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2014 (US & CAN)

The Devil’s Making

By Seán Haldane - Published 2014 (US & CAN)Published 2015 (UK)

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It’s 1869, and Victoria, Canada is a diverse place. Europeans, Americans, Indians, and Chinese all inhabit the rough-and-tumble colony. Oxford-educated Chad Hobbes, fresh ...Read Review

Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

By Kate Williams - Published 2013 (UK)Published 2014 (US & CAN)

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Nonfiction

Kate Williams, royal correspondent for CNN, has followed up her 2008 biography of Queen Victoria with a well-researched, heavily detailed biography of Josephine Bonaparte, ...Read Review