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The Solitude of Thomas Cave
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Set in the first half of the 17th century, this is a poetic and highly literate novel that has as its themes the ...Read Review
Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness
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Upon occasion a reviewer is familiar with the source material for a fictional biographical novel, and therefore dreads the transformation from actual to ...Read Review
The Terror
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In 1845, two ships of the Royal Navy, the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus, led by Sir John Franklin, attempted to sail through ...Read Review
April in Paris
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Don’t be fooled by this book’s unfortunate UK cover. This is not another romantic wartime saga, but a powerful study of ...Read Review
Abraham’s Well
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Until she is about seven years old, Armentia never knows she is a slave. She grows up in the southern Appalachians of North ...Read Review
The Sun Over Breda
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This is the third in the adventures of Captain Alatriste in 17th century Spain, following Captain Alatriste and Purity of Blood. In 1625, Captain ...Read Review
Secret
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This autobiographical novel tells the story of young Philippe’s childhood in post-war Paris. The sickly only child of glamorous, athletic parents, the ...Read Review
Luncheon of the Boating Party
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Paris, 1880. Pierre-Auguste Renoir is thirty-nine, his enchantment with the revolutionary Impressionist style is fading, and the movement threatens to splinter. Renoir paints society ...Read Review
Dawn of Empire
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On the eastern bank of the Tigris five thousand years ago, Orak grew into a rich and powerful village, settled by merchants, traders ...Read Review
The Sparks Fly Upward
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As the waning days of the French Revolution evolve into the Reign of Terror, marked by indiscriminate beheadings, fear and the tyranny of ...Read Review
