Whether your passion is The Ancient Greeks, The Wars of The Roses or The Russian Revolution, you'll find stories of life during these eras and every other, often using factual accounts to build a fictional narrative.
Historical Fiction Books
HarperCollins Publishers The Lost Twin
A gripping and emotional story about family, secrets, and never giving up hope. Perfect for fans of Ali Mercer, Kelly Rimmer and S. D. Robertson.When a child is lost, can the heart ever recover?Marie Tully is eighteen when she gives birth to twins at a home for unmarried mothers. Penniless and alone, Marie is forced to make an impossible choice. One she will regret for the rest of her life.Against the odds, Marie raises her son Barry and gives him a good life. Yet she can never bring herself to tell him that somewhere out there, he has a twin brother.But secrets can't stay buried forever. And when Barry learns the truth, it threatens to tear mother and son apart all over again.Will the family ever be reunited? And can the scars of a lifetime ever truly heal?What readers are saying about The Lost TwinI was hooked from the first page'This is the first novel I have read by this author but I hope it will not be the last!'Wonderfully written, the characters are real and completely engaging,
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HarperCollins Publishers Second Chance at the Belfast Guesthouse
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HarperCollins Publishers Daughters of the Resistance
Book SynopsisA heart-wrenching novel of love, resilience and courage in World War II, from the author of Sisters of War perfect for readers who loved The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The German Midwife.Ukraine, 1943On a train from Ukraine to Germany, Lisa Smirnova is terrified for her life. The train is under Nazi command, heading for one of Hitler's rumoured labour camps. As she is taken away from everything she holds dear, Lisa wonders if she will ever see her family again.In Nazi-occupied Kiev, Irina Antonova knows she could be arrested at any moment. Trapped in a job registering the endless deaths of the people of Kiev, she risks her life every day by secretly helping her neighbours, while her husband has joined the Soviet partisans, who are carrying out life-threatening work to frustrate the German efforts.When Lisa's train is intercepted by the partisans, Irina's husband among them, these women's lives will take an unimaginable turn. As Irina fights to protect her family and Lisa is forced to Trade Review‘A powerful and hard-hitting novel, it tackles the themes of loyalty and compassion, and emphasizes the hard choices that need to be made in wartime’ Deborah Swift, author of The Lady's Slipper 'The author, Lana Kortchik, has done her homework, and it shows. Her writing style is crisp and vivid, and she gives us dialogue that jumps off the page’Harry Fox, author of The Stonegate Sword ‘Pulls you in to the bleakness of war, the longing for peace, and the exhilaration of profound, unconditional love’ Marie Silk, author of Davenport House 'Miss Kortchik takes the reader on a whirlwind journey, full of emotions, loss, love, and faith in this well-researched novel’ Heather Osborne, author of Bitter Bonds ‘I didn't want this story to end. It's one of those books you hold close to your heart and don't want to let go. By the time I got to the last page I felt I knew these wonderful characters well. Lana talks of such tragedy, hard times, loss, betrayal, sorrow, love and happiness with such class and sophistication for one so young, she left me speechless and wanting more. Such woe was there in this story, but such love, it will melt you’ Sharon Laker, author of The Railway Mice of Countesthorpe 'I cried, smiled, gasped, and laughed while reading this book. It will stay with me long after I've finished it' J.L. Leslie, author of Tame Me
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HarperCollins Publishers All We Left Behind A heartbreaking and gripping
Book SynopsisFor fans of The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeart-wrenching. Emotional. A powerful story of wartime love and devotion' Glynis Peters, author of The Secret OrphanA powerful and incredibly moving historical novel inspired by an untold story of the Second World War.Vancouver 1941As the war rages around the world, Hitler's fury is yet to be felt on the peaceful shores of Mayne Island. Sweethearts Hayden and Chidori are in love.But everything changes after Pearl Harbor.Now seen as the enemy, Chidori and her family are forced into an internment camp. Powerless to help them, Hayden joins the air force to bring about an end to this devastating war the thought of Chidori is all that keeps him alive.Can they both survive long enough to be reunited? Or will the war be the only thing to separate their love?Readers adore All We Left Behind:A story crying out to be told' Mary Martel, NetgalleyFrom the very first chapter I was hooked' Whitney Wenthold, NetgalleyThis is another WWII novel with a bit of a t
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HarperCollins Publishers Beneath a Starless Sky
Book SynopsisA gripping WW2 story of love, betrayal and courageThis novel will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions A great read!' Reader Reviewer ?????Munich: Smoke filled the air.Lilli Sternberg's quickening heart sounded an alarm as she rounded the street corner. Lifting her gaze to the rooftops, a roaring blaze of thick flames engulfed the side of the building and joined the stars to fill the black sky. Her father's shop was no more.Lilli Sternberg longs to be a ballet dancer. But outside the sanctuary of the theatre, Munich is no longer a place for dreams.The Nazi party are gaining power and the threats to Jewish families increasing. Even Lilli's family shop was torched because of their faith.When Lilli meets Captain Marco Zeiller during a chance encounter, her heart soars. He is the perfect gentleman and her love for him feels like a bright hope under a bleak sky.But battle lines are being drawn, and Marco has been spotted by the Reich as an officer with potential. Lilli means more to hi
