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by Gill Hornby
Published Mar 2021
Read ReviewsFor fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane.
by Kimberly Cutter
Published Oct 2012
Read ReviewsThe girl who led an army, the peasant who crowned a king, the maid who became a legend.
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
by C.W. Gortner
Published May 2011
Read ReviewsFrom the fairy-tale châteaux of the Loire Valley to the battlefields of the wars of religion to the mob-filled streets of Paris, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is the extraordinary untold journey of one of the most maligned and misunderstood women ever to be queen.
by Hilary Mantel
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsIn the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power.
In The Company of the Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant
Published Feb 2007
Read ReviewsA story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship that paints a portrait of one of the world's greatest cities, Renaissance Venice, at its most potent moment in history.
by Louis de Bernieres
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsEpic in its narrative sweep, steeped in historical fact yet profoundly humane, and dazzlingly evocative in its emotional and sensual detail. This is de Bernières' first book since Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
by Chantal Thomas
Published Jun 2004
Read ReviewsWith the skill of a consummate storyteller, Chantal Thomas meticulously re-creates the miniature universe of Versailles, brilliantly juxtaposing its beauty and its dawn-to-dusk ritual with the chaos that erupts.
by James Reston Jr.
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsSweeping readers into a mesmerizing period of history, Warriors of God is a provocative look at two towering leaders and the not always noble causes for which they fought.
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
by Amanda Foreman
Published Jan 2001
Read ReviewsThe winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader.
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