Val Perry
Secrets of the Tudor Court
This is another Tudor novel, this time seen from the perspective of Mary Howard, cousin and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn,…
Secrets of the Tudor Court
This is another Tudor novel, this time seen from the perspective of Mary Howard, cousin and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn,…
Remarkable Creatures
The author of Girl with a Pearl Earring returns with the story of an unlikely friendship between two unlikely 19th-century…
Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
This is not so much a “historical detective story” as a forensic travelogue of the remains of scientist/mathematician/philosopher Rene Descartes,…
A Broken Mirror
As the biographical note explains, Rodoreda is a Catalan writer now being rediscovered as literary force more than 20…
Telegraph Days
From Pulitzer- and Oscar-winning writer Larry McMurtry comes his latest picaresque about life on the American frontier. Our heroine is…
Pecker’s Revenge And Other Stories From The Frontier’s Edge
Lori Van Pelt’s short western stories have won awards, been printed in anthologies and read at the Autry Museum. Pecker’s…
The Last Jew
If you’re looking for linear narrative, traditional formatting of dialogue and punctuation, and an Aristotelian plot pattern (rising action-climax-falling action-conclusion),…
The Education of Arnold Hitler
In his second novel, Estrin takes the reader on a wildly entertaining, half-magical ride through the history and cultural changes…
Bonnie and Clyde: A Love Story
Infamous American gangster couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow rob their way around the Great Plains during the depths of…
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