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HarperCollins Publishers The Countess of the Revolution
Book SynopsisEverything I love about historical fiction and more.' Reader review ?????March, 1917Petrograd is on the eve of revolution. For Countess Sophia Orlova, the city of her childhood the only home she has ever known has become her deadly enemy. The mob are ready to get rid of anyone connected to the old regime, including Sophia.When rebels threaten to shoot Sophia and her husband, they are saved by Nikolai, a fervent supporter of the revolution. Determined to help Nikolai's cause, Sophia sets up a hospital wing in the house, nursing injured victims by his side.Her kindness has captured Nikolai's heart, but their burgeoning romance is forbidden. With battle lines drawn between the new and the old, both their lives are in dangerWill their love be strong enough to overcome the horrors of war?From the bestselling author of Sisters of War comes a heart-wrenching novel of lovers trapped on the opposite sides of a terrifying political conflict, loss, and sacrifice.Readers LOVE The Countess of the
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HarperCollins Publishers Accidental Darlings
Book Synopsis''Delightfully subversive, I loved it'' REDThe darkly funny new novel from Polari Prize-shortlisted author Crystal Jeans, inspired in part by Dickens'' Great ExpectationsIn the night, I slept with my head under a shawl, listening to the ceaseless low groans of the house, telling myself that my mother would never have sent me to live with a murderer or a witch or a Miss Havisham1924.When Anastasia's beloved mother dies, she has no choice but to go to rural Skimpole and move in with the Aunt' too fearsome for a first name, an outcast from the village who lives in a dilapidated mansion with two servants and an unruly pack of dogs.The many mysteries of Skimpole are irresistibly intriguing: how did Anastasia's father really die? Who wrote the extremely raunchy love letters she has found in the Aunt's bedroom, signed Big Willy'? And why does everyone in the village hate the Aunt so much?When some of the Aunt's friends from her youth arrive at the house, wreathed in cigarette smoke and an ai
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Ecco Press Celestial Harmonies
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Crystal Cave
Book SynopsisBorn the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man''s-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon . . . and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Last Enchantment
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HarperCollins hadrianswall
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Quicksilver
Book SynopsisQuicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of Half-Cocked Jack Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox.And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance.A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most o
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Scourge of God
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HarperCollins The Thorn Birds
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HarperCollins Revenge of the Rose
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1199, Willem, a young nobleman, is summoned to the court of Konrad, the Holy Roman Emperor, whose realm spans much of Europe. Willem's guide to courtly life is minstrel Jouglet, a longtime admirer of his sister. Willem wins great honors for his knightly prowess, but soon he himself is the unwitting pawn in an elaborate scheme.Trade Review"A clever novel of courtly love...entertains with a flourish." -- Publishers Weekly "A tasty fictional stew, mixing elements of twelfth-century culture together skillfully to produce a veritable reading feast." -- Booklist
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Crossed
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Last Kingdom
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Vivaldis Virgins A Novel
Book SynopsisAnna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be.Trade Review"Quick has chosen a fascinating backdrop. Her novel shimmers...This is a good read." -- Booklist "Quick's descriptions of Anna Maria's violin playing soar off the page, evoking Vivaldi's own compositions." -- San Francisco Chronicle "A genuine successor to [Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring]." -- Houston Chronicle
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HarperCollins Mrs. Chippys Last Expedition
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HarperCollins The Cloud Sketcher
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Ginger Tree
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Shoemakers Wife
Book SynopsisTrigiani’s biggest novel to date--a breathtaking multi-generational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and two oceans, replete with the all the drama, sumptuous detail and heart-stopping romance that have made her “One of the reigning queen’s of women’s fiction” (USA Today).Beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career—a breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again. Fans of Trigiani’s sweeping family dramas like Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia will love her latest masterpiece, a book Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, calls “totally new and completely wonderful: a rich, sweeping epic which tells the story of the women and men who built America dream by dream.”
