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$8A Russian Gentleman (The World's Classics) by Sergei AksakovAt the center of this chronicle of Russian provincial life in the reign of Catherine the Great stands the patriarchal figure of the author's grandfather, Stepan Mikhailovich. A man of great natural dignity, imbued with respect for tradition and love of the land, he is also despotic and virtually ill...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$8A Jewish Girl in Paris by Melanie LevensohnInspired by true events and set against the backdrop of the Second World War, Melanie Levensohn's A Jewish Girl in Paris is a powerful novel about forbidden love, adapted from a translation by Jamie Lee Searle.'In this vivid, affecting novel of intertwined destinies and the enduring power of love ag...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$9The Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughIn this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul an unprecedented six times, has fallen into decline. Sulla, his closest associate, has withdrawn himself from his commander's circle in preparation for his own bid for power. As a deadly enmity develops...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$7Nefer the Silent (The Stone of Light No 1) by Christian JacqThey built a civilization ahead of its time, and dominated the ancient world.They defined an era of war, love, passion, power, and betrayal.They were a people of mystery whose secrets have turned to dust -- but who inspire our awe and wonder even to this day.The ancient EgyptiansThey showed us how t...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$7Double Wedding Ring by Patricia WendorfIn a novel based on the author's own family history, Rhoda Greypaull leaves the Somerset, England, farm of her father in the middle of the nineteenth century and journeys to America to marry her dead cousin's husband and care for his childBuy from Store 0 0 -
$8City of Darkness, City of Light by Marge PiercyTells the story of the French Revolution through the eyes of ordinary people, focusing on three women—the fiery actress Claire Lacombe, the politically savvy salonnière Manon Roland, and the chocolate shop owner Pauline Léon, who champions the poor—whose paths intertwine with historical figure...Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$12The City of Palaces by Michael NavaIn the years before the Mexican Revolution, Mexico is ruled by a tiny elite that apes European culture, grows rich from foreign investment, and prizes racial purity. The vast majority of Mexicans, who are native or of mixed native and Spanish blood, are politically powerless and slowly starving to d...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$12Where the Light Enters by Sara DonatiIn this spellbinding historical epic, Sara Donati (bestselling author of the Wilderness series) combines romance and mystery to tell the story of two pioneering women in nineteenth-century Manhattan. The sequel to The Gilded Hour.Obstetrician Dr Sophie Savard home to the achingly familiar rhythms of...Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$10The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anna-Marie CrowhurstA charming, whip-smart and funny tale, full of heart and spirit, of one young woman's coming of age both on and off the stage in seventeenth-century England.On the 15th day of December in the year of our Lord 1664, a great light bloomed in the dark sky and crept slowly and silently across the blackn...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$8A Woman of Consequence by Anna DeanOn a visit to the ruins of Madderstone Abbey, Penelope Lambe suffers a bad fall from the ancient stone steps. Before she slips into unconsciousness, Penelope manages to say, 'I saw her - It was her.' The Crockford sisters are sure that what made Penelope fall was that she saw the Grey Nun, the ghost...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$9The Dyehouse by Mena CalthorpeThe novel is set in a textile dye factory in a drab Sydney industrial suburb. It follows the interacting stories of the men and women who work at the Southern Textiles Dye Work in the mid-1950s.Buy from Store 0 0 -
$10Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War by Jennifer RobsonA daring young woman will risk her life to find her destiny in this atmospheric, beautifully drawn historical debut novel—a tale of love, hope, and danger set during the First World War.Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the ...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$10A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon1772 - The eve of the American revolution. In Boston men lie dead in the streets, and in the backwoods of America isolated cabins burn in the darkness of the forest. The colony is in ferment. Jamie Fraser receives an envoy from Governor Josiah Martin asking for help. The Governor needs someone to un...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$8Daughters of the Doge by Edward CharlesVenice, 1556: a wealthy, bustling, multi-cultural city, with a standard of living four times that of anywhere else in Europe. Into this exciting world comes twenty-year-old English protestant Richard Stocker, recovering from the execution of his friend Lady Jane Grey (a friendship recounted in Edwar...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$8The People's Train by Tom Keneally'Thomas Keneally is one of the historical novel's most expert practitioners, and his new book sees him back on the form that produced Schindler's Ark. Giles Foden, Guardian'Thomas Keneally is one of the historical novel's most expert practitioners, and his new book sees him back on the form that pro...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$5The Ringed Castle by Dorothy DunnettFor the first time Dunnett's iLymond Chronicles/i are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.pFifth in the legendary iLymond Chronicles/i, bThe Ringed Castle/b leaps from Mary Tudor's England to the barbaric Russia of Ivan the Terrible. Francis Crawford of Lymond moves to Musco...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$8The Game of Kings by Dorothy DunnettThe "Lymond Chronicles" - a series of six novels exploring the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.Buy from Store 0 0 -
$6Lymond Chronicles: Checkmate by Dorothy DunnettBefore George R. R. Martin there was Dorothy Dunnett. THE PERFECT GIFT for fans of A Game of Thrones. 'She is a brilliant story teller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply about.' The Times Literar...Buy from Store 0 0
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