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Historical Fiction November 2018
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Recent and Upcoming Releases |
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Tony's Wife
by Adriana Trigiani
Falling in love during a mid-20th-century Jersey Shore summer, two aspiring singers find their marriage tested when they must decide which of them will pursue career opportunities while the other stays at home to raise a family.
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Master of His Fate
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
A charismatic and ambitious businessman in Victorian England faces the tragic ruin of everything he has worked to achieve before a royal summons gives him a chance to prove his talents.
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The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici
by Jeanne Kalogridis
A tale based on the life of the sixteenth-century monarch describes her status as a Machiavellian pawn before her marriage to Henry II of France, her rivalry with her husband's conniving mistress, and her determined efforts to keep her sons on the throne.
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City of Secrets
by Victoria Thompson
When a widowed suffragist whose second husband dies amid scandalous rumors and the inexplicable disappearance of the family wealth, Elizabeth Miles, along with her beau, Gideon, delve into the case to save her new friend's future.
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The Latecomers
by Helen Klein Ross
In 1908, Bridey, a young Irish immigrant, arrives pregnant and alone in the United States and finds work as a maid at the lavish estate of the Hollingworth family, but a mysterious death changes Bridey and haunts the Hollingworths for generations.
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Once a Midwife
by Patricia Harman
When her husband is imprisoned for his pacifist stance when the U.S. enters World War II, midwife Patience Hester fights for her husband's release while running her practice in the face of hostile neighbors.
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All the Lives We Never Lived
by Anuradha Roy
A novel set from World War II India through the present day follows a son's quest to uncover the story of his freedom-craving, rebellious artist mother.
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Someone to Trust
by Mary Balogh
Widow Elizabeth Overfield and Lord Hodges, despite their mutual attraction, agree to find each other more suitable matches during the London season but fate keeps throwing them together time and time again forcing them to rethink their plan.
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