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Kissed by Shadows

By Jane Feather - Published 2003

Genres:

Lady Pippa Nielson, former lady in waiting to Princess Elizabeth, is only tolerated at Queen Mary’s court because of her husband, Lord ...Read Review

The Fall of Light

By Niall Williams - Published 2001

Genres:

Saga

The story opens in early 19th-century Ireland. Francis Foley’s wife leaves him after he steals a telescope from their landlord. Francis flees ...Read Review

The Witch from the Sea

By Lisa Jensen - Published 2001

Genres:

Adventure Nautical

In 1823, half-Indian Victoria “Tory” MacKenzie flees an unpromising future in Boston by disguising herself as a male and stowing away on a ship. ...Read Review

They Call Me Agnes

By Fred W. Voget (assisted by Mary K. Mee) - Published 2001

Genres:

Nonfiction

Crow family life and culture and the changes wrought by the 20th century and reservation life are described in the words of Crow ...Read Review

So Shall We Stand

By Elyse Larson - Published 2001

Genres:

Inspirational Mystery/Crime Thriller

After her husband is killed in the London blitz, Nella Killian returns to her hometown in Wales with her young daughter. The horrors ...Read Review

Madame de Pompadour

By Nancy Mitford - Published 2001

Genres:

Nonfiction

As a child, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson went to a fortuneteller who told her that one day she would reign over the heart of a ...Read Review

Almost Heaven

By Judith McNaught - Published 2001

Genres:

Romance

With intelligence and humor, Judith McNaught has created a lively and fun Regency romance. Impoverished Lady Elizabeth Cameron must marry well to save ...Read Review

A Mystery of Errors

By Simon Hawke - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Mystery/Crime

After viewing a performance by a traveling theater troupe, stage-struck apprentice blacksmith Symington “Tuck” Smythe leaves his country village and heads for London, ...Read Review

X–Calibre: The Absurd Legend of Cantiger the Wizard

By Mark Parker - Published 2000

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

In this spoof of Arthurian legend, an inept and unapologetically self-interested wizard’s apprentice named Cantiger steals spells from a powerful enchantress ...Read Review