HarperPerennial
The Palace of Strange Girls
Editors' choice
This engaging novel takes place during the summer of 1959 in the resort of Blackpool, England. Seven-year-old Beth is there…
The Pagan House
Thirteen-year-old Eddie Pagan (or Edgar as he prefers to be called) travels from London to New York State to visit…
The Winter of the World
Love, betrayal, and a terrible debt to pay are the themes of The Winter of the World, the debut…
The Sixth Wife
Set during the reign of England’s Edward VI, Suzannah Dunn’s fictionalized account of the final two years of the life…
Serpent Box
The author’s debut novel focuses on the Flints, a family of Pentecostal preachers from Depression-era and postwar Leatherwood, Tennessee.…
Haweswater
In 1936, the Cumbrian village of Mardale is selected as the site for the Haweswater reservoir. The people of Manchester…
Gone with the Windsors
Written in diary form covering the years 1932 to 1946, these entries document the life of the fictional, recently widowed…
Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur’s Chronicler
Thomas Malory is almost as much of a legend as the subject of his unique, and uniquely influential, chronicle. His…
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman are universally recognized as the most distinguished Union officers of the American Civil…
Edge Of Empire: Conquest and Collecting in the East 1750-1850
The breathtaking scope of this book, which was recently awarded the 50th Duff Cooper prize, is infused by Jasanoff’s imaginative…
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