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2008.
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English
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Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald has been summoned by the Queen, a woman in the grip of fear. Her beloved husband, Prince Albert, lies dying. When the royal coach is violently overturned, nearly killing him and his brilliant young ward, Dr. Georgiana Armistead, niece of the late Dr. Snow, a famed physician who'd attended none other than Her Majesty, he suspects they each may carry within their past hidden clues to a devastating royal secret.--From...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Alan and Adam Kane arrive in Texas in 1835 and join up with Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and other Texans as they join forces against Mexico's General Santa Anna, with plans to station themselves in the Texan fort known as the Alamo.
29) Peace
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During the winter of 1944, three soldiers are sent on a reconnaissance mission up a mountain in Italy, near Mount Cassino, lead by seventy-year-old Angelo, an Italian of indeterminate loyalty, and are confronted by the terror, confusion, and hardship of their mission.
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When tsarist soldiers fire at a group of peaceful village protestors and kill his young bride, Pavel dedicates his life to overthrowing the Romanovs. Pavel's underground group assassinates the Grand Duke, changing the life of the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta forever.
Grief-stricken, Elisavyeta gives up her wealth and becomes a nun dedicated to the poor people of her country. When revolution finally sweeps Russia, she is the last Romanov captured,
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Setting out for London to clear her name when she is falsely accused of plagiarism, Charlotte Bronte inadvertently stumbles on a murder scene and becomes involved in a chain of events that forces her to confront past demons while following a trail of clues.
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English
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Adelia Aguilar, mistress of the art of death, is summoned, along with Rowley Picot, the Bishop of Saint Albans, by King Henry II to investigate the murder of his mistress, Rosamund Clifford, and to find evidence against the king's estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
33) Shavetail
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Fleeing a shameful past, seventeen-year-old Ned Thorne joins the U.S. Army and, in 1871, is sent to the dangerous Arizona territories, where he joins his captain and a ragtag troop in the search for a missing woman supposedly kidnapped by the Apache.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
It's London, 1857, and everything is at stake for Serafina Trent, a woman of means, but not the typical Victorian lady who feels her place is to be seen and not heard. Wealthy widow of a nobleman and daughter of a famous scientist, she's a skeptic who only trusts what can be proven. When her brother's most recent female dalliance, a beautiful actress, is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Especially since the actress had just rejected him...
37) Palace circle
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
Description
Delia Chandler, an eighteen-year-old Southern girl, marries Viscount Ivor Conisborough just before World War II and becomes part of the Windsor Court. It's every girl's dream come true. But Delia is jolted from her pleasant life when she realizes, after the birth of her two daughters, that Ivor chose her only to bear an heir to his estate. Shortly thereafter, she begins an affair with her husband's handsome, titled, and frequently scandalous best...
38) City of women
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Whom do you trust, whom do you love, and who can be saved? At the height of World War II, Berlin has become a city of women. Sigrid Schröder, the model German soldier's wife, goes to work every day, does her best with her rations, cares for her meddling mother-in-law, and ignores the horrors of the regime. But behind this façade Sigrid dreams of her lover, lost in the chaos of war. Her lover is a Jew. And Sigrid is not the only one with secrets....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Gabriel, the Duke of St. Easton, is ordered by the King to take guardianship over Lady Alexandria Featherstone, whose parents are presumed dead after failing to return from a treasure hunt. Alexandria, believing her parents are still alive, ignores this royal assignment and travels to faraway lands to find them. Gabriel pursues her, always one step behind. When they do meet, the search pales in comparison to what God has planned for both of them.
40) Promise me this
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[2012]
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Michael Dunnagan was never supposed to sail on the Titanic, nor would he have survived if not for the courage of Owen Allen. Determined to fulfill his promise to care for Owen's relatives in America and his sister, Annie, in England, Michael works hard to strengthen the family's New Jersey gardening business. Michael reaches out to grief-stricken Annie through letters, and when World War I erupts in Europe, he risks everything to keep his promise....