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc These Is My Words
Book Synopsis“Belongs on your must-read list. This novel is a gem.” —Omaha World-HeraldNancy E. Turner''s unforgettable These Is My Words melds the sweeping adventures and dramatic landscapes of Lonesome Dove with the heartfelt emotional saga of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author''s own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon—from child to determined young adult to loving mother—she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and tragic, that molded her, and recalls the enduring love with cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and purpose. Rich in a
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HarperCollins Birth of the Kingdom
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HarperCollins Lovers at the Chameleon Club Paris 1932
Book SynopsisA richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself.Paris in the 1920s shimmers with excitement, dissipation, and freedom.Trade Review"A reading experience like none other-a shimmering library of possible truths and forking pathways...Readers of this extraordinary novel become Villars' co-biographers, piecing through 'official' and underground accounts as ample (and as unreliable) as the human library of memory. I was addicted to this book." -- Karen Russell, author of SWAMPLANDIA "Prose's latest book goes further in destroying the concept of a single truth than 'Rashomon.' It's also an uproarious portrait of Paris from the mid-twenties to the Second World War. Prose has always been adept at slaying sacred cows; in this book, she pretty much machine-guns them." -- Gary Shteyngart, author of LITTLE FAILURE, A Memoir "An engrossing literary mystery...Refracting the vivid, villainous life of Louisianne Villars through letters, memoirs, and the recreations of a biographer, Prose coaxes into kaleidoscopic view both a tortured human being and bohemian Paris before and during the Nazi occupation... she cleverly exploits the vain, self-serving nature of memory itself." -- Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD "A pitch perfect pastiche that interrogates the meaning of art and the limits of loyalty. With a style that is beautiful, strong, modest and absolutely authoritative Prose directs the light of her immense talent on the horrors of fascism and the puzzling, sometimes punishing nature of love. A great novel." -- Scott Spencer, author of MAN IN THE WOODS and A SHIP MADE OF PAPER "Significant writers are rare. A writer like Prose, who is not only significant but capable of writing brilliantly about pretty much anything-from obsessive love to religious ecstasy to life in Paris in the twenties and beyond-is not only rare. She is, essentially, the Hope Diamond of literature." -- Michael Cunningham "Brilliant and wicked and funny and right on-never has Europe been done with such savage precision...Every bit funny and appalling, at the end especially, of course. There's not a French affectation, hypocrisy or depravity left untouched. I love it!" -- Diane Johnson, author of LE MARIAGE and L'AFFAIRE "Prose is the real chameleon here, blending effortlessly into half a dozen disparate voices...The result is a perfect stunner, the novel-as-a Picasso, or a kaleidoscope-vivid, fractured, and spellbinding...Prose is one of our sharpest critics and our most daring novelists, and this is her best book." -- Joshua Ferris, author of AND THEN WE CAME TO THE END "The breadth, nerve and intricacy of Francine Prose's big new novel should surprise even her most regular readers. A bona fide page turner..." -- The New York Times "A novel of great reach and power, a portrait of an entire era." -- The New York Times Book Review "So dazzlingly does Francine Prose re-create this seamy chapter of mid-century Paris that it's tempting to think of her as not a novelist but an editor who corralled all these people into a raucous work of history...C'est magnifique!" -- The Washington Post "A master of the craft delivers a riveting period piece that probes the origins of evil." -- O Magazine "A tour de force...The result is fresh, layered and nuanced. It's historical fiction done right and one of the finest accomplishments of this accomplished author...The novel dazzles. With sure, intelligent narrative and elegant detail, Prose has crafted a story that honors its characters and a pivotal time in history." -- Miami Herald "Engrossing...The narrative twists and turns, circles back to add depth to previous scenes, at other times casts doubt on the reliability of a narrator, and occasionally calls into question the entire endeavor of historical fiction." -- Elle "Brilliant and dazzling...A tour de force of character, point of view and especially atmosphere" -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "The circumstances that foster such unhappiness are always elusive, but they can be explored. That's the task of a good novel, and Prose has done the job." -- The Seattle Times "[E]xcellent novel... With a deft and frequently scathing touch, Prose sends up nearly every literary type imaginable and then