Historical - General

1141-1170 of 1801

Netherwood

Jane Sanderson

Two remarkably different worlds—one of wealth and privilege, the other of poverty and desperation—are about to collide in one shattering moment in this mesmerizing tale of high drama, forbidden love, and families fighting to hold ...

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Published: Dec 2013

No Less Than Victory of WWII

Jeff Shaara

No Less Than Victory is the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaara's soaring World War II trilogy, revealing the European war's unforgettable and harrowing final act.After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Alli...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2009

The Smoke at Dawn: A Novel of the Civ...

Jeff Shaara

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows so well, with the latest novel in the series that started with A Blaze of Glory and A Chain of Thunder. In The Smoke at Dawn, the last great push of the ...

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Published: May 2015

The Young Clementina

D. E. Stevenson

Love, Loss, and Love Again...Charlotte Dean enjoys nothing more than the solitude of her London flat and the monotonous days of her work at a travel bookshop. But when her younger sister unceremoniously bursts into her quiet life one ...

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Published: Jul 2013

City of Glory of War and Desire in Ol...

Beverly Swerling

Set against the dramatic backdrop of America's second war for independence, Beverly Swerling's gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved City of Dreams plunges deep into the crowded streets of old New York. Poised betw...

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Published: Jan 2008

Saint Patrick's Battalion

James Alexander Thom

* Mp3 CD Format *. A stirring fictional account of the amazing real-life story of John Riley, an Irishman who led his men to desert the American military during the Mexican-American War, as seen through the eyes of two memorable narra...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Nov 2006

The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vasquez

* National Bestseller* Hailed by Edmund White as "a brilliant new novel" on the cover of the New York Times Book Review * One of NPR's 6 Best Books of the Summer * Esquire recommends The Sound of Things Falling"if y...

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Published: Jun 2014

The Golden Age

Gore Vidal

A vivid, kaleidoscopic fictional narrative of American history from 1939 to 1954 follows the seminal events--World War II and the Cold War--and personalities that transformed America from a republic to an empire, as seen through the e...

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Published: Sep 2001

Long Live the King

Fay Weldon

From the award-winning writer of the original Upstairs Downstairs—the second novel in an irresistible trilogy about an Earl's family and his servants at the turn of the twentieth century. As 1901 comes to an end, there is much to...

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Published: May 2013

The Nickel Boys: A Novel

Colson Whitehead

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American histor...

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Published: Jul 2019

Augustus

John Williams

A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memo...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2011

Stonehenge

Bernard Cornwell

Whatever the period, count on Cornwell to serve up the details on which verisimilitude thrives. Lots of that here, maybe more than required, but it's a sturdy story, too--an ancient sibling rivalry full of enough blood and thunder to ...

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Published: May 2001

Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Con...

Emma Tennant

As Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice comes to a close, Elizabeth Bennet proudly announces her engagement to Mr. Darcy, boasting, “We are to be the happiest couple in the world.” But after the nuptials, ...

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Published: Aug 2006

The Rose Labyrinth

Titania Hardie

From bestselling British author Titania Hardie comes a mystical fiction debut that takes readers on a romantic journey from Elizabethan England to modern-day London where a centuries-old secret awaits. Before his death in 1609, Queen ...

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Published: Sep 2009

Far Side of the World (Aubrey Maturin...

Patrick O'Brian

The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Stephen Maturin has orders of ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2006

The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Ann...

Jean Plaidy

In 1470, a reluctant Lady Anne Neville is betrothed by her father, the politically ambitious Earl of Warwick, to Edward, Prince of Wales. A gentle yet fiercely intelligent woman, Anne has already given her heart to the prince’s ...

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Published: Aug 2007

To Hold the Crown: The Story of King ...

Jean Plaidy

From exile and war to love and loss—every dynasty has a beginning.Henry Tudor was not born to the throne of England. Having come of age in a time of political turmoil and danger, the man who would become Henry VII spent fourteen yea...

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Published: Oct 2008

Triangle

Katharine Weber

By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role remains mysterious: How did she survive? Are the gaps in her story just...

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Published: May 2007

The Cat of Bubastes

G. A. Henty

In 1250 B.C. the teenaged son of the Egyptian high priest sets off a series of harrowing events when he accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes and, accompanied by his sister and two foreign slaves, embarks on a dangerous journe...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Sep 2002

Park Lane

Frances Osborne

The bestselling author of The Bolter returns with a delicious novel about two determined women whose lives collide in the halls of a pedigreed London town home. When eighteen-year-old Grace Carlisle arrives in London in 1914, she's u...

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Published: Jun 2012

The Exchange of Princesses

Chantal Thomas

Set in the French and Spanish courts of the eighteenth century, this novel is based on a true story about the fate of two young princesses caught in the intrigues and secrets of the moment Philippe d'Orleans, the regent of France, ha...

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Published: Jul 2015

The House Girl Low Price CD

Tara Conklin

The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia.Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2013

Mary Anne

Daphne du Maurier

The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for 'Daphne du Maurier has no equal.' Sunday Telegraph ' Likely to rank as the author's best book.' Saturday Review 'This novel catches fire.' N...

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Published: Oct 2009

The Flight of the Falcon

Daphne du Maurier

The author of the bestselling Rebecca delivers a novel of good and evil, in a haunted town in Italy whose distant and terrifying past comes alive again, five centuries later. Twenty-five years ago, Armino Fabbio left his Italian home...

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Published: Mar 2010

Last King of Scotland

Giles Foden

No, we're not talking Bonnie Prince Charlie here. The title character of Giles Foden's debut novel, The Last King of Scotland, is none other than Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda. Told from the viewpoint of Nicholas Garrigan, ...

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Published: Nov 2006

Lucrezia Borgia and the Mother of Poi...

Roberta Gellis

Fleeing Rome in the wake of dark rumors of incest, lust, and murder, Lucrezia Borgia finds refuge in a loveless marriage to Alfonso, duke of Ferrara, only to be accused of the poisoning death of Bianca Tedaldo, one of her ladies in wa...

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Published: Aug 2004

The Light Bearer

Donna Gillespie

On the day of her birth, Auriane received a mysterious amulet from a priestess-and a doubleedged prophecy of doom and glory. The daughter of a Germanic tribal chieftain, Auriane witnessed unspeakable horrors committed against her peop...

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Published: Sep 1994

Heading Out to Wonderful

Robert Goolrick

It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the valley of Virginia. All he has with him are two s...

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Published: Jan 2013

Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow of M...

Juliet Grey

A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France's most legendary and notorious queen.Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eigh...

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Published: Aug 2012

I Was Anastasia

Ariel Lawhon

Ariel Lawhon, a rising star in historical suspense, unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's fifty-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the beloved daughter, revered icon, and Russian grand d...

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Published: Feb 2019
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