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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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Fever
by Mary Beth Keane
Hardcover: 12 Mar 2013
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| A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York. |
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The Gods of Gotham: A Novel
by Lyndsay Faye
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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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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Out of The Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny. |
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The House Girl
by Tara Conklin
Hardcover: Feb 2013
Paperback: 1 Oct 2013
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| A stunning debut novel of love, family, and justice that intertwines the stories of an escaped house slave in 1852 Virginia and ambitious young lawyer in contemporary New York |
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Above All Things
by Tanis Rideout
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| "Tell me the story of Everest," she said, a fervent smile sweeping across her face, creasing the corners of her eyes. "Tell me about this mountain that's stealing you away from me." |
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Calling Me Home
by Julie Kibler
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler is a soaring debut interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with an unlikely modern-day friendship. |
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Philida
by André Brink
Paperback: 5 Feb 2013
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| In Philida, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, André Brink—"one of South Africa's greatest novelists" (The Telegraph)—gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination to survive and to be free. |
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The Truth of All Things: A Novel
by Kieran Shields
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Feb 2013
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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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