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by Elizabeth Gilbert
Published Apr 2020
From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person.
by Phillip Margulies
Published Oct 2014
A sweeping historical novel based on the extraordinary life and times of Belle Cora, the daughter of a New York merchant who went on to become a millworker, a prostitute, a notorious madam, a murderess, and eventually one of San Francisco's richest and most revered dowagers.
by Vanora Bennett
Published Mar 2011
A fictionalized account of the life and loves of Catherine de Valois, a woman of enormous courage who became a great queen of two countries. Readers who enjoy top-quality historical fiction will be swept away by this epic love story set against the rich backdrop of 15th-century England and Franceand by this remarkable woman who triumphed ...
by Melanie Benjamin
Published Jan 2011
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alices Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit hole and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.
by Frank Beddor
Published Aug 2007
An intruiging re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland, in which Wonderland exists, and Alyss is a princess escaping a bloody coup to hide in Victorian London. Lost and alone, she tells an aspiring author the surreal story; but he believes it to be mere fantasy. Now, years later, she is found by a loyal bodyguard, and together they fight to regain her...
by Philippa Gregory
Published Aug 2006
Philippa Gregory brings to life one of history's most inspiring women and creates one of the most compelling characters in historical fiction - Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England.
by Alice McDermott
Published Nov 2003
McDermott explores the mysterious depths of what seems like everyday life with unforgettable insight in this tale of a young girl's astonishing, poignant first look into the turbulent heart of things.
The Crimson Petal and The White
by Michel Faber
Published Sep 2003
'Faber's mastery of character, evocative descriptions of Victorian England, and rich dialogue, together with his weaving of enduring themes throughout a complex plot, creates a remarkable novel.'
by Rita Mae Brown
Published Jan 2002
Only her quick-witted cat and its animal pals stand between postmistress Mary "Harry" Haristeen and a homicidal maniac who means to ensure that she carries what she knows to the grave.
by Gail Carson Levine
Published Sep 1998
A funny, poignant, and enchanting tale about an unforgettable heroine who is determined to be herself.
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