Showing posts with label Historical Fiction. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Wickett's Remedy By Myla Goldberg


Wickett's Remedy
Title : Wickett's Remedy
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ISBN : 1400078121
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 370




The triumphant follow up to the bestselling Bee Season, Wickett s Remedy is an epic but intimate novel about a young Irish American woman facing down tragedy during the Great Flu epidemic of 1918....

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Homer's Daughter By Robert Graves


Homer's Daughter
Title : Homer's Daughter
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ISBN : 0897330595
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 283




Graves has recreated another strong and convincing historical setting this time the scene of the Odyssey, which he believes occurred in Western Sicily Graves believes also that the author of the Odyssey was not the blind and bearded Homer of legend, but the young woman who calls herself Nausica in the story....

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Saturday, 17 December 2016

Peril at Somner House By Joanna Challis


Peril at Somner House
Title : Peril at Somner House
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ISBN : 0312367163
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 304




After her adventures in Murder on the Cliffs, young Daphne du Maurier travels to a remote island off the coast of Cornwall to visit the estate of Lord and Lady Trevalyan Somner House, enchanting amidst lush exotic wilderness and only a moment s walk to the sea, beguiles Daphne, but just as looming winter storms begin to envelop the island, the Lord is found murdered whil After her adventures in Murder on the Cliffs, young Daphne du Maurier travels to a remote island off the coast of Cornwall...

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The Dollmaker By Harriette Simpson Arnow


The Dollmaker
Title : The Dollmaker
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ISBN : 0060529342
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 624




Strong willed, self reliant Gertie Nevels s peaceful life in the Kentucky hills is devastated by the brutal winds of change Uprooted from her backwoods home, she and her family are thrust into the confusion and chaos of wartime Detroit And in a pitiless world of unendurable poverty, Gertie will battle fiercely and relentlessly to protect those things she holds most dear Strong willed, self reliant Gertie Nevels s peaceful life in the Kentucky hills is devastated by the brutal winds of change Upr...

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The Grand Duchess of Nowhere By Laurie Graham


The Grand Duchess of Nowhere
Title : The Grand Duchess of Nowhere
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ISBN :
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 328




There is one great love in everyone s life For Ducky, Princess Victoria Melita, hers was a Romanov cousin, a member of the doomed Russian royal family Her father is Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria s second son Her mother is Grand Duchess Marie, the daughter of Tsar Alexander II Ducky seems doomed to be a pawn on her grandmother s dynastic chessboard B There is one great love in everyone s life For Ducky, Princess Victoria Melita, hers was a Romanov cousin, a member of the doomed...

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Long Remember By MacKinlay Kantor


Long Remember
Title : Long Remember
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ISBN : 0312875207
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 416




Long Remember is the first realistic novel about the Civil War Originally published in the 1930s, and out of print sincer the 50s, this book received rave reviews from the NY Times Book Review, and was a main selection of the Literary Guild It is the account of the Battle of Gettysburg, as viewed by a pacifist who comes to accept the nasty necessity of combat, and lives Long Remember is the first realistic novel about the Civil War Originally published in the 1930s, and out of print sincer ...

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Friday, 16 December 2016

Rose's Journal (Young American Voices, #4) By Marissa Moss


Rose's Journal (Young American Voices, #4)
Title : Rose's Journal (Young American Voices, #4)
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ISBN : 0152046054
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 56




On January 1, 1935, Rose Samuels bids good riddance to a dry, desolate year and begins a new one The severe drought has left the fields too dry for crops and the farms are all failing Times are tough, but with hope, love, and determination, Rose and her family manage to turn the year around.Includes fun new book related activities...

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The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1) By Alison Goodman


The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)
Title : The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)
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ISBN : 0670785474
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 482




New York Times bestseller Alison Goodman s eagerly awaited new project a Regency adventure starring a stylish and intrepid demon hunter London, April 1812 On the eve of eighteen year old Lady Helen Wrexhall s presentation to the queen, one of her family s housemaids disappears and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of t New York Times bestseller Alison Goodman s eagerly awaited new project a Regency adventure starring a stylish and intrepid...

