Chr tien de Troye An ancient poem and a mysterious burial inspire an enthralling historical and literary quest.Despite the wealth of scholarshi...

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The Tightrope Walkers By David Almond


The Tightrope Walkers
Title : The Tightrope Walkers
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ISBN : 0241003237
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 288




I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne Dominic Hall grows up in the sixties on a brand new estate, along with the other families who escaped the river But the Tyne is still an overwhelming presence, and most of the fathers work in the shipyards Dom is torn between his new mates Holly Stroud, his enchanting neighbour, and Vincent McAlinden, who s something el I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne Dominic Hall grows up in the sixties on a brand new estate, along with the other fam...

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Friday, 16 December 2016

The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1) By Alison Goodman


The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)
Title : The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)
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ISBN : 0670785474
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 482




New York Times bestseller Alison Goodman s eagerly awaited new project a Regency adventure starring a stylish and intrepid demon hunter London, April 1812 On the eve of eighteen year old Lady Helen Wrexhall s presentation to the queen, one of her family s housemaids disappears and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of t New York Times bestseller Alison Goodman s eagerly awaited new project a Regency adventure starring a stylish and intrepid...

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The Song of Achilles By Madeline Miller


The Song of Achilles
Title : The Song of Achilles
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ISBN : 1408816032
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 352




Greece in the age of heroes Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles Despite their difference, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper despite the displeasure of Achilles mother Thetis, a c Greece in the age of heroes Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles De...

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Rifles for Watie By Harold Keith


Rifles for Watie
Title : Rifles for Watie
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ISBN : 006447030X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 352




Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the Union volunteers It was 1861 in Linn County, Kansas, and Jeff was elated at the prospect of fighting for the North at last.In the Indian country south of Kansas there was dread in the air and the name, Stand Watie, was on every tongue A hero to the rebel, a devil to the Un Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the Union volunteers It was 1861 in Linn C...

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Saturdays are Gold By Pierre Van Rooyen


Saturdays are Gold
Title : Saturdays are Gold
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ISBN :
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 384




Pierre Van Rooyen s latest novel, Saturdays Are Gold, was nominated for The Guardian s Not the Booker Prize 2011 Set in 1940s Johannesburg, it explores the innocence of childhood in an adult world of prohibition, superstition, sorcery, divination, child abduction and muti murder Seven year old Maudie is kidnapped because she witnesses a muti murder and her brother, nine Pierre Van Rooyen s latest novel, Saturdays Are Gold, was nominated for The Guardian s Not the Booker Prize 2011 Set in 1940s Johannesbur...

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The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) By Sandra Gulland


The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)
Title : The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)
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ISBN : 1615547363
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 429




Since completing high school history, few of us have managed to keep straight the details of the French Revolution Beyond suggestions of eating cake and the effectiveness of the guillotine, this sordid time period has remained for many somewhat obscure Now, through the novel The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., not only do we learn of the many differences Since completing high school history, few of us have managed to keep straight the details of the French Revolution Beyond...

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The Confessions of Nat Turner By William Styron


The Confessions of Nat Turner
Title : The Confessions of Nat Turner
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ISBN : 0679736638
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 480




In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slaveryThe revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region The Confessions of Nat Turner is na In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective...

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Sunflower Forest By Torey L. Hayden


Sunflower Forest
Title : Sunflower Forest
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ISBN : 0380699222
Format : Mass Market Paperback
Number of Pages : 436




Lesley s Hungarian mother Mara charming, childlike, lovable was traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences Though her American husband and daughters try to live a normal life in Kansas, Mara holds them thrall to her moods and quirks Lesley struggles to understand, but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers.When Mara s psycho Lesley s Hungarian mother Mara charming, childlike, lovable was traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences Though her Ame...

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Death Coming Up the Hill By Chris Crowe


Death Coming Up the Hill
Title : Death Coming Up the Hill
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ISBN : 054430215X
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 208




It s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen year old Ashe His dogmatic, racist father married his passionate peace activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple like the situation in Vietnam has been engaged in a senseless war that could have been prevented.With the help of his high school history teacher, who dares to teach the politica It s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen year old Ashe His dogmatic, racist father married his passionate peace activis...

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