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Historical Fiction November 2020
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The black swan of Paris by Karen RobardsA celebrated singer in World War II occupied France joins the Resistance to save her estranged family from being killed in a German prison. By the award-winning author of The Fifth Doctrine.
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lack Sun Rising by Mathew CarrWhen a famous scientist is killed in bombing attack in 1909 Barcelona, private detective Harry Lawton teams up with a young anarchist and a crime reporter to investigate a series of deaths linked to a blood-drinking animal.
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Fragments of light by Michèle PhoenixAfter cancer takes nearly everything away from Ceelie, except the support and love of her quirky elderly friend, Darlene, she decides to help her bestie find a WWII paratrooper who was the father she never knew.
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Universe of Two
by Stephen P. Kiernan
What it's about: the life, marriage, and wartime work of mathematician Charlie Fisk, a somewhat reluctant recruit to the Manhattan Project who navigates his ethical ambivalence and guilt with the help of his flawed but supportive wife Brenda.
You might also like: Archangel by Andrea Barrett, Louisa Hall's Trinity, and other complex and character-driven stories that reflect on the intersections between history and scientific revolutions.
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| The Abstainer by Ian McGuireWhat it is: the compelling and intricately plotted story of an Irish American Civil War veteran’s 1867 arrival in Manchester, England, where he gets involved with an underground Irish independence organization that puts him on the radar of a troubled local constable determined to take the movement down.
Reviewers say: "This well-told, suspenseful tale will appeal to fans of Deadwood and Cormac McCarthy" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Her last flight : a novel by Beatriz WilliamsInvestigating the fate of a forgotten aviation pioneer, a 1947 war correspondent tracks down the pilot’s former student before learning the remarkable story of their complicated and passionate relationship. By the best-selling author of The Golden Hour.
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Night soldiers: a novel by Alan FurstAfter his brother is murdered by Bulgarian fascists in 1934, Khristo Stoianev is recruited by the Soviet intelligence service, the NKVD, trained in Moscow, and sent to Spain to serve Russian interests in the Spanish Civil War. First book in a new 12-book series!
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Nine shiny objects : a novel by Brian CastleberryChronicles the unexpectedly, eerily intersecting lives of a line of utopia-seekers over the course of half a century that reveals the divided heart of modern America itself.
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The ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie VaughnRobin and Marian call on everyone they have ever known to help find and return their three children, who were kidnapped by a band of rogues. Book one of two in a series. The Ghosts of Sherwood revisits the Robin Hood legend with a story of the famed archer's children.
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The nesting dolls : a novel by Alina AdamsSpanning 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a family saga finds three generations of women in a Jewish-Russian family making fateful choices in their respective efforts to break free from historical dynamics and pursue personal fulfillment.
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To wake the giant : a novel of Pearl Harbor by Jeff ShaaraThe best-selling author of The Frozen Hours draws on extensive research and unprecedented access to the Pearl Harbor memorial and museum archives in a high-suspense, historically accurate thriller inspired by the 1941 attack. Map(s)
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Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
by Homer Hickam
Starring: Homer Hickam Sr. (the man), a coal miner based on the author’s father; Elsie Lavender (the woman), an aspiring writer based on the author’s mother; and Albert (the alligator), their pet whose dislike of West Virginia sends the couple on an unforgettable road trip to return him to Florida.
About the author: Former NASA engineer Homer Hickam writes fiction and nonfiction, and his memoir Rocket Boys was the basis for the film October Sky.
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The Boleyn reckoning : a novel by Laura AndersenA conclusion to the series that began with The Boleyn King and The Boleyn Deceit follows the efforts of Elizabeth Tudor to assemble a shadow court to safeguard the country from her smallpox-scarred younger brother. The first book in the series is: The Boleyn King
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The empty birdcage : a novel by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1873, and Mycroft Holmes is in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims. Mycroft allows Sherlock to take the case.
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The mirror & the light by Hilary MantelA tale inspired by the final years of Thomas Cromwell describes how after the execution of Anne Boleyn and childbed death of Queen Jane, the former blacksmith’s son orchestrates a desperate plot to fortify England and save his own life. Wolf Hall is the first book in this series.
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