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The repentant rebel: "After years of hiding her secret and mourning her father, things are finally looking up for Diana Gresham when she meets kind Captain Robert Wilson. But just when Diana thinks she's found joy in her life again, she and her new love are challenged by a scandal from the past."--Page [4] of cover.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"[A story that] deals with profoundly seminal American moments: the end of the Civil War, the religious freedom that was manifested in the Second Great Awakening, the last gasps of the Jeffersonian ideal of American yeomanry, the shadow on the horizon of the Industrial Revolution. At the heart of the novel are two men: one who has committed a horrific act, but is slowly revealed to be a man of honor and integrity; the other, a seemingly righteous...
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Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"The first in a daring new Scottish historical series about a woman determined to return Scottish treasures to the Highlands and the only man who can help her--the lover she once abandoned."--Page 4 of cover.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring-she's happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage, and as the threat of German invasion looms, a plane crash near her home awakens a strength in Alice she'd long...
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Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Returning to his village after escaping the Roman army, Spartacus is betrayed by his jealous king and forced into life as a gladiator before executing a daring overthrow and assuming leadership over an army of escaped slaves.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra's Daughter comes the breathtaking story of Queen Lakshmi--India's Joan of Arc--who against all odds defied the mighty British invasion to defend her beloved kingdom. When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it expects a quick and easy conquest. India is fractured and divided into kingdoms, each independent and wary of one another, seemingly...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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As if from a dream, Lady Gabrielle walked from the mist and into Viscount Brentwood's arms. Within moments, he's embroiled in more scandal than he ever thought possible ... Beautiful, clever, and courageous, Lady Gabrielle needs Brent's help to get out of a seriously bad situation. But the more she gets to know him, the worse she feels about ruining his life.
10) The London House
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"An uncovered family secret sets one woman on the journey of a lifetime through the history of Britain's WWII spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris in an effort to understand her past, save her family, and claim her future"--
13) Avonvale
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Publisher
[Independently published]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Avonvale is a compelling historical romance novel that follows a young Irish couple who emigrate to America for different reasons than most who followed that path. The story is set in Northern Ireland in the early 1900s. The main characters, Tom and Mary, build a life together. Their story traverses across accepted norms, values and stereotypes as they make their way to an American life for themselves, their family and all who cross their path.
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Series
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Historical crime fiction which brings together art, money, crime, politics and treason in an extraordinary tale set in Australia's Great Depression of the 1930s.
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Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Convicted of plotting against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England and awaiting execution in 1587, Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, recounts her life story, including becoming a widow at age eighteen and her brutal campaign to regain her sovereignty after being stripped of her throne.
18) Mint
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Publisher
Mentor Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Her slave name is Sarah May Robertson, but they called her Mint. Mint is 110 years old, and she has a story to tell about her life. The year is 1966, and she starts to write, but it's too painful to confront her past and face the truth about her life. Her story is a chilling detailed account of her painful life as a slave and a free woman. Many of her experiences she has never dared to whisper. When her grandson learns about her story, he sets out...
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Publisher
NFB Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"If the stories were true, they should not be repeated. That’s what some said. Words were pushed underwater repeatedly, only to resurface dripping wet, blurring the lines of truth. How was it that a farmer became a double agent, sailed to Ireland, and released a freedom fighter? The effort to hide stories strains the best of relationships from one generation to the next. The energy to reveal the truth takes persistence and resilience. Now three...
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Publisher
Labrador Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Red River Reunion is a classic Western Fiction novel set in 1877 that traces the lives of U.S. Deputy Marshal Luxton Danner and Texas Ranger Wes Payne during their latest Texas adventures, where they risk everything to defend the meek, uphold frontier law, and satisfy their pursuit of doing what no other men can. Tragic circumstances, lawlessness, and villainy, mark life in the Old West as settlers and law enforcement band together to survive and...