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The Count of Monte Cristo. Vol. II by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great thrillers of all time. In 1853 William Thackeray wrote to a friend: 'began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night.'. Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmund Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If... -
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Silva Rerum II by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRomāna darbība notiek no 1707. līdz 1710.gadam. Karš, mēris, bads, nesamērīga greznība un nāvīgs izsalkums, zviedru un krievu karavīri, jūdu ārsti, holandiešu kāršu spēlmaņi, turku konkubīnes, franču dāmas, spītīgi žemaiši un ironiski viļņieši, bezvārda mūks, kurš apglabājis vairāk nekā divdesmit tūkstošus mēra upuru, un, protams, vēl viena bajāru Norvaišu dzimtas paaudze... -
![A Feather on the Water by Lindsay Jayne Ashford]()
A Feather on the Water by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express.Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in Germany to run a displaced-persons camp... -
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Sarah and Solomon: Only A Stone Should Be Alone by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“…Fathers and Give me your children!” – Chaim RumkowskiIt is September 1942, and the already battered occupants of the Lodz Ghetto have just been dealt another horrendous blow from Hitler’s iron fist. They must surrender their sick, elderly, and children for ‘deportation... -
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![Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo]()
Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLes Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life...Categorized as:
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![Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo]()
Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLes Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life...Categorized as:
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![An American in Paris by Siobhan Curham]()
An American in Paris by Siobhan Curham
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWalking through Montmartre that morning was like the eerie calm right before a storm. The roads were deserted. We carried on, arm in arm, and then finally, we saw them. Columns and columns of soldiers, spreading through the streets like a toxic grey vapour. ‘You must write about this,’ he whispered to me. ‘You must write about the day freedom left Paris...Categorized as:
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![The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland]()
The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAt the turn of the nineteenth century, Napoleon and his beloved Josephine inhabit the Tuileries Palace. During the years they have been married it has been a time of extraordinary turmoil and triumph; a time of hope and disappointment in their desire for a child...Categorized as:
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![A Class Forsaken by Susie Murphy]()
A Class Forsaken by Susie Murphy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEDITORS' CHOICE, HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY'This series keeps getting better…Once I started reading this book, it was so hard to stop…Such evocative writing.' Elizabeth Bell, author of the Lazare Family SagaHis past could destroy their future…Having escaped capture in London, Bridget and Cormac flee to Ireland with their daughter, Emily...Categorized as:
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Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe six-book bosed set of the bestselling Tudor Court novels by Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Times bestselling author and "the queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY): The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen... -
![The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray]()
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNamed one of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Magazine ∙ Cosmo ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Parade ∙ and more! An epic saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.A founding mother...1774...Categorized as:
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Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a profoundly moving novel based on the true story of a diplomat and his wife who risked their lives to help Viennese Jews escape the Nazis.1938. Dr. Ho Fengshan, consul general of China, is posted in Vienna with his American wife, Grace...Categorized as:
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Les Miserables I & II by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsExcerpt from The Works of Victor Hugo, Vol. 2: Les Miserables Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work...Categorized as:
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![La sospecha de Sofía by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica]()
La sospecha de Sofía by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLa anodina vida de Sofía y Daniel cambia radicalmente cuando él recibe una carta anónima en la que se le dice que Sagrario, a la que venera, no es su verdadera madre y que si quiere conocer la verdad de su origen debe ir a París esa misma noche. Intrigado, pregunta a su padre por esta cuestión y él le recomienda que lo deje pasar, que no remueva el pasado...Categorized as:
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![Erin's Child by Sheelagh Kelly]()