some..." -- The San Francisco Chronicle "Prose's excellent novel, which treads between lightly mischievous (mocking Henry Miller) and deadly serious (invading Nazis), centers on a fictionalized French Olympic hopeful who spied for the Germans - and was killed by the Resistance in 1944." -- The San Francisco Chronicle "Prose exuberantly conjures up the romance of that unstable era...filled with felicitous imagery and sparkling period details." -- Wall Street Journal "[A] stunning novel...a provocative exploration of identity and the search for acceptance." -- BookPage "Prose's novel pulses with the heartbeat of real life, brimming with colorful characters as artists (including, notably, Pablo Picasso), petty forgers, Nazis and resistance fighters meet on the page... It is a testament to Prose's considerable talent that she's able to execute such an ambitious work so flawlessly." -- Shelf Awareness Many sure-footed novelists have tried to embody Paris in its boozy, gender-bending, art-and-outrage pre-occupation golden age of the '20s and '30s before, but the ever-exceptional Prose succeeds in making the city alive by supplying it with a dissonant, avant-garde chorus of voices... -- Interview Magazine "An ingenious excursion into the Parisian demimonde." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR.org "A dark and glorious tour de force...In an intricately patterned, ever-morphing, lavishly well-informed plot spanning the French countryside and reaching to Berlin, Prose intensifies our depth perception of that time of epic aberration and mesmerizing evil as she portrays complex, besieged individuals struggling to become their true selves." -- Booklist (starred review) "The novel skillfully portrays the headiness of Parisian cafes, where artists and writers came together to talk and cadge free drinks, and the terror of the Nazi Occupation... Prose deftly demonstrates with a wink the self-seeking nature of memory and the way we portray our past." -- Publishers Weekly "A rich portrait of a difficult age" -- The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 will be many things to many people-history, mystery, chronicle, commentary-but above all, it's a generous book that offers complete submergence in a world constructed for readers' enjoyment. It's a dark and complicated place, this lamp-lit prewar Paris, but a remarkably entertaining one." -- Kirkus Reviews "Prose does an impressive job crafting a plot in which each version of the story takes on its own dimensions and echoes - and the biggest question may be just which one of those narrators is the most outrageously unreliable." -- The Tampa Bay Times "Francine Prose, in a testament to her talents, has managed to create a wartime saga that is both original and epic." -- The Daily Beast "LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 is a remarkable work of fiction that feels completely true. Richly atmospheric and utterly engrossing, it is not to be missed." -- BookPage "[F]ascinating... Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 captures the vibrance and violence of bohemian Paris before World War II..." -- W Magazine "Sexy, cross-dressing athlete Lou Villars is as complex as her Nazi-era Paris home." -- Marie Claire "At its best moments, the reader almost becomes another character in the novel, searching for meaning amid the menace and beauty of wartime Paris, surrounded by the city's many conflicting truths." -- The Chicago Tribune "LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 paints an unforgettable portrait of Paris between the wars, a time and place that holds endless fascination for readers." -- Bookreporter.com "Provocative, powerful." -- USA Today "LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB is a teeming social portrait, told through several peculiar voices - Lou's is not one of them - and made real by astonishingly authentic details... Prose is versatile and fluid." -- The Asheville Citizen-Times "The wonder of Ms. Prose's terrific historical novel is how she takes inspiration from a work of visual art and builds, not just one story, not just one voice, but a kaleidoscope of voices and angles about individuals whose lives intersect at a particular time and place." -- BookBrowse "Sexy, illicit ... the best stories come to us many times over, repeated until even their true parts bear the qualities of fiction. They're also the ones we can't possibly know all of. This powerful, perceptive book offers these truths, and-even better-a great story to shroud them." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "A tour de force of character, point of view and especially atmosphere..." -- Kirkus Reviews, Named a Modern Classic "Epic...this world takes on a depth and breadth that justifies the novel's sweeping ambitions -- Lesbian & Gay Review
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HarperCollins Every House Needs a Balcony
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Serpent of Venice
