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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"For fans of sweeping historical literature in the vein of Philipp Meyer's The Son or Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, an extraordinary US literary debut set in Paris and colonial New Orleans and based on a true story, about three of the 88 young women-among them an orphan, a madwoman, and an abortionist-who were deported to the Louisiana Territory as brides"--
Paris, 1720. La Salp̊trïre hospital is in too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Somewhere between the pre-hysterical Stone Age of The Flintstones and the fantastic future of The Jetsons lie The Roman Holidays. Augustus "Gus" Holiday is the man of the clan, lovely and level-headed spouse Laurie keeps things on an even keel, teenage troublemaker Happius and child prodigy Precocia threaten to break the Pax Familia.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland--Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted. Shortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff...
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Series
Wolf Den trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's Wolf Den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is 79 CE, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known...
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Series
Scandalous series (Julia London) volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jack Haines, the Earl of Lambourne, flees into the remote Highlands when a price is put on his head and agrees to a temporary marriage to the fiery-spirited Lizzie Beal if her bounty hunter brothers will not turn him in.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jan van Eyck was one of the most inventive and influential artists in the entire European tradition. The phenomenal realism of his paintings, now six centuries old, still astounds observers in a world accustomed to high-resolution images. But other dimensions of his work are just as original and absorbing. Unlike any earlier artist, Van Eyck infused his paintings with himself. In addition to portraying, reflecting and implying his own presence in...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1942.Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat's life is over. She's estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne--older, diminutive, overlooked--has lost all purpose. Until she's offered a chance to remake herself entirely... The war has taken a turn for the worse, and the men in charge are desperate. So, when Yvonne is recruited as Britain's first female sabotage agent, expectations are...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Despite Queen Victoria's dire warnings, princesses Alix and Ella fall in love with Russia and the Romanovs as Ella weds the tsar's brother and Alix marries the heir apparent to the Russian throne, leading to tragic consequences for themselves, their families and for millions in Russia and around the world.
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