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The White Queen

Philippa Gregory

THE COUSINS' WARBook One Philippa Gregory, 'the queen of royal fiction,'*presents the first of a new series set amid thedeadly feuds of England known as theWars of the Roses. BROTHER TURNS ON BROTHER to win the ultimate prize, t...

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Published: Aug 2009

Lilac Girls: A Novel

Martha Hall Kelly

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of The Nightingale and Sarah's Key, inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love...

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Published: Feb 2017

Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy)

Ken Follett

Follett's 'World Without End' was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. 'Fall of Giants' is his magnificent new historical epic.

Abridged CD
Published: Sep 2010

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

The Chaperone

Laura Moriarty

On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jul 2012

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

Sword Song: The Battle for London

Bernard Cornwell

The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Warrior by instinct and Viking by nature, Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, ha...

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Published: Jan 2009

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 Land of Painted Caves: Earth's Ch...

Jean M. Auel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this, the extraordinary conclusion of the ice-age epic series, Earth's Children®, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Ayla has been...

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Published: Nov 2011

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...

Paperback
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.

Paperback
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

Regeneration

Pat Barker

Regeneration, one in Pat Barker's series of novels confronting the psychological effects of World War I, focuses on treatment methods during the war and the story of a decorated English officer sent to a military hospital after public...

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Published: Jul 1993

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows: A Flavia d...

Alan Bradley

It's Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce—an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry and a penchant for crime-solving—is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But sh...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2011

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 Taming of the Queen

Philippa Gregory

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen, a riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII's sixth wife Kateryn Parr, the first English queen to publish under her own name.Why wou...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2015

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 Mauritius Command

Patrick O'Brian

Ashore without a command--and on half-pay to boot--Jack Aubrey's prayers are answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him. The two men have been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope to dislodge the...

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Published: May 1991

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...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2020

The Boston Girl: A Novel

Anita Diamant

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of young Jewish woman growing up in...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2014

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

The King's Curse (Cousins' War)

Philippa Gregory

The final novel in the Cousins' War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling authorand "the queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) Philippa Gregory tells ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2014

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

The Ionian Mission

Patrick O'Brian

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, veterans now of many battles, return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But a sudden turn of events takes them off on a hazardous mission to the Greek isles, where they are...

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Published: Jan 1992

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...

Paperback
Published: Nov 2008
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