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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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The Butterfly Cabinet: A Novel
by Bernie McGill
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 1 May 2012
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| Vivid, mysterious, and unforgettable, The Butterfly Cabinet is Bernie McGill's engrossing portrayal of the dark history that intertwines two lives - a haunting novel full of frightening silences and sorrowful absences that build toward an unexpected, chilling truth. |
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Blue Asylum: A Novel
by Kathy Hepinstall
Hardcover: 10 Apr 2012
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| In the midst of the American Civil War, a southern plantation owner's wife is arrested by her husband and declared insane for interfering with his slaves. She is sent to an island mental asylum to come to terms with her wrongdoing, but instead finds love and escape with a war-haunted Confederate soldier. |
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The Dovekeepers: A Novel
by Alice Hoffman
Hardcover: Oct 2011
Paperback: 3 Apr 2012
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| Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel. |
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel
by Melanie Benjamin
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 1 Apr 2012
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| A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams - and whose story will surely win over yours. |
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The Truth of All Things: A Novel
by Kieran Shields
Hardcover: 27 Mar 2012
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| When newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of killing a witch... |
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The Gods of Gotham: A Novel
by Lyndsay Faye
Hardcover: 15 Mar 2012
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| 1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. |
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
by Madeline Miller
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 6 Nov 2012
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| Built on the groundwork of the Iliad, Madeline Miller's page-turning, profoundly moving, and blisteringly paced retelling of the epic Trojan War marks the launch of a dazzling career. |
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The Technologists: A Novel
by Matthew Pearl
Hardcover: 21 Feb 2012
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| The acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word "technology" represents a bold and frightening new concept. |
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