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The Cardinal’s Heir

By Jaki Demarest - Published 2005

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

The infamous Cardinal Richelieu is dead, poisoned by one of his many enemies. But who? Long the defender of France and its monarchy, ...Read Review

Nine Days A Queen

By Ann Rinaldi -

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

This novel perfectly and uncomplicatedly reveals the compelling story of Lady Jane Grey. Her story, which is told in a first person narrative, ...Read Review

The Quiller Memorandum

By Adam Hall - Published 2004

Genres:

Thriller

Originally published in 1966 under the title The Berlin Memorandum, this is the first in the famous Quiller series, which eventually went on to ...Read Review

Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott’s Antarctic Quest

By Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Published 2004

Genres:

Nonfiction

Fiennes delves into Robert F. Scott’s fatal (yet successful) race to the South Pole in 1901 and again in 1911 (the deadly expedition) and ...Read Review

Fortress Besieged

By Jeanne Kelly (trans.) - By Nathan K. Mao (trans.) - By Qian Zhongshu - Published 2004

Genres:

Literary

Fortress Besieged was initially published in China in 1947 and is debatably considered one of the finest Chinese novels of last century and for ...Read Review

Mina

By Jonatha Ceely - Published 2004

Genres:

Saga

This novel is set against the backdrop of an English estate, where a mysterious servant called Paddy conceals her true identity and gender ...Read Review

Confession in Moscow

By Michael Johansen - Published 2003

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

From the beginning, the reader is caught up in the tale of Mathias Finne as he confesses in a Moscow police station to ...Read Review

Soumchi

By Amos Oz (trans. Amos Oz & Penelope Farmer) - Published 2003

Genres:

Literary

Soumchi should be considered the definition of a novella. It’s 53 pages of compact, dazzling brilliance. It is a simple story which conveys ...Read Review

The Accompanist

By Nina Berberova (trans. Maria Schwartz) - Published 2003

Genres:

Literary

Sonechka is a gifted, somewhat immature pianist chosen to be the accompanist to a self-indulgent soprano and her manager husband. Though she is ...Read Review

The Lusitania Murders

By Max Allan Collins - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical FictionMystery/Crime

The author William Huntington Wright, travelling under his alias of S.S. Van Dine, is undercover as a journalist on the last voyage ...Read Review