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1321-1350 of 1801

Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Ear...

Amy Belding Brown

A historical novel based on the life of Mary Rowlandson"An authentic drama of Indian captivity…A compelling, emotionally gripping tale."-Eliot Pattison, author of the Mystery of Colonial America seriesShe suspects that she ...

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Published: Jul 2014

Cinnamon and Gunpowder

Eli Brown

The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by a beautiful yet ruthless pirate. He will be spared, Mad Hannah Mabbot tells him, as long as he can conjure an exquisite meal every Sunday from the ship's meag...

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Published: Jun 2014

Summerset Abbey

T. J. Brown

1913: In a sprawling manor on the outskirts of London, three young women seek to fulfill their destinies and desires amidst the unspoken rules of society and the distant rumblings of war. . . . Rowena Buxton Sir Philip Buxton raised t...

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Published: Apr 2013

The Sisterhood

Helen Bryan

Reeling from a broken engagement, adopted nineteen-year-old Menina Walker flees to Spain to bury her misery by writing her overdue college thesis — and soon finds herself on an unexpected journey into the past. The subject of her st...

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Published: Apr 2013

A Dark and Lonely Place

Edna Buchanan

A Dark and Lonely Place poses the question: can we change our destiny, or must our lives always end the same way? In Miami, Police Detective Sgt. John Ashley hunts a woman linked to a murdered millionaire and finds she is the girl ...

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Published: Nov 2011

Not Without My Sister

Serena Burdick

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules.Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Ef...

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Published: Jan 2020

The Binder of Lost Stories

Cristina Caboni

From international bestselling author Cristina Caboni comes an exquisite and engrossing novel of two women, centuries apart, bound by a love of books and a longing for self-discovery.With her delicate touch, Sofia Bauer restores books...

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Published: Jan 2020

Becoming Mrs. Lewis: A Novel

Patti Callahan

In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice. From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis calle...

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Published: Oct 2018

Within the Hollow Crown: A Valiant Ki...

Margaret Campbell Barnes

Set against the backdrop of a country racked by revolt and class warfare, Within the Hollow Crown showcases the true spirit of a king at the end of one of the most glorious dynasties, who wants both England's heart and crown. Perhaps ...

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Published: Apr 2010

The Third Daughter

Talia Carner

"In The Third Daughter, Talia Carner ably illuminates a little-known piece of history: the sex trafficking of young women from Russia to South America in the late 19th century. Thoroughly researched and vividly rendered, this is ...

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Published: Sep 2019

Daughter of a Thousand Years

Amalia Carosella

Greenland, AD 1000More than her fiery hair marks Freydís as the daughter of Erik the Red; her hot temper and fierce pride are as formidable as her Viking father’s. And so, too, is her devotion to the great god Thor, which puts her ...

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Published: Feb 2017

One of Ours

Willa Cather

One of Ours is Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the making of an American soldier. Claude Wheeler, the sensitive but aspiring protagonist, has ready access to his family's fortune but refuses to settle for it. Alienat...

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Published: Jul 2008

The Troll Garden and Selected Stories...

Willa Cather

This collection of Willa Cather's stories--her first book of fiction--is as readable and relevant today as when it was first published. Each story is different, but all of them share as their subject the role of the artist in American...

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Published: Jul 2008

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ...

Michael Chabon

It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat―smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, f...

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Published: Aug 2013

Templar Silks

Elizabeth Chadwick

From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes another long-awaited novel about William Marshall, The Greatest Knight. To save his soul, young knight William Marshall takes the perilous road to Jerusalem, but the grea...

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Published: Jun 2019

The Autumn Throne: A Novel of Eleanor...

Elizabeth Chadwick

England, 1176 Imprisoned by her husband, King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England, refuses to let her powerful husband bully her into submission, even as he forces her away from her children and her birthright. Freed onl...

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Published: Oct 2016

Dragon Springs Road

Janie Chang

From the author of Three Souls comes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th century Shanghai—a story of friendship, heartbreak, and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan's search for her long-lost mother....

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Published: Jan 2017

The Paris Library: A Novel

Janet Skeslien Charles

Instant New York Times bestseller USA TODAY and Washington Postbestseller #1 LibraryReads Pick Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Library Journal and Goodreads ​​​​​Based on the true...

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Published: Jun 2020

Hottentot Venus

Barbara Chase-Riboud

Sarah Baartman has been genitally mutilated--to western eyes. In her South African tribe, she is not only normal but sexy. However, she ends up in a freak show as the Hottentot Venus, where she is taken throughout Europe, degraded and...

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Published: Nov 2004

Fates and Traitors: A Novel of John W...

Jennifer Chiaverini

The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker returns with a riveting work of historical fiction following the notorious John Wilkes Booth and the four women who kept his perilous confidence.  John Wilkes Boo...

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Published: Nov 2017

Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

Jennifer Chiaverini

The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker returns to her most famous heroine, Mary Todd Lincoln, in this compelling story of love, loss, and sisterhood rich with history and suspense. In May 1875, Elizabeth To...

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Published: Jun 2020

Resistance Women

Jennifer Chiaverini

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American--Mildred Fish H...

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Published: May 2019

The Christmas Boutique: An Elm Creek ...

Jennifer Chiaverini

Twenty years after the publication of The Quilter's Apprentice, the novel that launched the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with another delightful chapter featuring Maste...

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Published: Oct 2019

The Sisters of Versailles

Sally Christie

A sumptuous and sensual tale of power, romance, family, and betrayal centered around four sisters and one King. Carefully researched and ornately detailed, The Sisters of Versailles is the first book in an exciting new historical fict...

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Published: Sep 2015

Stand the Storm

Breena Clarke

Even though former slaves Annie Coats and her son Gabriel have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice--to the extent that Annie secretly recalls her days on the plantation with fo...

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Published: Jun 2009

The Last Train to London: A Novel

Meg Waite Clayton

National bestseller A Historical Novels Review Editors' Choice A Jewish Book Award Finalist The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional reso...

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Published: Jun 2020

The Postmistress of Paris: A Novel

Meg Waite Clayton

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK* A GMA BUZZ PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK* AN AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH PICK, LITERATURE AND FICTION*A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICK The New York Times bestselling author of...

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Published: Oct 2022

The Hamilton Affair: A Novel

Elizabeth Cobbs

A New York Times Bestseller!Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth...

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Published: Jun 2017

Manuscript Found in Accra (Vintage)

Paulo Coelho

The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us "There is nothing wrong with anxiety. Although we cannot control God's time, it is part of the human condition to want to receive the thing ...

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Published: Jan 2014

The Spy: A Novel (Vintage Internation...

Paulo Coelho

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN  When Mata Hari arrived in Paris sh...

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Published: Jun 2017
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