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Historical Fiction
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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews, excerpts, reading guides and more of exceptional historical fiction.
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Three Weeks in December
by Audrey Schulman
Paperback: 31 Jan 2012
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| Evoking both Barbara Kingsolver and Andrea Barrett, this enthralling fiction, wise and generous, explores some of the crucial social and cultural challenges that, over the years, have come to shape our world. |
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The Anatomy of Ghosts
by Andrew Taylor
Hardcover: Jan 2011
Paperback: 17 Jan 2012
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| The Cartier Diamond Dagger winner and author of the quarter-of-a-million-copy bestseller, The American Boy, returns with a haunting tale reminiscent of Turn of the Screw. |
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The Quality of Mercy: A Novel
by Barry Unsworth
Hardcover: 10 Jan 2012
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| Spring of 1767: Erasmus Kemp has brought back fugitive settlers from America, among them Sullivan, an Irish fiddler....The Quality of Mercy is rich and rewarding historical fiction of the highest order from the master, Barry Unsworth. |
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
by Michelle Moran
Hardcover: Feb 2011
Paperback: 27 Dec 2011
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| The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire... but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? In these pages, her tumultuous and amazing story comes to life as only Michelle Moran can tell it. The year is 1788, and a revolution is about to begin. |
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The Printmaker's Daughter: A Novel
by Katherine Govier
Paperback: 22 Nov 2011
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| Vivid, daring, and unforgettable, The Printmaker's Daughter shines fresh light on art, loyalty, and the tender and indelible bond between a father and daughter. |
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Take Me Home
by Brian Leung
Hardcover: Oct 2010
Paperback: 15 Nov 2011
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| Take Me Home is a powerful story about friendship and love set against the stunning backdrop of 1880's Wyoming and based in the pages of history. |
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City of Tranquil Light: A Novel
by Bo Caldwell
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 25 Oct 2011
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| Inspired by the lives of the author's maternal grandparents - City of Tranquil Light is a tender and elegiac portrait of a young marriage set against the backdrop of the shifting face of a beautiful but torn nation. |
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The Maid: A Novel of Joan of Arc
by Kimberly Cutter
Hardcover: 18 Oct 2011
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| The girl who led an army, the peasant who crowned a king, the maid who became a legend. |
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