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Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
598 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A saga of nine centuries in the life of the New Forest, a region in southern England that has played a significant role in the history of the country, beginning with the death of King William II.
Author
Series
Margaret of Ashbury trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
442 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1355, Margaret of Ashbury has clerics refuse to help her write a book. Starvation persuades Brother Gregory to take on the task and we discover a very resourceful woman.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in Victorian England, the story portrays a family splintered by lust yet bound inexorably by a shared legacy; and brings us men and women swept toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death, must be stopped--or not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will die.
Author
Series
Wideacre trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
472 p. 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The continuing saga of the Laceys, an 18th-century Sussex family, and the superstitious villagers who knew the legend of the favored child, who would make Wideacre grow lush again.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and company
Pub. Date
1945
Physical Desc
3 p., l., [3]-384 p. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of Commodore in command of a small squadron during the Napoleonic wars, and the fate of Europe hangs on the outcome of his mission.
8) The Marvels
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
9) Agincourt
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his time as a mercenary archer in France, young Nicholas Hook returns to England, despite the warrant for his arrest, where he is discovered by the King of England--Henry V--who recruits Hook into his army and marches back into France where he becomes the army's--and the King's--only hope.
10) The art of theft
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork--or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old friend recover those secrets and Charlotte finds herself involved in a fever-paced scheme to infiltrate a glamorous Yuletide ball where the painting is one handshake away from...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Modern Library ed.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 535 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
In the twelfth century, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns home to England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the struggle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and his malignant brother John: a conflict that brings Ivanhoe into alliance with the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good.
Author
Series
League of extraordinary women novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics...
Author
Series
Talents trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
660 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness-a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them...
14) Falling angels
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The changing social climate in England, spurred by the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, is reflected in the lives of Maude Coleman and Lavinia Waterhouse, two young girls of different classes who meet and become fast friends while their families are visiting adjoining funeral plots.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Edition
Touchstone ed.
Physical Desc
393 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the life of Katherine of Aragon, daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, discussing her passionate marriage to England's Prince Arthur, and telling how she had to deny their love after his death in order to marry his brother Henry and claim her rightful place as queen.
Author
Series
Avalon series volume 7
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1984, 1982
Edition
1st Ballantine Books trade ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 876 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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A tragic tale of the rise and fall of Camelot seen through the eyes of Camelot's women: the devout Gwenhwyfar, Arthur's Queen; Vivane, High priestess of Avalon and the Lady of the Lake; above all, Morgaine, possessor of the sight, the wise, the wise-woman fated to bring ruin on them all.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...
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