Historical fiction

  • Always Grace

    Creator

    LaHaye, Tim F.

    Abstract

    Photographer Dylan Cooper, returning home after the war, discovers that his wife Grace, believing that he had been killed, has vanished and, building a quiet life in a small fishing village, is only reconnected with his true love twenty years later.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • The book of night women

    Creator

    James, Marlon

    Abstract

    James presents a dramatic slave narrative set on a 19th-century Jamaican sugar plantation. Ever since she was a small child, Lilith has been closely watched by a contingent of fellow slaves--calling themselves the Night Women--who have long planned a revolt. Though she does not yet know it, Lilith is the key to their carefully laid plans.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • The most unsuitable wife

    Creator

    Clemmons, Caroline

    Abstract

    Handsome rancher Drake Kincaid faces a dilemma. He must take a bride before his rapidly approaching 30th birthday, or he will lose his ranch to his conniving uncle. Steamed, he vows to marry the least appropriate woman he can find.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • An unwilling bride : Company of rogue, book 2

    Creator

    Beverley, Jo

    Abstract

    Desperate to keep his vast estates in the family, the Duke of Belcraven chooses his illegitimate daughter, Beth Armitage, as bride for Lucien de Vaux, his only heir. Although both are intelligent and independent, Beth believes in women's rights, and Lucien is known as a rake. It will take more than satin and jewels to turn their union into a fairytale romance.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • Innocent deceptions

    Creator

    Atlee, Gwyneth

    Abstract

    Charlotte Randolph is a beautiful, privileged southern woman who, through the circumstance of war, is coerced to spy for the Confederacy. But with a corral of tall, handsome Union troopers occupying her estate, she feels the lines between enemy and ally, friend and foe, lover and captor beginning to blur.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • Crowner royal : Crowner John mystery, book 13

    Creator

    Knight, Bernard

    Abstract

    While investigating a brazen murder, Coroner of the Verge Sir John de Wolfe discovers a sinister plot to topple the crown, even as King Richard is away fighting the French. Sir John's smarts and quick wits will surely be tested by the villains behind this swelling conspiracy.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Rothley, Leics. [Leicestershire, England]

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    W.F. Howes

    Distributed by Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • Amandine

    Creator

    De Blasi, Marlena

    Abstract

    Deemed an illegitimate child by her royal Polish family, Amandine is abandoned as a baby at a French convent. As she grows, Amandine struggles to accept her orphaned state. She longs to put together the missing pieces of her identity, but as WWII engulfs Europe, her time to find answers may be running short.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • A company of swans

    Creator

    Ibbotson, Eva.

    Abstract

    In 1912 England, 19-year-old Harriet Morton leads a dreary existence. Her ballet class is her only joy. When Father won't let her travel on a ballet tour to South America, Harriet creates a clever ruse that covers her escape and triggers an experience far beyond her dreams.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • Martin Dressler : the tale of an American dreamer

    Creator

    Millhauser, Steven

    Abstract

    Presents Martin Dressler, son of an immigrant cigar maker, who, in dedicating his life to the American dream, becomes a symbol of it.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • Canaan

    Creator

    McCaig, Donald

    Abstract

    This sequel to Donald McCaig's Civil War novel "Jacob's ladder" delivers a saga of Reconstruction America from Lee's 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Custer's 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn. McCaig follows the changing fortunes of a diverse ensemble of characters, including Edward, a wartime top sergeant for the 38th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. Travelling west as a scout, trail cook, cattle driver, and sharpshooter, he marries a Santee Indian.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié