Historical fiction

  • Holding the dream

    Creator

    ROBERTS, Nora

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    Kate is stunned when she is fired for suspected embezzlement. Kate returns to Pretenses, the exquisite boutique run by her friend Margo and sister Laura. When persistent Bryon de Witt enters her life, the flames of passion begin to burn.

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  • High Street

    Creator

    JACOBS, Anna

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    In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of an elegant dressmaking salon in Bilsden, have come true. She is taking her father and the family away from poverty and the Rows. Trouble follows with several men trying to win favour.

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  • Dark before dawn

    Creator

    STEPHENS, Kay

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    Searching the airfields of Kent for the mother of a young evacuee Sheila Calvert meets USAAF Lieutenant Todd Albany. Romance blossoms until the day Todd's plane fails to return from a mission.

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  • Crusader

    Creator

    TRANTER, Nigel

    Abstract

    Alexander the Third succeeded to the throne of Scotland at the age of seven. Guided by his mentor David de Lindsay, he grows towards kingship and manhood in a troubled land, aware already of the glory and heartache of being King of Scots.

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  • The lacuna a novel /

    Creator

    Kingsolver, Barbara.

    Abstract

    An American youth in 1930s Mexico City, Harrison Shepherd works for artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and their houseguest, Russian exile Lev Trotsky. Returning to the United States, Shepherd becomes a bestselling author, but his past associations raise suspicions during McCarthy's Communist witch hunt. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2009.

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  • The hollow hills.

    Creator

    Stewart, Mary,

    Abstract

    Against the backdrop of the changing seasons and the long green rides though dark forests, this sequel to the Crystal Cave tells the story of the boyhood of King Arthur from boyhood to his accession to the throne.

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  • Beloved: A Novel

    Creator

    Toni Morrison

    Abstract

    Seth, proud and beautiful, escaped from slavery but is haunted by its heritage - from the fires of the flesh to the heartbreaking challenges to the spirit. Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest novel - a dazzling achievement and a spellbinding experience.

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  • Fortunes Favorites

    Creator

    Colleen McCullough

    Abstract

    "In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen - and the cursed - blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed.

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  • Fire along the sky

    Creator

    Donati, Sara,

    Abstract

    A strong, vivid historical novel set against the backdrop of the 1812 war between Britain and America. Fire Along the Sky is the story of one woman's unforgettable journey across a young nation threatened by the flames of war. The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her family's mountain cabin. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. For their daughter has come home without her husband and son, and with a story of loss and tragedy that she can't even bear to tell.

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