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1812: a Novel
From the Publisher: The war of 1812 would either make America a global power sweeping all the way to the Pacific or break it into small pieces bound to mighty England. It was a second revolution of sorts to prove to the British that America had to be taken seriously. The principal players in this drama were James and Dolley Madison and Andrew and Rachel Jackson. Their courage and determination would shape America’s destiny.... Show More
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21: the Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
From the Publisher: "In response to the interest of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.<p>Blue at the Mizzen ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to South Africa. The next novel, never completed, would have been the chronicle of that mission and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk at the time of his death are presented here. Though tantalizingly incomplete, these pages prove that O'Brian's humor, powers of observation, and understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end."... Show More
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Abyssinian Proof
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Ace
From the Publisher: "Four Americans—a twenty-year-old social outcast, a breezily iconoclastic Army officer, a ruthless U.S. senator, and a guilt-ridden heiress—are inexorably drawn together in their struggles to deal with America's chaotic involvement in World War I. Their interwoven destinies lead from poverty-stricken slums through the opulence of 1917–1918 Washington, London, and Paris and, climactically, into the Western Front's vicious aerial combat, which establishes the matrix for all air warfare to come."... Show More
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Adam Resurrected
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Addie
From the Publisher: "The time is the mid-1880s when much of Florida is a virtual wilderness. Addie ekes out a living from her canteen at the convergence of two primitive railroads. When Addie meets Burke, the owner-operator of the railroad that links the seaside docks, an attraction blossoms. But social persecution forces Addie to flee into the subtropical wilderness. Burke launches a search for her, not knowing that she has become a pawn in a plot to usurp him of his empire."... Show More
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Adventures of Augie March
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Angels & Insects: Two Novellas
From the Publisher: "In two breathtakingly accomplished novellas, A.S. Byatt explores the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are both popular manias, and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion.<P>In “Morpho Eugenia”, a shipwrecked naturalist is rescued by a family whose clandestine passions come to seem as inscrutable as the behavior of insects. In “The Conjugial Angel,” a circle of fictional mediums finds itself haunted by the ghost of a very real historical personage.<P>Angels & Insects offers further proof of Byatt’s prodigious powers and magical sympathy for characters who might be our great-great-grandparents."... Show More
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Antietam: a Novel
The Civil War Battle Series ;Bk. 3
From the Publisher: "Antietam is the third in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family, the Brannons. Mac, a Brannon son and a gifted horseman, joins Jeb Stuart’s cavalry and soon finds himself on one of the great adventures of the war."... Show More
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Appomattox: a Novel
The Civil War Battle Series ;Bk. 10
From the Publisher: "With the conclusion of the ten-volume saga, the multiple strands of the story are woven toward their resolution. Members of the Brannon family are involved in battles across the country, from the Deep South to the Dakota Territory. In the spring of 1865 the war reaches its climax at a crossroads in Virginia known as Appomattox. Subsequently, the war in brought home to the Brannon farm when carpetbaggers move into the South and they must decide whether to fight or flee. "... Show More
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Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
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Back to Wando Passo
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Battle Flag
The Starbuck Chronicles ;V. 3
From the Publisher: "Distinguishing himself at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck sees his career jeopardized through the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, the grandiose General Washington Faulconer. Their simmering enmity flares to life at Dead Mary’s Ford, where Nate Starbuck has to fight the enemy as well as his own commanding officer."... Show More
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The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
From the Publisher: " In the madness and violence of a great battle and its aftermath, Bushrod Carter tries to act his part as well as he can. He must confront his soul and learn from his comrades and from a young girl struggling with her own harsh past. The Black Flower is a story not only of war but of men and women seeking redemption."... Show More
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Black Tulip
From the Publisher: "Alexandre Dumas’s novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In The Black Tulip, the real hero is no musketeer but a flower. The novel, a deceptively simple story, is set in Holland in 1672 during the amazing tulipmania of the seventeenth century that brought wealth to some and ruin to many. The story weaves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witte and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. The novel is also a timeless political allegory in which Dumas, drawing on the violence and crimes of history, makes his case against tyranny and puts all his energies into creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra."... Show More
