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Historical Fiction June 2017
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| The Night She Won Miss America: A Novel by Michael CallahanA modern-day reporter investigates the scandal that engulfed the 1950 Miss America Pageant in this novel by the author of Searching for Grace Kelly. When studious Betty Jane Welch enters the pageant circuit at the behest of her domineering mother, she doesn't expect to win. And no one expects her to disappear. The Night She Won Miss America may appeal to fans of Fiona Davis' The Dollhouse, which also shifts between mid-century and present-day perspectives to reveal the truth behind a decades-old mystery. |
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| The Witchfinder's Sister: A Novel by Beth UnderdownWith the English Civil War raging and the country "falling apart at the seams," pregnant widow Alice returns to Manningtree, Essex, to live with her brother, the self-proclaimed "Witchfinder General" Matthew Hopkins. Unfortunately, in her absence Matthew has changed from a sensitive man young man set on joining the clergy to one whose mission in life is to put vulnerable women to death. Inspired by historical events, this compelling novel's leisurely pace builds to a dramatic climax as Alice gradually perceives the danger of the situation. |
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| Equilateral: A Novel by Ken KalfusIs there life on Mars? Victorian astronomer Sanford Thayer thinks so and sets out to build an enormous signal beacon in the Sahara desert to contact the Martians. Despite generous backing by wealthy investors, the project is imperiled by malaria, a disgruntled local labor force, and Thayer's all-consuming obsession. Readers who enjoyed Arthur Phillips' The Egyptologist may appreciate this darkly humorous chronicle of scientific discovery and self-delusion in the desert. |
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And the sun stood still : a play in two acts
by Dava Sobel
A reimagining of one of history's most significant scientific interactions dramatizes the mid-16th-century encounters between young German mathematician Georg Joachim Rheticus and reluctant astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who challenged centuries of religious belief by proving that the Earth was not the center of the universe. By the best-selling author of Galileo's Daughter.
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The music of the spheres
by Elizabeth Redfern
In 1795 London, Jonathan Absey of the Home Office pursues dual investigations into French espionage in Britain and the still unsolved murder of his teenage daughter, a pursuit that leads to a bizarre society of astronomers called the Company of Titius whose quest for a long-lost star leads ever closer to his own probe. A first novel.
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Bright are the stars
by Al Lacy
Book 2 of series A Place to Call Home. 1839. The North Carolina Cherokees are settling into their new home in Indian Territory and Britt Claiborne and Cherokee Rose are settling into married life. Britt, a quarter Cherokee Indian, is released from the United States army and joins the Cherokee Police Force where his position takes him into fearsome and heart-gripping dangers. They raise two children with much love and delight. They also lean on God through the trials of their day--including the death of the popular Cherokee Chief Sequoyah, who had translated the Bible into their language. Follow the historical events that punctuate their lives until 1889, when President Harrison announces that whites are free to enter Indian Territory , now known by the Indians as home.
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The blessing stone
by Barbara Wood
Follows the story of a blue crystal that fell to the earth and journeyed throughout human history in the hands of several owners, from a young girl called the Tall One who first discovers it on the African plain, to its bearers in nineteenth-century America.
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The Signature of All Things: A Novel
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Encompassing both the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, this sweeping, multigenerational saga begins with Henry Whittaker, an ambitious English botanist who becomes the richest man in Philadelphia after making his fortune in the quinine trade. His daughter Alma proves to be a prodigy, but her plain looks and studious nature bring few suitors to her door. As sensual as she is scholarly, Alma longs for a soul mate -- and finds one in the form of illustrator Ambrose Pike. However, her intellectual interests clash with his spiritual temperament, prompting Alma to embark on a voyage around the world as she pursues both scientific discovery and personal fulfillment.
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300 Days of Sun
by Lawrenson, Deborah
Downloadable eBook. Traveling to Faro, Portugal, journalist Joanna Millard hopes to escape an unsatisfying relationship and a stalled career. Faro is an enchanting town, and the seaside views are enhanced by the company of Nathan Emberlin, a charismatic younger man. But behind the crumbling facades of Moorish buildings, Joanna soon realizes, Faro has a seedy underbelly, its economy compromised by corruption and wartime spoils. And Nathan has an ulterior motive for seeking her company: he is determined to discover the truth involving a child's kidnapping that may have taken place on this dramatic coastline over two decades ago.
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Two moons : a novel
by Thomas Mallon
A dashing, intelligent, and troublesome researcher at the U.S. Naval Observatory plots to project an image through time and space in 1877 while carrying on a love affair with one of the facilities' human "computers."
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