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in The Serpent of Venice, a satiric Venetian gothic that brings back the Pocket of Dog Snogging, the eponymous hero of Fool, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff.Venice, a long time ago.Trade Review"Shakespeare and Poe might be rolling in their graves, but they're rolling with laughter. Christopher Moore is one of the cleverest, naughtiest writers alive." -- Carl Hiaasen, New York Times bestselling author of a whole bunch of excellent books, including Bad Monkey, Nature Girl, and Sick Puppy on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "Fans who enjoyed the rollicking play within a play of Fool or the historical whimsy of Sacre Bleu will find many of the same gifts here ... from one of America's most original humorists." -- Kirkus Reviews on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "Fans of Fool will be overjoyed to rejoin Pocket and company ... for their latest adventure, and newcomers will find that Shakespeare isn't nearly as dry and dusty as they thought, at least not when Moore is at the helm. -- Library Journal (starred review) on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "Moore's imaginative storytelling, bawdy prose, puns aplenty ... succeed in transforming two classical tragedies into outrageously farcical entertainment." -- Publishers Weekly on THE SERPENT OF VENICE Moore's greatest asset is his skill with language. Readers with a certain Monty Python nerdiness will rejoice in its hundreds of insults ... and jokes... [W]itty and wise ... Serpent is a bright, quick novel." (3 out of 4 stars) -- USA Today on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "The dialogue is extremely witty, and ... you will laugh hard and find yourself hurling bawdy insults throughout the day, even if you don't say them out lout." -- Louisville Courier Journal on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "Moore ... is an excellent writer, and there are passages of prose-Pocket's defense of Othello and the entire Pound-of-Flesh trial-that sparkle with Moore's trademark wit and intelligence. Moore's strength is his ability to appropriate supporting characters and make them wholly his own creations. -- Dallas Morning News on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "To get a sense of the tone, imagine the merry pranksters of Monty Python in their heyday taking off on Shakespeare while simultaneously trying to break the record for F-bombs currently held by The Wolf of Wall Street." -- Tampa Bay Times on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "A gleeful and wonderfully strange mash-up. Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and Othello are its chief ingredients, with Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Cask of Amontillado' thrown in. The result? An imaginative, wildly inspired satire." -- Seattle Times on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "[Moore] brings back one of his favorite characters, Pocket from 2009's Fool... Add a weirdly satisfying combo of literary in-jokes and low sex gags to the mix and what comes out of the Christopher Moore meat grinder is unique and sublime." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram on THE SERPENT OF VENICE "The Serpent of Venice is a remarkable reimagining of classic literature, churned through historical backgrounds and research and set to a different drum. Tragedy becomes comedy in this side-splitting, hair-raising adventure... A piece of literary gold." -- Bookreporter.com on THE SERPENT OF VENICE
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Orphan Train
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc He Shall Thunder in the Sky
Book Synopsis“Passion among the pyramids. Forged antiquities. A country at war. A camel in the garden. A cameo by Lawrence of Arabia. Add in Peters’s trademark intelligent plotting, engaging characters, and stylish writing and we can hardly ask for anything more.”—Cincinnati Enquirer One of the most beloved characters in mystery/suspense fiction, archeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody bravely faces gravest peril in Cairo on the eve of World War One in New York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters’s magnificent Egyptian adventure, He Shall Thunder in the Sky. The San Francisco Examiner calls these heart-racing exploits of Amelia and her courageous family, the Emersons, “pure delight.” But perhaps the New York Times Book Review states it best: “Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia—in wit and daring—by a landslide.”
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HarperCollins The Emerald Storm
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HarperCollins Muhammad
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc And Then She Fell
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Halloween Party
Book SynopsisEnjoy Agatha Christie’s beloved classic, Hallowe’en Party—the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh!In this authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a Halloween party turns deadly, and it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer.At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the `evil presence''. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer...
