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The Prague Cemetery

Umberto Eco

The latest international bestseller from the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum.Nineteenth-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemaso...

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Published: Sep 2012

This I Know

Eldonna Edwards

Set in a small Midwest town in the late 1960s and helmed by an unforgettable young protagonist—compassionate, uncannily wise Grace—This I Know is a luminous coming-of-age story from an astonishing new voice.  Eleven-year-old Grac...

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Published: Apr 2019

The Lost Prince: A Novel

Selden Edwards

"The Lost Prince can stand independently of The Little Book… but why deprive yourself of the pleasures of reading both?" —Booklist Recently returned from fin de siècle Vienna, where she tragically lost the first great ...

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Published: Jun 2013

Silence: A Novel (Picador Modern Clas...

Shusaku Endo

Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver"Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid a...

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Published: Jan 2016

The Stockholm Octavo

Karen Engelmann

One man's fortune holds the key to a nation's fate in this sensational debut novel set in 18th-century Sweden.The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian world of intrigue and magic in a dazzl...

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Published: Aug 2013

The Royal Physician's Visit

Per Olov Enquist

The international bestseller and scandalous love story that inspired A Royal Affair, with rights sold in 25 countries.  The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Stru...

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Published: Mar 2013

The Girls of Ennismore

Patricia Falvey

Set in Ireland during the turbulent early 20th century, Patricia Falvey's sweeping novel explores an unlikely friendship between two girls of vastly different backgrounds, as each tries to overcome the barriers set by class and bir...

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Published: Mar 2017

Citizen Tom Paine

Howard Fast

Among Howard Fast's historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine-one of America's all-time best-sellers-occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine's revolutionary passion as the authentic roots o...

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Published: May 1994

The Fatal Flame

Lyndsay Faye

Heralded by Gillian Flynn as "so spectacular . . . amazing," the final installment in Lyndsay Faye's Timothy Wilde series--now in paperback! No one in 1840s New York likes fires, but Copper Star Timothy Wilde least of all. ...

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Published: Apr 2016

Daughter of the Reich: A Novel

Louise Fein

"A beautifully written and emotional wrenching journey into World War II tumult and tragedy...its dynamic characters present a timely truth we should all grasp and embrace: We must stand up against those who preach hate." --...

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Published: May 2020

The Venetian Bargain

Marina Fiorato

Venice, 1576. Five years after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto, a ship steals unnoticed into Venice bearing a deadly cargo. A man, more dead than alive, disembarks and staggers into Piazza San Marco. He bring...

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Published: Apr 2014

Outback Station (Outback Sagas)

Aaron Fletcher

The Convict: David Kerrick is a man with nothing left to lose. Betrayed by the woman he adores, deported to Australia for murdering her lover, he has lost the will to live until the lure of the outback claims his soul. Captivated by t...

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Published: Nov 2007

Greyhound (Movie Tie-In)

C. S. Forester

Soon to be the major motion picture Greyhound, a WWII naval thriller of \"high and glittering excitement\" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series\r\n\r\nThe mission of Commander George Krause of the United...

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Published: Apr 2020

The Good Shepherd

C. S. Forester

Soon to be the major motion picture Greyhound, a WWII naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower seriesThe mission of Commander George Krause of the United States N...

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Published: Oct 2018

We Look Like Men of War

William R. Forstchen

From the bestselling author of The Lost Regiment series comes a factually based narrative of the black military experience in the Civil War. 'We Look Like Men of War' ''I was born a slave, as was my father before me, but I shall die a...

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Published: Feb 2003

Varina

Charles Frazier

Sooner or later, history asks, which side were you on?In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil WarHer marriage prospects...

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Published: Apr 2019

Storm Force To Narvik: Book 1 in the ...

Alexander Fullerton

In April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway underway, British Captain Nick Everard is forced to shelter his ship, crippled by Nazi gunfire, in a Norwegian fjord, while his son, Paul, plays a key role in a naval invasion of the p...

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Published: Nov 2004

The Bookseller's Secret: A Novel of N...

Michelle Gable

“The Bookseller's Secret is a delight from start to finish, a literary feast any booklover will savor!”—Kate Quinn, New York Timesbestselling author of The Rose CodeARISTOCRAT, AUTHOR, BOOKSELLER, WWII SPY—...

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Published: Aug 2021

I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampag...

Leonce Gaiter

In the waning days of Indian Territory, the multi-racial, teenaged Rufus Buck Gang embarked on a vicious, childish, and deadly 13-day rampage that shocked even this lawless land. Based on the true story, this is a tale of how real-li...

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Published: Sep 2011

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

Hazel Gaynor

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years."They call me a heroine, but I...

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Published: Oct 2018

People of the Morning Star (North Ame...

W. Michael Gear

Bestselling authors and archaeologists Michael and Kathleen Gear begin the stunning saga of the North American equivalent of ancient Rome in People of the Morning Star. The city of Cahokia, at its height, covered more than six square ...

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Published: Mar 2015

Elizabeth I: The Novel

Margaret George

The latest New York Times bestseller from Margaret George-a captivating novel about history's most enthralling queen. One of today's premier historical novelists, Margaret George dazzles here as she tackles her most complicated subj...

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Published: Mar 2012

That Deadly Space: A Civil War Novel

Gerald Gillis

The Civil War has begun in earnest. Conor Rafferty joins the Confederate army as a young infantry officer against the wishes of his father who, in his Irish anger, is adamantly opposed to a war with the North. Conor soon finds himself...

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Published: Mar 2017

Victory at Yorktown: A Novel

Newt Gingrich

New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen pen the triumphant conclusion to their George Washington series—a novel of leadership, brotherhood, loyalty, and the victory of the American cause. 1781. Aft...

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Published: Sep 2013

Vindolanda

Adrian Goldsworthy

AD 98: The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over 20 years time, the Emperor Hadrian will build his famous wall. But for now defenxes are weak as tribes reb...

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Published: Sep 2018

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

Imogen Hermes Gowar

Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction• A Refinery 29 Favorite Book of the Year • A Booklist Top 10 First Novels of the Year • A People Best Book of the Fall"Wonderful… completely transporting."  —...

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Published: Sep 2019

Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-...

Winston Graham

The gripping fourth novel in Winston Graham\'s classic Poldark saga, the major TV series from Masterpiece on PBS.\n\nWhen Ross Poldark plunges into a highly speculative mining venture, he risks not only his family\'s financial securit...

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Published: Sep 2016

The Christie Affair

Nina De Gramont

Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel that reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world. "Sizzles from its first sentence."––The Wall Str...

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Published: Feb 2023

The Dress in the Window

Sofia Grant

A perfect debut novel is like a perfect dress—it's a "must have" and when you "try it on" it fits perfectly. In this richly patterned story of sisterhood, ambition, and reinvention Sofia Grant has created a story...

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Published: Jul 2017

Gretel and the Dark

Eliza Granville

A captivating and atmospheric historical novel about a young girl in Nazi Germany, a psychoanalyst in fin-de-siècle Vienna, and the powerful mystery that links them together.Gretel and the Dark explores good and evil, hope and despai...

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Published: Jan 2016
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