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Blindspot: a Novel By a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise
From the Publisher: "Set in boisterous, rebellious Boston on the eve of the American Revolution, Blindspot ingeniously weaves together the fictional stories of Stewart Jameson, a Scottish portrait painter and notorious libertine, and Fanny Easton, a fallen woman from one of Boston’s most powerful families who disguises herself as a boy to become Jameson’s defiant and seductive apprentice. Together with an African-born doctor, they investigate the death of the famous revolutionary leader Samuel Bradstreet."... Show More
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Bloody Ground
The Starbuck Chronicles ;V. 4
From the Publisher: "It is only weeks after the Second Manassas in September 1862, and in General Lee’s army the Northern renegade Nathaniel Starbuck must prove his loyalty once again. As Robert E. Lee takes the war north, he will be met by “Little Mac,” General George McClellan, whose Northern army far outnumbers and outguns the invading Confederates."... Show More
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Blue At the Mizzen
From the Publisher: "Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo, but the ensuing peace brings Captain Jack Aubrey the desertion of half his crew. Jack and Stephen’s South American expedition becomes a desperate affair, until Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru."... Show More
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Bride of the Wilderness
From the Publisher: "The acclaimed author of such suspense classics as The Tears of Autumn and The Miernik Dossier brings us a unique period romance, set in early 18th century Europe and New England and featuring the ancestors of his recurring master-spy Paul Christopher.<p>Young, high-spirited Fanny has been fortunate in her civilized upbringing, but the London she has grown up in is riddled with danger and brutality. When a sinister stranger traps her family into debt in order to advance on Fanny, she is forced to take refuge in France, where she meets a young French soldier called Philippe de Saint-Christophe. Their paths will cross again in the New World, where the war between the English and the French is fought with the help of savage Indians on both sides. Together, Fanny and Philippe will carve out a fierce, adventurous life in the vigorous, untamed wilderness."... Show More
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By the Grand Canal
From the Publisher: "In the aftermath of the First World War, Hugh Thurne, a British diplomat involved in the peace negotiations, finds solace in his rented palazzo in Venice rather than returning to his wife and the charade of his marriage in London. Although profoundly disturbed about the long-term prospects for peace, he has faith in the city’s power to raise his spirits. Hugh eagerly looks forward to visits with his old friends Giocomo and Valentina Venier in their dilapidated palazzo on the Grand Canal to dallying with a young opera singer, Emanuela; and to the arrival of violet Mancroft, the widow of his best friend lost in the war. What he does not anticipate is the shadow lying over the Venier family’s future. Nor has he reckoned with the vagaries of his own heart. Evoking the beauty of Venice, this is a novel about premonition for the future and the war it portends, about death and memory, and also about an unexpected love between two old friends."... Show More
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Byzantium
From the Publisher: "Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aidan’s quiet life. He is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the fabled city of Byzantium, where they are to present the beautiful and costly hand-illuminated Book of Kells to the emperor of all Christendom.<p>During this expedition by sea and over land, Aidan becomes, by turns, a warrior and a sailor, a slave and a spy, a Viking and a Saracen, and finally, a man. He sees more of the world than most men of his time, becoming an ambassador to kings and an intimate of Byzantium’s fabled Golden Court. And finally, this valiant Irish monk faces the greatest trial confronting any man in any age: the command of his own destiny."... Show More
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Café on the Nile: a Novel
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Captain Blood
From the Publisher: "Doctor Peter Blood’s quiet life is shattered when he is convicted of treason for helping a wounded nobleman. He’s swept into a slave ship but escapes from slavery during a pirate attack. He becomes a pirate and soon is the greatest of them all. Raids, sea battles, sword fights, acts of gallantry and low cunning follow, recounted with zest and skill. "... Show More
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Catiline Conspiracy
SPQR (Blackstone Audio)
From the Publisher: "It was a summer of glorious triumph for the mighty Roman Republic. Her invincible legions had brought all foreign enemies to their knees. But in Rome there was no peace. The streets were flooded with the blood of murdered citizens, and there were rumors of more atrocities to come. Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger was convinced a conspiracy existed to overthrow the government, a sinister cabal that could only be destroyed from within. But admission into the traitorous society of evil carried a grim price: the life of Decius's closest friend and maybe his own."... Show More
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Chancellorsville: a Novel
The Civil War Battles Series ;4
From the Publisher: "Chancellorsville is the fourth in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. After Will and Mac Brannon return to their units, the Confederate cause claims another Brannon son, this one a gifted rifleman."... Show More
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Cheerfulness Breaks in
