Editors' Choice

Watermark

By Vanitha Sankaran - Published 2010

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Auda is born an albino in 14th-century France. Believed to be cursed, her tongue is cut out by a midwife’s assistant so ...Read Review

The Templar Knight

By Jan Guillou - Published 2009Published 2010

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AdventureSaga

The story begins in 1177. Exiled to the Holy Land ten years earlier, Arn Magnusson is now serving as Master of the Knights Templar’...Read Review

The King’s Daughter

By Penny Ingham - Published 2010

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Biographical Fiction

The King’s Daughter begins in 877 AD while King Alfred the Great of Wessex is fighting Norse invaders. He is supported by his ...Read Review

Murder at Mansfield Park

By Lynn Shepherd - Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

The well-known classic Mansfield Park has been transformed into a whodunit murder mystery. Murder at Mansfield Park is a page-turner with twists and ...Read Review

Hope Against Hope

By Sally Zigmond - Published 2010

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1837 sees the start of a powerful story about two young sisters, stoical and industrious Carrie, and carefree and vivacious May. They are living ...Read Review

A Fierce Radiance

By Lauren Belfer - Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

Set on the home front of New York City during World War II, Belfer’s second novel (after the acclaimed City of Light) ...Read Review

The Long Song

By Andrea Levy - Published 2010

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Literary

Andrea Levy’s previous books have chronicled the experience of Jamaican immigrants in post-war Britain. In The Long Song she steps back into ...Read Review

My Name is Mary Sutter

By Robin Oliveira - Published 2010

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Literary

Mary Sutter dreams of becoming a surgeon. She, along with her mother, serves as a midwife for the women of Albany, New York. ...Read Review

Parrot and Olivier in America

By Peter Carey - Published 2010

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Biographical FictionLiterary

What a delight this witty novel is! Based on the journeys of Alexis de Tocqueville in the new American republic of the 1830s, ...Read Review

The Courtesan and the Samurai

By Lesley Downer - Published 2010

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Epic

Hana is a true Samurai wife, enduring humiliation and beatings at the hands of her husband without complaint. Her first duty is loyalty. ...Read Review

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