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The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Preju...

Molly Greeley

For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice—and legions of historical fiction lovers—an inspired debut novel set in Austen's world.Charlotte Collins, nee Lucas, is the respectable wife of Hunsford's vicar, and sees to her duties by...

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Published: Dec 2019

The White Princess (Mti)

Philippa Gregory

Adapted for the STARZ original series,The White Princess.Love to the Death.When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to ...

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Published: Mar 2017

Letters to the Lost

Iona Grey

An accomplished novel from a talented writer, Letters to the Lost is a stunning, emotional love story. Iona Grey's prose is warm, evocative, and immediately engaging; her characters become so real you can't bear to let them go.Late on...

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Published: May 2016

All God's Children

Aaron Gwyn

A novel about the remarkable people living on the edge of freedom and slavery, All God’s Children brings to life the paradoxes of the American frontier – a place of liberty and bondage, wild equality, and cruel injustice. ...

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Published: Oct 2020

Miramont's Ghost

Elizabeth Hall

Miramont Castle, built in 1897 and mysteriously abandoned three years later, is home to many secrets. Only one person knows the truth: Adrienne Beauvier, granddaughter of the Comte de Challembelles and cousin to the man who built the ...

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Published: Jan 2015

The Reluctant Midwife: A Hope River N...

Patricia Harman

The USA Today bestselling author of The Midwife of Hope River returns with a heartfelt sequel, a novel teeming with life and full of humor and warmth, one that celebrates the human spirit.The Great Depression has hit West Virginia har...

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Published: Mar 2015

The Queen's Secret: A Novel of Englan...

Karen Harper

1939. As the wife of King George VI and the mother of the future queen, Elizabeth—“the Queen Mother”—shows a warm, smiling face to the world. But it’s no surprise that Hitler himself calls her the “Most Dangerous Woman in ...

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Published: Apr 2020

The Royal Nanny

Karen Harper

Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain's royal family—a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes.April, 1897: A young nann...

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Published: Jun 2016

Enchantments: A Novel of Rasputin's D...

Kathryn Harrison

A NEW YORK TIMESNOTABLE BOOK\r\n\r\n“Part love story, part history, this novel is a tour de force [told] in language that soars and sears.”—More\r\n  \r\n St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin’s body is pul...

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Published: Feb 2013

Goodbye Piccadilly (War at Home)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Set against the real events of 1914, the first book in an exciting new series from Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is extraordinary in scope and imagination In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their child...

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Published: Apr 2015

Keep the Home Fires Burning (War at H...

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The year is 1915, and the war is raging on . . .The war was not 'over by Christmas' after all and as 1915 begins, the Hunters begin to settle into wartime life.Diana, the eldest Hunter daughter, sees her fiance off to the Front but do...

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Published: Feb 2016

The Cause (Morland Dynasty)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1874, and Venetia is on the brink of marrying Lord Hazelmere when she disco...

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Published: Apr 2002

The Secrets of Ashmore Castle

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The brand new series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novels Behind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . . 1901. When th...

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Published: Aug 2022

The Black Death: A Personal History

John Hatcher

In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village. By focusing on the experiences of ordinary...

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Published: Jun 2009

Girls of Flight City: Inspired by Tru...

Lorraine Heath

Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who trained the British Royal Air Force, by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath. 1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns...

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Published: Apr 2022

To Any Soldier: A Novel Of Vietnam Le...

G. C. Hendricks

"I could not put the book down and read it cover to cover in one sitting. Any veteran, spouse, or friend of a veteran, for or against our involvement in Vietnam, knows the importance of Mail Call." -Lt. Col. Jim Dyer, Us Arm...

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Published: Oct 2015

The Mulberry Empire

Philip Hensher

[A] fascinating debut....Hensher introduces with considerable flair a dauntingly large cast of characters in England and Kabul, with sidetrips to India and Russia, in a flexible omniscient narrator's voice that frequently underscores ...

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Published: Oct 2003

A Separate Country: A Story of Redemp...

Robert Hicks

Set in New Orleans in the years after the Civil War, A Separate Country is based on the incredible life of John Bell Hood, arguably one of the most controversial generals of the Confederate Army--and one of its most tragic figures. Ro...

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Published: Mar 2011

Red Rose, White Rose

Joanna Hickson

The powerful story of Cecily Neville, torn between both sides in the War of the Roses, from the critically acclaimed author of The Agincourt Bride.In fifteenth century England the Neville family rules the north with an iron fist. Ralp...

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Published: Dec 2014

Our Duty

Gerri Hilger

Our Duty follows the shenanigans of Polly and Aggie, student nurses when World War II begins. Eager to be a part of the action, Aggie joins the Army Air Corps and qualifies as a flight nurse. She is shipped off to the Pacific, while P...

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Published: Oct 2018

The Devil in the Marshalsea

Antonia Hodgson

It's 1727. Tom Hawkins is damned if he's going to follow in his father's footsteps and become a country parson. Not for him a quiet life of prayer and propriety. His preference is for wine, women, and cards. But there's a sense of hon...

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Published: Jun 2014

The Woman in the Photo: A Novel of th...

Mary Hogan

In this compulsively-readable historical novel, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of two young women—one in America's Gilded Age, one in scrappy modern-day California—whose lives are linked b...

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Published: Jun 2016

The Lost Mother: A beautiful and hear...

Catherine Hokin

She looked at the empty cradle where her baby had been. Her heart felt tattered and empty, like the hollow streets of Berlin after its people began to live in fear. Berlin, 1934. Homes once filled with laughter stand empty as the N...

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Published: Jan 2021

What Only We Know: A heart-wrenching ...

Catherine Hokin

A door slammed and the unmistakable sound of boots came crashing up the hall. Liese held her little daughter's hand so tightly, the tiny fingers had turned purple. The SS officer's hand was at Liese's throat before she saw him move. '...

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Published: May 2020

Cleopatra's Shadows (A Fall of Egypt ...

Emily Holleman

The secret beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga, seen through the eyes of her forgotten sisters.Arsinoe, the bright and incisive eight-year-old daughter of King Ptolemy, awakes one morning from an ominous dream of statues weeping blood...

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Published: Jul 2016

The Sparsholt Affair

Alan Hollinghurst

In 1940, the handsome, athletic, and charismatic David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford University to study engineering, unaware of his effect on others—especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to ...

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Published: Feb 2019

The Mapmaker's Daughter

Katherine Nouri Hughes

The Mapmaker's Daughter, a historical novel set in the 16th century, is the confession of Nurbanu, born Cecilia Baffo Veniero - the mesmerizing, illegitimate Venetian who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire at the hei...

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Published: Aug 2017

Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback Of...

Victor Hugo

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1...

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Published: Jun 2019

Emperor: The Death of Kings of Julius...

Conn Iggulden

The acclaimed author of Emperor: The Gates of Rome returns to the extraordinary life of Julius Caesar in a new novel that takes us further down the path to glory…as Caesar comes into his own as a man, warrior, senator, husband, lead...

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Published: Jun 2009

MR Norris Changes Trains

Christopher Isherwood

Two Englishmen meeting on a train to Berlin in 1930 kick off one of Isherwood's most enduring novelsOn a train to Berlin in late 1930, William Bradshaw locks eyes with Arthur Norris, an irresistibly comical fellow Englishman wearing a...

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Published: Apr 2013
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