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The Man Who Was Loved
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There’s something about Venice that defies conventional description and so does this enigmatic novel. Not so much a novel, it’s more ...Read Review
Purity of Blood
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Diego Alatriste survives in the Spain of 1623 by taking commissions as a sword for hire while maintaining a firm sense of honor. This ...Read Review
The Widow’s War
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As a whaler’s wife living on Cape Cod in 1761, Lyddie Berry always knew the dangers. One windy January afternoon, when her cousins ...Read Review
Götz and Meyer
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It is rare that a slim book can wield such emotional impact, but Götz and Meyer is small in page-length alone; the ...Read Review
Intoxicated! A Novel of Money, Madness and the Invention of the World’s Favorite Soft Drink
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Yorkshire, 1869. En route from France by train, Isaac Brookes nearly kicks a bunch of smelly rags out the door of his compartment only ...Read Review
House of Orphans
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Set in Finland in 1901, House of Orphans tells the stories of Eeva and Lauri, childhood friends separated by death and politics. Eeva grows ...Read Review
A Rose for the Crown
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Kate Haute is a young woman from a lowly background, taken into her uncle’s household and given the great privilege of becoming ...Read Review
Leonardo’s Swans
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Leonardo da Vinci has become quite popular these days, as has the historical novel featuring an intrepid woman ahead of her time, with ...Read Review
The Alchemist’s Daughter
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In lyrical prose, this novel details the life of Emilie Selden, a female scientist in 18th century England, squirreled away in her father’...Read Review
The Turk and my Mother
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This is the story of several generations of a Croatian family, both in their native country and in the United States. The mother ...Read Review
