Oxford Univ. Press
The Ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual
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Though lesser-known than his contemporaries – Faraday, Huxley, Kelvin, Carlyle, and Pasteur – John Tyndall is becoming recognized for achievements in science and other areas. ...Read Review
Riddle of the Runes
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
In the Viking town of Kilsgard, young investigator and shield maiden, Alva, along with her sniffer wolf, Fen, follow a series of clues ...Read Review
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro De’ Medici
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Few today remember Alessandro, the first Duke of Florence. During the 1520s and 30s the rivalry between the two illegitimate young Medici heirs, ...Read Review
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
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Susan Doran’s meticulously researched book on Elizabeth I takes an unusual and effective approach to its subject. Rather than a chronological account, ...Read Review
The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Representations of Reality in History and Fiction
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Hamnett sets himself two major tasks. The first might be more intriguing to the casual reader: to explain why the historical novel, initially ...Read Review
Between Two Seas
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Marianne begins her story in Grimsby in a world of poverty, cruelty and illness. The victim of bullies, Marianne, is illegitimate and is ...Read Review
Viking Girl
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
This is the story of a young woman, Berengeria—a Viking queen who comes with her people to live on the coast of ...Read Review
In the Morning
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This is the third book in Cronin’s trilogy charting the struggle of two young boys, Frank and Les, against the Nazis. Cronin ...Read Review
Ivy
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The heroine of the book captures the reader’s sympathy as her naivety, beauty and innocence are abused as her story unfolds. Born ...Read Review
Troublesome Angels and the Red Island Pirates
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Bianca and Eva are making their way to Venice when they are marooned by pirates on an island en route. They find shelter ...Read Review