From the Publisher: "Tears mingle with domestic upheavals in this delightful reunion of Thirkell’s Barsetshire characters as they cavort through the early days of World War II. Highlights include Rose Birkett's wedding, Geraldine Birkett's infatuation with Fritz Gissing, and a romance between Octavia Crawley and Tommy Needham. Noel Merton's marriage to Lydia Keith takes place just before he leaves for the war, and at the end he may be missing after Dunkirk. When it is learned that a London school is to be evacuated, the villagers rally round to offer their support, and the local characters are seen in their true colors. Meanwhile, East European refugees bring a new spirit and energy to the peaceful countryside."... Show More
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Chickamauga: a Novel
The Civil War Battle Series ;Bk. 7
From the Publisher: "This is the seventh book in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. While two Brannon sons were with Lee at Gettysburg and Cory was at Vicksburg, they still mourn the loss of another, Titus, presumed dead but actually interned in a Yankee prison camp. Titus is determined to escape and make his way home, while Cory Brannon joins the cavalry just in time for the action at Chickamauga."... Show More
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Cleopatra
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Commodore
From the Publisher: "Upon their return home to England from the South Seas, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin find that Maturin's wife has disappeared. Soon thereafter, they are dispatched to the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade. At the same time they must deal with an impending French invasion of Ireland."... Show More
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Copperhead
The Starbuck Chronicles ;V. 2
From the Publisher: "In the summer of 1862, Captain Nathaniel Starbuck is again in the thick of Civil War action. Accused of being a Yankee spy, he must prove his innocence and find the real spy. Failure could lead to the fall of Richmond and defeat for Robert E. Lee."... Show More
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Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London
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Cry, the Beloved Country
From the Publisher: "This is a new reading of Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man's law.<p>Set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s, Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu pastor, and his son, Absalom. Written with keen compassion and understanding, the novel powerfully evokes the experience of a land and a people torn by racial injustice.<p>Paton said of his book: “It is a song of love for one’s far distant country.” Thus, it is a tale that is passionately African while also being timeless and universal. Remarkable for its lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a work of love and hope, of courage and tragedy, born of the dignity of man."... Show More
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Dark Lantern
From the Publisher: "The Bentley’s London household is in a state of flux. The elderly matron is on her deathbed; so her son, recently returned from France, is acting as the new master of the house. While he is busy developing a reputation in anthropometry, the science of identifying criminals by body measurements, he is unaware of the secrets of the women in the household—the mysterious woman who claims to be the bride of his dead brother, the new maid from the country, and even his own wife—keep from him.<p>A fascinating portrayal of nineteenth-century England and a page-turning mystery, The Dark Lantern exposes the genteel “upstairs” of a Victorian home, as well as the darker underside of its servants’ quarters. The clash of these two classes makes for a suspenseful novel of mistaken identities, intriguing women, and dangerous deception."... Show More
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Desolation Island
From the Publisher: "Captain Jack Aubrey is sailing the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts and a Dutch man-of-war to windward. Undermanned and outgunned, the Leopard sails for her life into the freezing Antarctic, where, in mountainous seas, the Dutchman closes in."... Show More
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Devil's Oasis
From the Publisher: "All the treacherous intrigue and drama of Rommel’s desert war in Africa come vibrantly to life in this novel of historical adventure and romance. While Anton and Wellington Rider fight to protect Egypt from the Nazi forces, alliances shift, loyalties deceive, and danger lies in the desert night."... Show More
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Doublet Affair
An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court
From the Publisher: "In To Shield the Queen, we were introduced to Ursula Blanchard, lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and one of the most entrancing mystery heroines to come along in many a season. Having once saved the Virgin Queen from political disaster, now young Ursula faces an even greater challenge. Some of her old acquaintances may be plotting to overthrow Elizabeth in favor of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the re-establishment of the Catholic faith. Secretary of State Sir William Cecil needs a spy in the Mason home, and Ursula is the obvious choice. Torn between her devotion to Elizabeth and her longing to be reunited with her exiled Catholic husband in France, Ursula makes a difficult bargain that balances personal happiness against duty to Queen and country. Her journey takes her into dangerous territory, and whatever happens, she will never again be quite as trusting or secure."... Show More
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Eagle's Cry: a Novel of the Louisiana Purchase
From the Publisher: "French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has gained control of New Orleans. As France forces the young nation’s hand economically and politically, the greatest minds and visionaries of a young America struggle to hold it all together."... Show More
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The Eagle's Daughter: War and Romance in the Holy Roman Empire
