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Historical Fiction February 2017
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The Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping
by Aharon Appelfeld
Follows the story of Erwin, a young Holocaust survivor, who travels from a refugee camp to a kibbutz in Haifa to begin a new life while still desperately clinging to his memories of the past.
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Days without end : a novel
by Sebastian Barry
Entering the U.S. army after fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland, 17-year-old Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, experience the harrowing realities of the Indian wars and the American Civil War between the Wyoming plains and Tennessee. By the award-winning author of The Secret Scripture.
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The strays : a novel
by Emily Bitto
A prize-winning novel from Australia follows the haunting tale of three sisters and their friend, who confront Faustian bargains while coming of age on the outskirts of their parents' glamorous bohemian lifestyle.
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| Victoria by Daisy GoodwinIn 1837, 18-year-old Princess Alexandrina Victoria of the House of Hanover becomes Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. No one expects much from a sheltered teenager who collects dolls and still shares a room with her overbearing mother. But Victoria, determined to become the monarch her people deserve, sets out to prove herself as a ruler, aided by Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, who becomes her adviser and confidant. Fans of royalty-themed reads won't want to miss this novel by American Heiress author Daisy Goodwin, who also penned the screenplay for current Masterpiece Theatre miniseries Victoria. |
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The afterlife of stars
by Joseph Kertes
Fleeing the Russian military at the height of the Hungarian Revolution, brothers Robert and Attila Beck grapple with incalculable losses while encountering mysterious fellow travelers in real and imagined journeys from a Parisian family townhouse. By the award-winning author of Gratitude.
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The lady of the lakes : the true love story of Sir Walter Scott
by Josi S Kilpack
Nursing a broken heart after his long-distance love, Mina, becomes engaged to another man in 1796, Walter Scott moves to England where he meets an older French girl who shows him the difference between a first love and a true love. Original.
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The signal flame : a novel
by Andrew Krivak
Follows three generations of men and women from a war-torn family in Pennsylvania as they grieve those lost during both World Wars and Vietnam in this new novel by the prize-winning author of The Sojourn.
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| Who Killed Piet Barol? A Novel by Richard MasonPiet Barol, the charming libertine first introduced in History of a Pleasure Seeker, is a Dutch con artist posing as a French aristocrat. Currently living in South Africa's Cape Colony, Barol recruits two Xhosa men to help him source mahogany for the creation of high-end furniture, a task made easier by The Natives Land Act, which strips black South Africans of their property rights. Obsession and greed lead to tragedy in this novel, which places flawed and fascinating characters in a lush and richly detailed African setting. |
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Leopard at the door
by Jennifer McVeigh
Returning to the Kenya farm where she spent her childhood, Rachel is confronted by her father's controlling new companion, rising political tensions and a secret society of Kenyans determined to oust the British, a situation that is further complicated by a secret from the past and a relationship that compels her into a dire betrayal.
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The fire by night : a novel
by Teresa Messineo
A first novel commemorating the unsung heroines of World War II traces the experiences of two military nurses who fight for survival and care for others in a makeshift medical unit and a POW camp, enduring dangerous existences while waiting for the war to end.
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The life and times of Persimmon Wilson : a novel
by Nancy Peacock
A slave-turned-Comanche warrior travels from the brutality of a New Orleans sugar cane plantation to the indomitable frontier of untamed Texas to search for the woman he loves and his own identity.
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The midnight cool : a novel
by Lydia Peelle
A first novel by the award-winning author of Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing is set in World War I Tennessee, where two flawed yet endearing grifters pursue women, wealth and the lucrative mule business for military clients in Europe..
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| The Second Mrs. Hockaday: A Novel by Susan RiversSeventeen-year-old Placidia Fincher weds widowed Confederate Major Gryffth Hockaday just hours after meeting him and mere days before he returns to his regiment. In his absence, Placidia becomes pregnant, gives birth to a child that dies under suspicious circumstances, and ends up in jail for infanticide. What happened? Placidia won't say, but then her diary is discovered. Told through diary entries, correspondence, and court transcripts, The Second Mrs. Hockaday shifts back and forth in time to tell a compelling story of the American Civil War. |
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No man's land : a novel
by Simon Tolkien
A tale inspired by the true experiences of the author's grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, during World War I traces how an impoverished youth endures the loss of his mother and brutality in a Scarsdale mining community before falling in love, winning a scholarship to Oxford and seeing everything he longs for threatened by World War I.
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The wicked city
by Beatriz Williams
A follow-up to A Certain Age traces a scandalous Jazz Age love triangle involving a rugged Prohibition agent, a saucy redheaded flapper and a debonair Princetonian from a wealthy family.
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Show me a mountain
by Kerry Young
A daughter of a Chinese immigrant father and African plantation mother who have amassed a fortune, Fay Wong struggles with her father's secrets and her mother's rage while striving for independence against the backdrop of civil unrest in Jamaica.
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| The Paris Architect: A Novel by Charles BelfoureIn 1942, Parisian architect Lucien Bernard accepts a lucrative commission from a wealthy businessman to design a secret room for the purpose of hiding Jewish fugitives from the Gestapo. Although Lucien has no particular love for the city's Jewish population, he loathes the occupying Germans and thrives on the challenge of deceiving them (the money doesn't hurt, either). But as Lucien's involvement in the scheme grows, he learns that no one can be trusted, not even those closest to him. Fans of suspenseful historical fiction set in Vichy France and featuring artists may also be interested in Paul Watkins' The Forger, in which a young American expatriate forges paintings to undermine the Third Reich. |
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| Mission to Paris: A Novel by Alan FurstArriving in Paris in 1938, Frederic Stahl, a Hollywood star on loan from Warner Bros. to a French studio, soon finds himself wooed by the "political warfare" branch of the Nazi progaganda machine. Born and raised in Vienna but naturalized in the U.S., Stahl has always steered clear of politics. However, his unease with the growing influence of the Third Reich in France and his distaste for being used prompts him to try his hand at espionage. Fans of noir-tinged historical spy fiction should enjoy this atmospheric stand-alone 12th installment of Alan Furst's Night Soldiers series. |
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| City of Women: A Novel by David R. GillhamSigrid Schröder is the perfect wife, or so it appears. Married to a soldier fighting on the front lines, she lives in Berlin with her mother-in-law and works as a stenographer. However, she also pines for her married lover while helping her neighbors shelter Jewish families from the Gestapo. Focusing on Sigrid's inner life and the moral dilemmas she faces, City of Women is an introspective but dramatic story of an ordinary individual's resistance to authoritarian government. |
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