This 1991 novel is volume two in the author's series, "The Work and the Glory," and continues the saga of the Steed family during the early years of LDS Church history, 1830-1836. As the infant Church expands and spreads westward into...
Historical fiction
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Author:Lund, Gerald N.Summary: - Author:GRAHAM, WinstonSummary:
Cornwall in the 1780's... After a grim war in America, Ross Poldark returns to his land and his family. The joyful home-coming is soured for his father is dead, his estate is derelict and the girl he loves is engaged to marry his...
- Author:Philippa GregorySummary:
Film tie-in edtion of this magnificent tale of rivalry and jealousy set in the volatile court of King Henry VIII. The Boleyn family is keen to rise through the ranks of society, and what better way than to place their most beautiful...
- Author:FOLLETT, KenSummary:
Saga set in medieval Britain telling of the lives of a group of men and women whose destinies are fatefully linked with the building of a cathedral.
- Author:McClintick, JoannaSummary:
On the night before Pride, families everywhere are preparing to partake. As one family packs snacks and makes signs, an older sibling shares the importance of the march with the newest member of the family. Reflecting on the day, the...
- Author:Griep, MichelleSummary:
"...a setting and plot that would make Agatha Christie herself sit up and take notice."-RT Book Reviews A mysterious invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home may bring danger...and love'England, 1851: When...
- Author:Guilbault, FrançoisSummary:
1775. Moone Pasquin a 12 ans. Elle habite Boundary House, une plantation en Caroline du Sud, avec sa mère adoptive Françoyse, rescapée de la Nouvelle-France, ainsi que son frère Charles. Pendant que l'Amérique est convulsée...
- Author:Guilbault, FrançoisSummary:
1779. La Révolution américaine est loin d'être terminée. À 17 ans, Moone se désespère des absences prolongées de Lucien, retenu par ses devoirs militaires. Le vide s'est fait autour d'elle. Salina, son amie d...
- Author:Flint, EricSummary:
A West Virginia town is transported from the year 2000 to 1631 Germany at the height of the Thirty Years' War. Thrust into conflict, the town residents must also contend with moral issues such as who should be considered a citizen.
- Author:Flint, Eric, Weber, DavidSummary:
The time-traveling Americans from the West Virginia town of Grantville find themselves caught in the middle of the Baltic War, with Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, launching a counterattack on the combined forces of France, Spain,...
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
Jacqueline Tregarth, lady and guardian of Nimway Hall, yearns for a husband, but all those seeking her hand are interested only in controlling her lands, except Lord Richard Devries.
- Author:Butler, PaulSummary:
In 1892, critically acclaimed novelist Paul Butler plunges the reader into 19th century St. John’s, its light and its shade . . .
An obscure servant, Kathleen, yearns for her home in Ireland. A mysterious scientist, Dr....
- Author:Daigle, FranceSummary:
France Daigle casts a droll eye on what it means to be born a writer in the middle of the twentieth century. 1953 crackles with wit, intelligence, and insight, and the year in question emerges as a turning point not only for the heroine...
- Author:Robertson, RaySummary:
It's 1979 and Tom Buzby is thirteen years old and living in the small town of Chatham with his father and older sister. So far, so normal. But Tom's dad is the local tattoo artist, his older sister might be in love with the new girl in...
- Author:Dublin, AnneSummary:
In 1931 during the Great Depression sisters Sophie and Rose join the Toronto Dressmakers' Strike and the fight of their lives.
- Author:Kellough, JanetSummary:
In this third novel in the series, Thaddeus Lewis and his son journey into the heart of disaster. When the bloated corpse of a man dressed in women’s clothing washes up on the shore of Lake Ontario near Thaddeus Lewis’s home, nothing is...
- Author:Finch, CharlesSummary:
When Victorian gentleman Charles Lenox begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a friend's former servant, he suspects murder--but to find the killer, he must untangle a complex web of loyalties and animosities before it's too late...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
Phoebe Von Bergen is excited to accompany her father when he travels from Germany to purchase sapphires in Montana. Little does she know that her father's plans--for the gemstones and his daughter--are not what they seem. Ian Harper, a...
- Author:Granger, AnnSummary:
The late October fog obscures the streets of 1867 London, providing cover for vicious crimes. Early one morning, the mist lifts to reveal the beautiful Italian wife of an art dealer dead in Green Park and Inspector Ross is called in to...
- Author:Finnis, JaneSummary:
It’s freezing in late December, 95 A.D. Roman settlers in Britannia are preparing to celebrate Saturnalia. Innkeeper Aurelia Marcella, who runs a mansio near Eboracum (modern York) in consort with her (mostly absent) brother and her...
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