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Death Comes as the End
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Sittaford Mystery
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Golem and the Jinni
Book Synopsis“An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle. —Entertainment WeeklyA marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. As the ship arrives in New York in 1899, Chava is unmoored and adrift until a rabbi on the Lower East Side recognizes her for the creature she is and takes her in.Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped centuries ago in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard. Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free. An iron band around his wrist bi
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HarperCollins The Barbary Pirates
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Journey to Munich
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HarperCollins Circles of Time
Book SynopsisBefore Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory.... He drove up to Flanders in the early summer of 1921 knowing that it would be for the last time. He had finally, after nearly four years, reconciled himself to the unalterable fact that she was dead.Trade Review"Rock never slips his moorings to the story line; and it's all immensely energetic, top entertainment in the Upstairs/Downstairs vein, complete with bubbling family gossip." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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HarperCollins Benjamin Franklins Bastard
Trade Review"This is a superb novel. Don't miss it." -- William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Cape Cod and The Lincoln Letter "Cabot laces her assured novel with Shakespearan overtones as the characters continually misconstrue one another's motives. From Franklin's intense intellectual curiosity to Anne's stubborn insistence on leading an independent life, this memorable cast makes for spellbinding reading." -- Booklist "[A] poignant take of love, survival, loyalty, and the meaning of family." 4.5 stars-Fantastic -- RT Book Reviews "An enticing read for history buffs...genuinely heart-wrenching." -- Publishers Weekly "Unforgettable." -- Shelf Awareness "[F]or all Franklin's genius, fortune, and increasing stature, he is not spared the trials of women, concerns for children, or the struggles between a father and son with political differences... [Cabot is] a gifted writer." -- Providence Journal
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Empty Throne
Book SynopsisThe eighth installment of Bernard Cornwell?sNew York Timesbestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, ?like Game of Thrones, but real? (The Observer, London)?the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hittelevision series.Britain, early tenth century AD: a time of change. There are new raids by the Vikings from Ireland and turmoil among the Saxons over the leadership of Mercia. A younger generation is taking over. Æthelred, the ruler of Mercia, is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. The West Saxons want their king, but Uhtred has long supported Æthelflaed, sister to King Edward of Wessex and widow of Æthelred. Widely loved and respected, Æthelflaed has all the makings of a leader?but could Saxon warriors ever accept a woman as their ruler? The stage is set for rivals to fight for the empty throne.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Golem and the Jinni Large Print
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tigers Prey
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lovecraft Country
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HarperCollins The Serpent of Venice Large Print
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HarperCollins A Memory of Violets A Novel of Londons Flower Sellers
Book SynopsisFor Tilly, the appointment is a fresh start, a chance to leave her troubled past behind.Soon after she arrives at the home, Tilly finds a notebook belonging to Flora Flynn.Trade Review"Hazel Gaynor's tale of divided sisters conjures a bygone era with a poignancy so exquisite one can almost smell the violets." -- Kate Beaufoy, author of LIBERTY SILK and ANOTHER HEARTBEAT IN THE HOUSE "Gaynor once again brings history to life. With intriguing characters and a deeply absorbing story, her latest is a fascinating examination of one city's rich history and the often forgotten people who lived in it." -- Booklist "Given the awards she has already received, we are sure to hear much more from Hazel Gaynor-and that is a good thing." -- New York Journal of Books "Gaynor's talent for evoking a time and place, as well as her ability to write a beautifully heart-wrenching story with realistic characters, enables her to touch readers. The unexpected twists and turns of the plot and jumping of timelines holds readers' attention to the satisfying climax." -- RT Book Reviews (4 Stars) "Historical details and the unique perspective of penniless, physically challenged young girls could make Gaynor's second historical novel a good book club choice. A tidy ending and sweet romance will satisfy readers hoping to exhale a long, contented sigh as they finish the last page." -- Library Journal
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc And Then There Were None
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Orphan 8
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kim van Alkemade has moxie. In her provocative novel, family is saturated with betrayal, care is interrupted by ambition and desire, and the past is intimately explored, invoking the abandoned child in all of us. Orphan # 8 brims with complicated passions and pitch-perfect historical details. A riveting, memorable debut." -- Catherine Zobal Dent, author of Unfinished Stories of Girls "Inspired by actual events, van Alkemade crafts a powerful story of festering vengeance and redemption that touches readers on many levels. Alkemade has managed to incorporate many emotions into her thoughtful debut, emotions that linger long after the last page is turned." -- RT Book Reviews "This book is utterly unputdownable. At once atmospheric, disturbing and absolutely engrossing, it poses a host of moral questions; I fully anticipate that it will become popular with book clubs." -- Historical Novels Review "A sure book club pick and a strong debut, this title functions well on multiple levels and will appeal to a broad readership." -- Lambda Literary Review Even non-aficionados of historical fiction will find much to savor in this remarkable novel. Its themes and artistry will linger in reader memory. Orphan #8 is a remarkable work, well rooted in some little-known history... a broad landscape of issues, superbly rendered. -- GLBT Reviews, American Library Association's LGBT Round Table "...van Alkemade succeeds in bringing to light a fascinating and little-known chapter of history...she vividly chronicles her heroine's pain, resilience and capacity to be honest with those who loved her, with those who betrayed her, and ultimately with herself." -- Lillith Magazine
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