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The Song of Achilles By Madeline Miller


The Song of Achilles
Title : The Song of Achilles
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ISBN : 1408816032
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 352




Greece in the age of heroes Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles Despite their difference, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper despite the displeasure of Achilles mother Thetis, a c Greece in the age of heroes Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles De...

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Rifles for Watie By Harold Keith


Rifles for Watie
Title : Rifles for Watie
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ISBN : 006447030X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 352




Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the Union volunteers It was 1861 in Linn County, Kansas, and Jeff was elated at the prospect of fighting for the North at last.In the Indian country south of Kansas there was dread in the air and the name, Stand Watie, was on every tongue A hero to the rebel, a devil to the Un Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the Union volunteers It was 1861 in Linn C...

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1940 By Jay Neugeboren


1940
Title : 1940
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ISBN : 0976389568
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 284




Jay Neugeboren traverses the Hitlerian tightrope with all the skill and formal daring that have made him one of the most honored writers of literary fiction and masterful nonfiction This new book is, at once, a beautifully realized work of imagined history, a rich and varied character study and a subtly layered novel of ideas, all wrapped in a propulsively readable story Jay Neugeboren traverses the Hitlerian tightrope with all the skill and formal daring that have made him one of the most honored writers...

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The Wise Woman By Philippa Gregory


The Wise Woman
Title : The Wise Woman
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ISBN : 1416590889
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 520




1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory weaves an unforgettable tale of a young woman s sorcery and desire in Henry VIII s England, where magic, lust, and power are forever intertwined.Growing up as an abandoned outcast on the moors, young Alys only company is her cruel foster mother, Morach, the local wise woman who is whispered to practice the dark arts A 1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory weaves an unforgettable tale of a young woman s sorcery and ...

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Eleanor the Queen By Norah Lofts


Eleanor the Queen
Title : Eleanor the Queen
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ISBN : 0752439448
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 240




Eleanor is young, high spirited, supremely intelligent, heiress to the vast Duchy of Aquitaine at a time when a woman s value was measured in terms of wealth Her vivid leadership inspired and dazzled those about her And yet, born to rule, she was continually repressed and threatened by the men who overshadowed her life This is the story of a brilliant, medieval figure Eleanor is young, high spirited, supremely intelligent, heiress to the vast Duchy of Aquitaine at a time when a woman s value was measured ...

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The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher By Doug MacLeod


The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
Title : The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
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ISBN : 0143203916
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 304




You must think it strange that I m digging up my grandfather Not at all I m sure many young men dig up their grandfathers Thomas Timewell is sixteen and a gentleman When he meets a body snatcher called Plenitude, his whole life changes He is pursued by cutthroats, a tattooed gypsy with a meat cleaver, and even the Grim Reaper More disturbing still, Thomas has to sp You must think it strange that I m digging up my grandfather Not at all I m sure many young men dig up their grandfathe...

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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie By Ayana Mathis


The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Title : The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
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ISBN : 0307949702
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 320




In 1923, fifteen year old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north Full of hope, she settles in Philadelphia to build a better life Instead she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins are lost to an illness that a few pennies could have prevented Hattie In 1923, fifteen year old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north Full of hope, she ...

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Thursday, 15 December 2016

The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) By John Galsworthy


The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
Title : The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
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ISBN : 0192838628
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 872




The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920 Galsworthy s masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women This is the only critical edition of the work available, wit The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper middle class Forsyte family be...

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The Time in Between By María Dueñas


The Time in Between
Title : The Time in Between
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ISBN : 1451616880
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 615




The Time In Between is a word of mouth phenomenon that catapulted Mar a Due as, a debut author, to the top of Spain s bestseller lists.This sweeping novel, which combines the storytelling power of The Shadow of the Wind with the irresistible romance of Casablanca, moves at an unstoppable pace Suddenly left abandoned and penniless in Morocco by her lover, Sira Quiroga forg The Time In Between is a word of mouth phenomenon that catapulted Mar a Due as, a debut author, ...

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