C.W. Gortner
The American Adventuress
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In this fictional biography of Winston Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome, C. W. Gortner serves up a lively and engrossing portrait of an ...Read Review
The Bait (To Catch A Leopard)
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Venice in 1958 is a playground for the rich, and one of those playing there is Ania Throne, a world-renowned jewelry designer. Allegedly in ...Read Review
The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt
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“I saw myself at Hugo’s side, the daughter of a courtesan, whom no one save my dear Dumas had believed would amount ...Read Review
The Romanov Empress
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This gorgeous, glorious, haunting book vividly imagines the inner life of Dagmar of Denmark, wife to the Russian tsar Alexander III and mother ...Read Review
Marlene
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Marlene is a fictional autobiography of Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992). In seven “scenes” the legendary femme fatale recounts events from her earlier years through ...Read Review
The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia
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Pity Lucrezia Borgia and the legacy of historical gossip permanently attached to her. Simply saying the name conjures up titillating visions of wealth, ...Read Review
Mademoiselle Chanel
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Gabrielle Chanel, the destitute country orphan who remade herself into Coco Chanel, the 20th century’s most celebrated designer, lived a life of ...Read Review
The Tudor Vendetta
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Brendan Prescott is steeped in intrigue once again in this newest installment in Gortner’s Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles. Gortner captures the religious ...Read Review
The Tudor Conspiracy
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The Tudor Conspiracy, second in the series by C.W. Gortner, starts off quickly, with Brendan Prescott being recruited by William Cecil to ...Read Review
The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
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Bestselling author C.W. Gortner’s latest novel examines the life of Isabella of Castile, one of the most famous women in history. ...Read Review