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Reading group guides/book club discussion guides for the "Historical Fiction" category.
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The Maid
: A Novel of Joan of Arc
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Kimberly Cutter
Hardcover: Oct 2011
Paperback: 16 Oct 2012
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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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Something Red
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Douglas Nicholas
Hardcover: Sep 2012
Paperback: 18 Jun 2013
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An intoxicating and spirited blend of fantasy, mythology, and history, Something Red features the most fascinating of characters, as well as an epic snowstorm that an early reader described as "one of the coldest scenes since Snow Falling on Cedars." |
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The Song of Achilles
: A Novel
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Madeline Miller
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 28 Aug 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 Quality of Mercy
: A Novel
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Barry Unsworth
Hardcover: Jan 2012
Paperback: 7 Aug 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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The Virgin Cure
: A Novel
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Ami McKay
Hardcover: Jun 2012
Paperback: 2 Jul 2013
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From the author of the number one Canadian bestseller The Birth House comes the story of a young girl abandoned to the streets of post-Civil War New York City. |
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The Chaperone
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Laura Moriarty
Hardcover: Jun 2012
Paperback: 4 Jun 2013
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A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change them both. |
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