In the early 1900s, a young woman escapes the Warsaw ghetto to work as a domestic servant and finds the world opening to her through her connection with the scientists Pierre and Marie Curie.
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Auteur:Flower, AmandaSommaire:When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a shocking murder in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. August 1856...
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Auteur:Gower, IrisSommaire:Artist Riana Evans sees the dilapidated mansion in Wales and, despite its unhappy past, is delighted when the elderly owner sells it to her. The atmosphere proves good business, inspiring her paintings and providing successful ghost-...
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After earning a graduate degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, Tracy Chevalier was immediately recognized for her literary talent. In Girl with a Pearl Earring, she recreates the 17th-century world of Johannes...
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Auteur:Beaton, M. C.Sommaire:Mrs. Gillespie, famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland, is found dead, struck down by a metal bucket. Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out her clients' secrets...
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Auteur:Fellowes, JessicaSommaire:"True and glorious indulgence. A dazzling example of a golden age mystery." - Daisy Goodwin, author of Victoria and The American Heiress on The Mitford Murders Set amid the legendary Mitford household, Bright Young Dead is the second...
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Auteur:Velton, SoniaSommaire:When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel, she thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes that the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and...
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Auteur:Morgan, CarolynSommaire:A novel of crime and passion in nineteenth-century Newfoundland
Alexander Pindikowsky, a Polish artist working in Heart’s Content, is arrested in 1880 for the crime of forgery. He is sentenced to fifteen months at Her Majesty’s...
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"A great read." --Charlaine Harris In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland--in an unfamiliar body--with a killer on the loose. May...
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