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Historical Fiction January 2019
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The only woman in the room
by Marie Benedict
A beautiful woman escapes her Austrian arms-dealer husband to become Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr while hiding a secret double life as a Jewish scientist and sharing vital information about the Third Reich. By the author of The Other Einstein
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Annelies
by David R Gillham
An empowering reimagining of Anne Frank as a Holocaust survivor traces her endurance of terrible losses, her struggles to forgive and her development into a highly skilled writer. By the New York Times best-selling author of City of Women
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The light over London
by Julia Kelly
Unable to confront the challenges in her own life, Cara Hargraves immerses herself in work for her antiques-dealer boss, uncovering relics from the life of World War II British "Gunner Girl" Louise Keene and her complicated relationship with a man named Paul. 75,000 first printing.
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The paragon hotel
by Lyndsay Faye
Fleeing to 1921 Oregon, Alice takes refuge in the city's only black hotel and helps new friends search for a missing child, hide from KKK violence and navigate painful secrets. By the author of Jane Steele. Tour
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The wartime sisters : a novel
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Reunited after an estrangement at the beginning of World War II, two Brooklyn sisters, one an officer's wife, the other a widow and factory laborer, are shattered by the revelations of a mysterious figure from the past.
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The eulogist : a novel
by Terry Gamble
In pre-Civil War Ohio, Irish immigrants James, Olivia and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves after they lose their mother to childbirth and their father boards a riverboat to New Orleans. 50,000 first printing.
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The Fire Court
by Andrew Taylor
A follow-up to The Ashes of London finds traitor's son James Marwood and despised regicide's daughter Cat Lovett navigating Restoration London to stop a killer who is threatening the future of the city. 30,000 first printing
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Tombland
by C. J. Sansom
One of the great overlooked historical detective series continues with this mystery for fans of Hilary Mantel, set in a time of great political upheaval in Tudor-era England.
Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos.
The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. His uncle, Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Edward's regent and Protector. In the kingdom, radical Protestants are driving the old religion into extinction, while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland has led to hyperinflation and economic collapse. Rebellion is stirring among the peasantry.
Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the lady Elizabeth. The gruesome murder of one of Elizabeth's distant relations, rumored to be politically murdered, draws Shardlake and his companion Nicholas to the lady's summer estate, where a second murder is committed.
As the kingdom explodes into rebellion, Nicholas is imprisoned for his loyalty, and Shardlake must decide where his loyalties lie--with his kingdom, or with his lady?
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At the wolf's table : a novel
by Rosella Postorino
Forced to risk her life every day as a taster at Hitler's secret headquarters, Rosa and a growing sisterhood of involuntary women conscripts navigate Nazi fanatics, an SS guard's unwanted attentions and the escalating war.
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That churchill woman : a novel
by Stephanie Barron
A tale inspired by the life of Winston Churchill's scandal-marked American mother follows the experiences of a wealthy and fiercely independent New Yorker whose whirlwind romance with a duke's son sweeps her disruptively into British royalty and politics.
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