The Lords of the North (The Last Kingdom #3) by Bernard Cornwell
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Category: Historical | Series: The\Last Kingdom Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
The third installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. After achieving victory at King Alfred's side, Uhtred of Beb ...Show more
War at the Edge of the World (Twilight of Empire #1) by Ian Ross
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Category: Historical | Series: Twilight of Empire
AN EMPIRE IN DECLINE. Centurion Aurelius Castus - once a soldier in the elite legions of the Danube - believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern Britain, battling to protect an empire in decline. Here he must face the barbarians beyond Hadrian's Wall, in a ...Show more
The Woman in the Photograph by Dana Gynther
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Category: Historical
1929, Montparnasse. Model and woman about town Lee Miller moves to Paris determined to make herself known amidst the giddy circle of celebrated artists, authors, and photographers currently holding court in the city. She seeks out the charming, charismatic artist Man Ray to become his assistant but soon ...Show more
Dilly's Sacrifice by Rosie Goodwin
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Category: Historical | Series: Dilly's Story
A desperate act to save her family ...Dilly is devastated: with her husband unable to work and four children already at home, they cannot afford to feed their new-born baby. Heartbroken, she heads into the night to deliver her baby girl to the Farthing family at the big house. Having just lost their own ...Show more
The Violinist of Venice by Alyssa Palombo
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Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
A dramatic and beautiful novel about composer and priest Antonio Vivaldi's two great loves - his mistress and his music. Following her mother's death, the one source of joy for Adriana d'Amato is her music. Now eighteen, she refuses to let her strict father stop her from pursuing her dreams and begins t ...Show more
Nelly Dean by Alison Case
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Category: Historical
'Audacious', 'a page-turner' and ' has the makings of a feminist classic' INDEPENDENT A gripping and heartbreaking novel that reimagines life at Wuthering Heights through the eyes of the Earnshaws' loyal servant, Nelly Dean. Young Nelly Dean has been Hindley's closest companion for as long as she can re ...Show more
Blue Roses by Peter Salmon
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Category: Historical
In 1922 Percy Grainger was the most famous musician in the world, a pioneer of the recording age who celebrated his wedding at the Hollywood Bowl in front of 20,000 people. When his mother committed suicide, jumping from a New York skyscraper, it made the front page of the New York Times. Blue Roses is ...Show more
Lord of the Darkwood (Tale of Shikanoko #3-4 Prequel to Otori) by Lian Hearn
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Category: Historical | Series: The Tale of the Shikanoko
Like George R. R. Martin, Lian Hearn has captivated millions of readers worldwide with her masterpiece of imagination, TALES OF THE OTORI. Now, against a dazzling canvas of wild forest, elegant court and savage battlefield, she brilliantly brings to life the world that existed 300 years earlier. Hearn w ...Show more
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
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Category: Historical
London 1893. When Cora Seaborne's husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one, and she never suited the role of society wife. Accompanied by her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, where she hopes f ...Show more
The Blind Astronomer's Daughter by John Pipkin
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Category: Historical
In late-eighteenth-century Ireland, accidental stargazer Caroline Ainsworth learns that her life is not what it seems when her father, Arthur, throws himself from his rooftop observatory. Caroline had often assisted her father with his observations, in pursuit of an unknown planet; when astronomer Willi ...Show more
The Unmourned (Monsarrat #2) by Meg Keneally
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Category: Historical | Series: The Monsarrat Series
Not all murder victims are mourned, but the perpetrator must always be punished ...Robert Church, Superintendent of the Parramatta Female Factory, takes full advantage of his position. First, there are the opportunities to siphon off supplies and sell them. And the Factory also provides an excellent fro ...Show more
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
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Category: Historical | Series: Tudor Court Ser. | Reading Level: good
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