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A Novel of the French Revolution
by Michelle Moran
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by Diana Giovinazzo
Published Nov 2022
Read ReviewsAs Marie Antoinette took her last breath as Queen of France in Paris, another formidable monarch - Antoinette's dearly beloved sister, Charlotte - was hundreds of miles away, in Naples, fighting desperately to secure her release from the revolutionaries who would take her life. Little did Charlotte know, however, that her sister's execution would ...
The Women of Chateau Lafayette
by Stephanie Dray
Published Mar 2022
Read ReviewsAn epic saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.
by Edward Carey
Published Oct 2019
Read ReviewsThe wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud.
by Martine Bailey
Published Jan 2015
Read ReviewsInspired by eighteenth-century household books of recipes and set at the time of the invention of the first restaurants, An Appetite for Violets is a literary feast for lovers of historical fiction.
by Melanie Benjamin
Published Nov 2013
Read ReviewsIn the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
by Tom Reiss
Published May 2013
Read ReviewsHere is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero.
by Robert K. Massie
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsThe extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.
by Woody Holton
Published Jun 2010
Read ReviewsWinner of BookBrowse's 2009 Nonfiction Book Award. In this vivid new biography of Abigail Adams, the most illustrious woman of America's founding era, prize-winning historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams's life story and of women's roles in the creation of the republic.
by Louis Bayard
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsVidocq. The name strikes terror in the Parisian underworld of 1818. As founder and chief of a newly created plainclothes police force, Vidocq has used his mastery of disguise and surveillance to capture some of Frances most notorious and elusive criminals. Now he is hot on the trail of a tantalizing mysterythe fate of the young dauphin ...
by Sena Jeter Naslund
Published May 2007
Read ReviewsFrom the lush gardens of Versailles to the lights and gaiety of Paris, the verdant countryside of France, and finally the stark and terrifying isolation of a prison cell, Naslund brings the 18th Century, and Marie Antoinette, vividly to life.
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 Antonia Fraser
Published Nov 2002
Read ReviewsBrilliantly written, a work of impeccable scholarship. An utterly riveting and intensely moving book by one of our finest biographers.
by Patrick Suskind
Published Feb 2001
Read ReviewsJean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with an absolute sense of smell. He apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille becomes obsessed with creating the "ultimate perfume" - the scent of a beautiful young virgin.
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