From the Publisher: "This is the delightfully intimate story of the tenth-century Byzantine princess Theophano, wife of Otto II, the Holy Roman Emperor. When her husband dies in battle, Theophano becomes regent for her infant son Otto III and rules the Holy Roman Empire for a decade. The novel’s rousing climax is one of the Dark Ages’ great wars of succession, when Theophano’s son becomes a pawn in the hands of the Frankish king."... Show More
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Echoes of the Mekong
From the Publisher: " Peter Huchthausen, in a patrol boat on the Mekong River, rescued a badly wounded Vietnamese child, Nguyen Thi Lung, arranged for her treatment and education, then lost track of her during the Tet offensive. Years later, Nguyen was reunited with Huchthausen who sponsored her entry into the United States. Here in alternating chapters Huchthausen and Nguyen tell their amazing intersecting stories of war and peace."... Show More
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Europe Central
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Far Side of the World
From the Publisher: "The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Stephen Maturin has orders of his own in the world of secret intelligence. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific: typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, murder, and criminal insanity."... Show More
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Feast of Roses
From the Publisher: "The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa continues in this lush sequel to <i>The Twentieth Wife</i>;. As Jahangir’s final wife and only love, Mehrunnisa soon becomes the most powerful woman in the Mughal Empire, ruling from behind the veil and demonstrating great cunning to get what she wants."... Show More
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Fire in the East
Warrior of Rome
From the Publisher: "A.D. 255. The Roman imperium is stretched to the breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border. One man is sent to marshal the defenses of a lonely city and to shore up the crumbling walls of a once indomitable symbol of Roman power, a man whose very name means war: a man called Ballista. So unfolds an epic drama—a story of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, of brutal, bloody warfare. The spectacular flair for explosive action and depth of literary and geographic knowledge, as well as the psychological complexity of the characters, makes Fire in the East the most authoritative historical adventure novel this year."... Show More
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Flamboyant
From the Publisher: "Set in the 1920s and ‘30s, The Flamboyant tells the life story of Lenora Demarest, an American beauty intent on becoming the first aviatrix in her adopted country of Puerto Rico. Born in 1900, Lenora grows up in New York State in the company of her adoring parents and their intellectual friends. After her mother’s sudden death, she accompanies her father to the northern coast of Puerto Rico where, over the next decade, they turn their tropical estate into a successful grapefruit plantation.<p>Meanwhile, Lenora is courted by two men: a dashing American aviator who awakens in her a passion for flying, and a wealthy Puerto Rican entrepreneur who stops at little to win her affection. In love with both, Lenora nevertheless confounds her family and friends by her reactions to these very different suitors.<p>Set against a vibrant backdrop of colonial politics, The Flamboyant traces the inner life of a quintessential modern woman—spirited and determined to live out her dreams."... Show More
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Flowering Wilderness
Forsyte Chronicles
From the Publisher: "John Galsworthy devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians, the Forsytes. Flowering Wilderness is the eighth novel in his Forsyte Chronicles, which has become established as one of the most popular and enduring works of twentieth century literature."... Show More
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For Such a Time
Women of Valor ;1
From the Publisher: "Cousins Giselle Munier and Jean Thornton were as close as sisters until the outbreak of World War II. Then Jean joins the Red Cross and Giselle the French Resistance. When Giselle’s life is endangered, Jean concocts a plan for a parachute jump into occupied France to rescue Giselle."... Show More
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Fortune of War
From the Publisher: "Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Royal Navy. He and Stephen Maturin sail back to England—just as the War of 1812 breaks out."... Show More
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The Four Feathers
From the Publisher: "Just before his regiment sails off to war in the Sudan, British officer Harry Feversham quits the military. He is immediately given four white feathers—symbols of cowardice—one each by his three best friends and one by his fiancée. To disprove this grave dishonor, Harry dons an Arabian disguise and leaves for the Sudan, where he anonymously comes to the aid of his three friends, saving each of their lives. Having proved his bravery, Harry returns to England, hoping to regain the love and respect of his fiancée. "... Show More
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
From the Publisher: "From the pen of this famous Spanish author comes a magnificent and searching study of human beings in time of war.<p>Julio Desnoyers, a wealthy young Spanish American, tries to escape the dirt, blood, and horror of World War I. Why should he fight on foreign soil for a country that is his father's land and not his own? But everywhere he turns, war and its ravages follow Julio, changing everything. His lover Marguerite no longer desires their old life of abandoned intimacy, and his father has no use for his cowardly, profligate son.<p>When Julio finally decides to fight, the world and his family know him for a different man."... Show More
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Franciscan Conspiracy
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