Erin's Child by Sheelagh Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFamily ties have united the Feeneys through famine and poverty, but can they withstand success? It is 1875 and the Feeneys have left the squalor of York’s slums behind them. Yet all is not well. Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly out of touch with Thomasin’s ambition to expand her business empire still further across Yorkshire... -
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A Family’s Heartbreak by Kitty Neale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll they ever wanted was somewhere to call home… Beaten When Jenny’s mother abandons her and her younger siblings, Jenny is left at the mercy of her abusive father Henry. And when Henry beats his eldest daughter so badly that she ends up in the hospital, it seems like there’s nowhere left for them all to go...Categorized as:
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![The Island We Left Behind by Kate Hewitt]()
The Island We Left Behind by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“I love you. Of course I do. But we haven’t any choice in the matter, do we? If our little boy’s health, even his survival, is at stake, we have to do whatever it takes.”1928, New York City: Ellen and Lucas Lyman have made a heart-wrenching decision to leave their beloved Amherst Island behind in search of a new life... -
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The Maid's Secret by Shari J. Ryan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCzechoslovakia, 1942: “Please don’t take him,” I plead to the Nazis.“I love you, Mila,” Ben says, hoarsely. “So much. Forever.”“Ben!” I shout as the soldiers pull him away, my heart thudding. “I love you. Please, come back.” I’m screaming at the top of my lungs as the world turns black around me.In the mountains of Bohemia, Mila, a Romani, works as a maid for an aristocratic Jewish family...Categorized as:
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![Beneath a Starless Sky: A gripping and utterly heartbreaking WW2 historical fiction novel by Tessa Harris]()
Beneath a Starless Sky: A gripping and utterly heartbreaking WW2 historical fiction novel by Tessa Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSmoke filled the air. Lilli Sternberg’s quickening heart sounded an alarm as she rounded the street corner. Lifting her gaze to the rooftops, a roaring blaze of thick flames engulfed the side of the building and joined the stars to fill the black sky. Her father’s shop was no more.Munich 1930Lilli Sternberg longs to be a ballet dancer...Categorized as:
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![The Smallest Crack by Roberta Kagan]()
The Smallest Crack by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings1933 Berlin, GermanyWhen the price for life is dishonor dipped in blood, how much is too much?Eli Kaetzel and his beautiful but timid wife Rebecca suddenly find themselves in the gaping maws of Adolf Hitler's murderous rampage. Eli knows that their only chance, however slim, for survival may lie in the hands of Gretchen, a spirited Aryan girl...Categorized as:
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![The Frost of Springtime by Rachel L. Demeter]()
The Frost of Springtime by Rachel L. Demeter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo rescue her was to rescue his own soul. On a cold Parisian night, Vicomte Aleksender de Lefèvre forges an everlasting bond with a broken girl during her darkest hour, rescuing her from a life of abuse and misery. Tormented by his own demons, he finds his first bit of solace in sheltering little Sofia Rose.But when Aleksender is drawn away by the Franco-Prussian war, the seasons pass... -
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The Lady Anne by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1522, England. Anne Boleyn has lived an adventurous youth in the glittering courts of Europe, now, promised in marriage to a man she knows nothing of, Anne has been called home by her ambitious father. She will enter the English Court, to find many admirers courting her. Anne finds potential for love in three men, but there is one... more unexpected than all the others, who claims her heart... -
![Tudor Court Series 6 books The Boleyn Inheritance / The Other Boleyn Girl / The Other Queen / The Constant Princess / The Virgins Lover / The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory]()
Tudor Court Series 6 books The Boleyn Inheritance / The Other Boleyn Girl / The Other Queen / The Constant Princess / The Virgins Lover / The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhilippa Gregory Tudor Court Novels 6 Books Collection Set Titles in the Set are The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl ,The Boleyn Inheritance, The Virgin's Lover, The Other Queen and The Queen's Fool... -
![Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn]()
Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDońa Beatriz Galindo. Respected scholar. Tutor to royalty. Friend and advisor to Queen Isabel of Castile. Beatriz is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A Holy War seeing the Moors pushed out of territories ruled by them for centuries. The road for women is a hard one...Categorized as:
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![The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester]()
The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree generations. One chance to prove themselves. Can the women of the Bricard fashion dynasty finally rewrite their history? French countryside, Present Blythe Bricard is the daughter of famous fashion muses but that doesn't mean she wants to be one. She turned her back on that world, and her dreams, years ago...Categorized as:
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![Il ritorno by Diana Gabaldon]()
