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Historical Fiction July 2018
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Blood and Sand
by C. V Wyk
Recasting the legendary character of Spartacus as a fierce female warrior, a high-action story about a 17-year-old princess and a handsome gladiator who dared to challenge the Roman Republic depicts their precarious bond and role it played in bringing about a history-shaping rebellion. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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| The Madonna of the Mountains by Elise ValmorbidaWhat it’s about: In 1923 Italy, 25-year-old Maria Vittoria is almost too old to marry, but her life’s path changes when she weds Achille, a veteran of the Great War. Together they open a small grocery, and over the next few decades, Maria experiences all the good and the bad that life offers.
Is it for you? Yes, if you like multi-generational sagas about women’s lives, Italian history, and are interested in the period between the World Wars. |
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Out of the Wild Night : a ghost story
by Blue Balliett
Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way--but first she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island
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| The Removes by Tatjana SoliFeaturing: fifteen-year-old Anne Cummins, who is the sole survivor after her family is brutally attacked on their homestead by the Cheyenne; and Libbie Custer, who faces a difficult life on the plains with her husband, Civil War hero General George Armstrong Custer.
Why you might like it: This thrilling historical novel is an epic tale of the clashing cultures on the American frontier.
For further reading: Savage Country by Robert Olmstead, which also focuses on women settlers in the American West. |
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| Backlands by Victoria ShorrFeaturing: Bandit Lampião and his partner-in-crime, Maria Bonita, who became Brazilian folk heroes in the early 20th century when they led a gang of outlaws who stole from the rich.
Why you might like it: Set in northeastern Brazil in the 1920s and '30s, this penetrating novel vividly evokes the landscape of the Sertão and the hardscrabble lives of its inhabitants.
Try this next: The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles, which is also set in 1920s Brazil and stars a rebellious young woman. |
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El Paso : a novel
by Winston Groom
After feared outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa kidnaps his grandchildren, railroad tycoon John Shaughnessy, known as the Colonel, ventures to El Paso with his adopted son and a band of hired cowboys on a rescue mission
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Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral
by Mary Doria Russell
Thirty seconds, thirty bullets. In this sequel to Doc, author Mary Doria Russell employs meticulous research, sumptuous period detail, and sensitive, in-depth character studies to dispel the legends surrounding the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As the consumptive Doc Holliday accompanies Wyatt Earp and his brothers to Tombstone, Arizona to face off against the Clantons and the McLaurys, Epitaph explores the circumstances leading up to the shootout as well as the complicated aftermath of the fateful event.
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| The Outcasts by Kathleen KentStarring: epileptic prostitute Lucinda Carter, who plans to rendezvous with her lover and hunt for buried treasure in tiny Middle Bayou, Texas; and Oklahoma transplant and new police recruit Nate Cannon, who has been tasked with tracking down murderer William McGill.
Read it for: the surprising convergence of these parallel storylines, as the colorful characters at the heart of them pursue their separate goals. Also watch for the richly atmospheric and starkly beautiful landscape of post-Civil War Texas.
You might also like: the female outlaw in Courtney Collins' The Untold. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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