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The Rhetoric of Death
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Rock’s impressive debut takes place in a Paris monastery school in 1686, one with close connections to the court of Louis…
Heartbroke Bay
In 1898 Lady Hamilton, recently arrived from England, is traveling by rail on a tour of the West. During the…
Penelope’s Daughter
Born soon after her father Odysseus sails for Troy, Xanthe is left behind to grow up on the rocky isle…
No Will but His
Of all Henry VIII’s wives, perhaps none is so equally dismissed and pitied as Katherine Howard, the child bride executed…
Pieces of Sky
Carrying the deed to Bickersham Hall and hiding the new life stirring inside her, Jessica Abigail Rebecca Thornton flees her…
Mistress of Rome
Thea is a Jewish slave girl, brought to Rome to be maidservant to the spoiled beauty Lepida Pollia. Arius the…
Her Mother’s Daughter
“Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary.” A children’s scary game recalls the history of the 16th-century queen, Mary Tudor. Daughter of Henry…
The Other Eden
Sarah Bryant is unquestionably a talented writer who deserves a wide readership. Her historical novel set during the time of…
The Widow’s War
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Carolyn Vinton and Dr. William Saylor, both abolitionists, were about to get married when he suddenly disappears. The family assumes…
The Ninth Daughter
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This first novel of a new mystery series begins with Boston housewife Abigail Adams visiting Rebecca Malvern, only to discover…
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