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Fates and Traitors: A Novel of John Wilkes Booth
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We’ve all heard of John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated President Lincoln, but who knows much about Booth beyond that? In ...Read Review
A Gentleman in Moscow
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The “gentleman” of the title is Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, a charming Russian aristocrat who lives in a posh suite in Moscow’s ...Read Review
The Wonder
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Emma Donoghue follows up a series of triumphs – the bestselling psychological thriller Room (with its Academy-Award-nominated film adaptation) and the critically acclaimed Astray ...Read Review
Devotion
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Devotion: whose, for whom, or what? In Italy, Aldo Fiori’s for Mussolini; in London, Peter Locke’s for negro jazz singer Mabel ...Read Review
The Shogun’s Queen
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January 1853, or the Year of the Dog, third year of the Kaei era, a yang metal year – and an armed American fleet is ...Read Review
The Lost Girls
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As I said, I am the last. Since Lilith’s passing three years ago, the story of that summer has been mine alone ...Read Review
The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates
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An award-winning historian who also writes fiction can be expected to deliver excellence, and Haley doesn’t disappoint. In reply to currently popular ...Read Review
The Dragon’s Hoard
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I really enjoyed these eleven stories from the Viking sagas, obviously carefully chosen for their variety. Most involve fighting but sometimes, as in ...Read Review
News of the World
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I loved this slim, profoundly moving book so much that, as soon as I finished it, I wanted to read it again. Paulette ...Read Review
Memory of Light
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the major turning point in the American Civil War. This vibrant novel uses the lives of two historical ...Read Review
