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2012

The Winter Palace

By Eva Stachniak - Published 2012

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When shy Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst arrives at the Russian court to marry Empress Elizabeth Petrovna’s nephew and heir, Peter, no one ...Read Review

The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R.

By Carole DeSanti - Published 2012

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Literary

When 17-year-old Eugénie leaves her humble home in France’s foie gras country to follow her wealthy lover to Paris, she has ...Read Review

Sweeter than Birdsong

By Rosslyn Elliott - Published 2012

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Inspirational Romance

This is the second book in the Saddler’s Legacy series, set in the 1850s. Sweeter than Birdsong is a fictionalized account of ...Read Review

Hawk Quest

By Robert Lyndon - Published 2012

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Adventure

England, AD 1072, and a Christian knight languishes in Anatolia, captive of Emir Suleyman. His ransom: four rare birds of prey, gyrfalcons to be ...Read Review

Hold on to Hope

By Jean Fullerton - Published 2012

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Romance

This tightly crafted romantic mystery set in the East End of London convincingly conveys the concerns, conditions, social conventions and clothing of the ...Read Review

Sister Queens

By Julia Fox - Published 2011 Published 2012

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Nonfiction

Sister Queens is the story of two daughters of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Their Most Catholic Majesties, whose formidable influence ...Read Review

The Year After | The Last Summer

By Judith Kinghorn - By Martin Davies - Published 2011 Published 2012

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Occasionally the accidents of publishing bring out two books in the same season which neatly complement each other. The Last Summer and The ...Read Review

The Garden Intrigue

By Lauren Willig - Published 2012

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Adventure Romance

Historian Eloise Kelly is back, still working with a treasure trove of primary sources for her dissertation on English spies immersed in the ...Read Review

Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan

By Conn Iggulden - Published 2012

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Adventure Military

Conqueror is the story of the renowned scholar and warrior Kublai Khan, but it is also the tale of those men who shaped ...Read Review

Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War

By Hugh Howard - Published 2012

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Nonfiction

In 1807, the HMS Leopard attacked the USS Chesapeake off the coast of Virginia. After blowing twenty-two holes in the Chesapeake‘s hull, the ...Read Review