Il ritorno by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNell'Amuleto d'ambra Claire Randall, viaggiatrice nel tempo e nello spazio, aveva incominciato a spiegare una difficile verità alla figlia Brianna: negli anni in cui era ufficialmente data per dispersa, fra il 1945 e il 1946, era in realtà precipitata, attraverso il magico cerchio di pietre di Craigh na Dun, nella Scozia del Settecento, dove si era innamorata follemente del nobile James Fraser...Categorized as:
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![Angelique and the King by Anne Golon]()
Angelique and the King by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE SUN KING AND THE QUEEN OF PLEASURE.Louis XIV was one of history's great lovers. Fought over by every exquisite woman in France, there was only one luscious jewel Louis really wanted to possess; the irresistible Angelique. But the emerald-eyed enchantress knew Louis discarded beautiful mistresses like toys. And that she would never bear...Categorized as:
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![Kafka and the travelling doll by Jordi Sierra i Fabra]()
Kafka and the travelling doll by Jordi Sierra i Fabra
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings19th Etitions - Spanish National Prize 2007 for Children and Youth Literature*. One year before his death, Franz Kafka saw in one of Berlin's park a girl who was crying because she had lost her doll. The writer calms her down by telling her that her doll had gone on a trip and that he, a doll postman, would take her a letter the next day. For three weeks, Kafka wrote a daily letter for the girl...Categorized as:
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![The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki]()
The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s heart, created a dynasty, and changed the course of history—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor's Wife, The Accidental Empress, and Sisi... -
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The Three Musketeers, Vol. I by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIn March 1844 the French magazine Le Siecle, printed the first installment of a story by Alexandre Dumas. It was based, Dumas claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. The serial chronicled the adventures of D'Artagnan -- a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers...Categorized as:
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The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick, Elif Nihan Akbaş
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA medieval historical novel about William Marshal, probably the greatest knight of the Middle Ages. This is the story of how he rose through the dangerous world of Angevin politics to become one of the most powerful magnates of the realm and eventually regent of England... -
![Tante le Desiree by J.P. Reedman]()
Tante le Desiree by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, PART ONE : TANT LE DESIREE (I have desired it so much.) 1471 : THE BATTLE OF BARNET.He is eighteen.It is his first battle. He is wounded…he is Richard of Gloucester, the King’s youngest brother. With the Kingmaker slain, Richard and his brother Edward IV go on to ultimate victory at Tewkesbury... -
![Philippa Gregory's Wars of the Roses 2-Book Boxed Set: The Red Queen and The White Queen by Philippa Gregory]()
Philippa Gregory's Wars of the Roses 2-Book Boxed Set: The Red Queen and The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Red Queen In a novel of conspiracy, passion, and coldhearted ambition, number one bestselling author Philippa Gregory has brought to life the story of a proud and determined woman who believes that she alone is destined, by her piety and lineage, to shape the course of history...Categorized as:
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Nemesis and the Swan by Lindsay K. Bandy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Revolutionary Paris, the secrets behind an eerie set of brooches will either send Helene d'Aubign to the guillotine or save her lifeFrom her prison cell in revolutionary Paris, nineteen-year-old aristocrat Helene d'Aubign recalls the events that led her to choose between following in her parents' unforgivable footsteps or abandoning the man she loves...Categorized as:
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![Above All Others by G. Lawrence]()
Above All Others by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJune 1527 Anne Boleyn has won the heart of her King. Promised a crown, and a place beside him on the throne of England, Anne's future is dazzling... But her challenges have only just begun. Quickly it becomes apparent there are many opposed to the annulment of Henry's marriage, and to Anne taking Katherine's place as Queen...Categorized as:
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![Heart of Disaster: A Titanic Novel of love and loss by Rachel Wesson]()
Heart of Disaster: A Titanic Novel of love and loss by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThursday, April 11, 1912 Inspired by true events, Heart of Disaster is the fictionalized story of the Irish steerage passengers who joined RMS Titanic. The legend says "Thursday's child has far to go" but nobody knew just how troublesome this journey would prove. Four single friends, a newly married couple and a stoker who works in the belly of the gigantic ship meet that fateful night... -
![The Boy in the Attic by Imogen Matthews]()
The Boy in the Attic by Imogen Matthews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnna opened the letter with trembling hands. ‘My darling, if you’re reading this, I haven’t managed to unravel my parents’ secret. But you can. Will you finish the search for me, find out who they were, and who you really are?’Nazi-occupied Holland, 1944. As soldiers patrol the streets, nursing student Ilse is only just surviving the terrible famine and increasingly violent German occupation...Categorized as:
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![When the Yellow Mocker Calls by Lila M Beckham]()
When the Yellow Mocker Calls by Lila M Beckham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the South Carolina Hills, along the Savannah River Watershed, in the fall of 1829, 14-year-old, three-quarter Cherokee, Sahani, whose Christian name is Charity, sets out on a journey with her 83-year-old maternal, white grandfather to Fort Charlotte, for what she thinks is a trip to trade the pelts he has accumulated in order to replenish their supplies... -
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Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 1 by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the first three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE CONSTANT PRINCESS, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, THE BOLEYN INHERITANCETHE CONSTANT PRINCESS tells the story of Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon, the Spanish princess raised to be Queen of England and first brought to England to marry Henry’s older brother,... -
![Theodoros by Mircea Cărtărescu, Marian Ochoa de Eribe]()
Theodoros by Mircea Cărtărescu, Marian Ochoa de Eribe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUn ejercicio de pura libertad literaria, una obra torrencial, libérrima, exuberante, inclasificable. Una novela épica que va desde lo realista hasta lo fantasmagórico.Tudor es el hijo menor de dos sirvientes de la corte de un gran boyardo de la atrasada Valaquia... -
![Sunday In The Park With George: A Musical by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine]()
Sunday In The Park With George: A Musical by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Sondheim and Lapine's musical celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese]()
Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the dawn of the twentieth century to the devastation of World War II, this exhilarating novel of love, war, art, and family gives voice to two extraordinary women and brings to life the true story behind the creation and near destruction of Gustav Klimt’s most remarkable paintings... -
![An Apartment Called Freedom by Ghazi A. Algosaibi]()
An Apartment Called Freedom by Ghazi A. Algosaibi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company... -
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Some Touch of Pity by Rhoda Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award. In 1483, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, returns home a hero after a triumphant victory over the invading Scots. His adoring family awaits him, but their happiness will soon be shattered by the death of Richard’s brother, King Edward IV... -
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![Where The Winds Dwell by Böðvar Guðmundsson, Bovar Gumundsson]()
Where The Winds Dwell by Böðvar Guðmundsson, Bovar Gumundsson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWritten as a letter from a father to a daughter, Where the Winds Dwell is compassionate and real. Guðmundsson brings together past and present in this tragic story of the historic journey to Nýja Ísland, the world's largest Icelandic community outside of Iceland... -
![Night Thief by Lisa Kessler]()
Night Thief by Lisa Kessler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the fall of the Mayan civilization, Kane, an immortal Night Walker, has taken refuge in France for over 800 years. The modern world holds little interest for him until the night he meets the Golden Thief and is robbed of much more than his pocket watch.Marguerite Rousseau is living a double life... -
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El Rey de Les Halles by Juliette Benzoni, Francisco Rodriguez de Lecea
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWearing a dress that is splattered with blood and clasping a doll to her chest, Sylvie de Valaines, a four-year-old girl, wanders the streets of the small village of Anet. The year is 1626 and her entire family has just been murdered, likely on the orders of Cardinal Richelieu. When a young boy of 10--Francois de Borbon-Vendome, the prince of Martigues--finds her, he brings her to his castle... -
![The Sun in Splendour by Juliet Dymoke]()
The Sun in Splendour by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Wars of the Roses are at a decisive stage. On the battlefield, the tide appears to have turned against Edward IV and his Plantagenet dynasty is under threat. At court, his new wife and her ambitious family are undermining his power and advancing their own positions. For those wearing the white rose of York, the future looks bleak... -
![Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo]()
Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBursting with intrigue, adventure, and romance, Antoinette's Sister expertly brings to life one of history's most formidable European monarchs: a woman who upended societal conventions for the betterment of her people as Queen of Naples, and courageously lived—and loved—on her own terms... -
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The Most Dangerous Enemy by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe witty, wily princess, Elizabeth Tudor has survived the turmoil of her formative years, and finally, is now Queen of England. Rising to the throne on a wave of popularity, Elizabeth is keen to avoid the mistakes of her siblings, and bring England to a new sense of unity and hope. But in the first two years of her reign, Elizabeth will be tested as in no other...Categorized as:
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