A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew with him to the French Riviera where he attempts to uncover his mother's wartime secrets.
Historical fiction
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Author:Donoghue, EmmaSummary: - Author:Michener, James A.Summary:
The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.
- Author:Patterson, James, DiLallo, RichardSummary:
The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in Washington, DC, Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at...
- Author:Revelle, RickSummary:
Painting a vivid picture of the original peoples of North America, long before European colonization changed the face of the continent, the Algonquin Quest novels show the traditions, the legends and the intrigue that shaped the First...
- Author:Revelle, RickSummary:
Painting a vivid picture of the original peoples of North America, long before European colonization changed the face of the continent, the Algonquin Quest novels show the traditions, the legends and the intrigue that shaped the First...
- Author:Harris, YvonneSummary:
This sweeping saga is set in the 1860s when Canada was emerging as a nation, during the Cariboo gold rush and against the backdrop the U.S. Civil War. Alice, a strong-minded woman, witnesses the injustices that surround her but is...
- Author:Dallas, SandraSummary:
When Alice Bullock's husband joins the Union Army, the young quilting enthusiast is left to deal with an Iowa farm and an imposing mother-in-law. And then her life turns upside down when she's accused of murder.
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
To avoid the matchmaking skills of London society, Alistair Cynster--better known as Lucifer--heads for the English countryside to visit an old friend. Upon his arrival, he discovers his friend dead, and he is knocked unconscious by a...
- Author:Goodman, JoSummary:
Although their engagement is just a rumor, East has now intention of marrying Lady Sophie Colley. But when he actually meets her, he is entranced. Now, eager to win her love, he must help her banis old family secrets before he can claim...
- Author:Hitchman, BeatriceSummary:
From an acclaimed and powerful talent in historical fiction, a literary historical novel set in a bohemian enclave of Vienna about love, freedom, and what constitutes a familySet in Vienna from 1910 to 1946, All of You Every Single One...
- Author:Kirkpatrick, JaneSummary:
Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. But the Oregon frontier of the 1870s doesn't approve of such innovations as women attending medical school. To leave grief...
- Author:Richardson, C.S.Summary:
A beautifully transporting novel capturing the romantic sweep of the twentieth century—from Toronto in the '20s and '30s through the killing fields of World War II, to 1960s Rome and Florence. Born in 1916, Henry, thin-as-sticks and...
- Author:Linden, CarolineSummary:
Raised in the splendor of Carlyle Castle, Philippa Kirkpatrick is not eager to wed and leave the only home she's ever known. She takes a liking to the castles new scandalously bold steward, William Montclair.
- Author:Doerr, AnthonySummary:
*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES-from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant...
- Author:Doerr, AnthonySummary:
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of...
- Author:Kay, Guy GavrielSummary:
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago and Children of Earth and Sky, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature "quarter turn to the fantastic" to...
- Author:Tatlock, AnnSummary:
Award-winning author of A Room of My Own and A Place Called Morning, Ann Tatlock returns with the soul-searching inspirational novel, All the Way Home. Augie Schuler recalls her childhood, dim and depressing except for her one true...
- Author:Jordan, SophieSummary:
Max, Viscount Camden, cannot recall a time when Lady Aurelia didn't vex him. Unfortunately, they are always thrown together. At parties and family gatherings, she's always there. But one night she goes too far, and he...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
Bestselling Author Tracie Peterson Teams Up with Kimberley Woodhouse for a Depression-Era Drama Gwyn Hillerman acts as a nurse at her father's medical practice in 1935 rural Alaska. Her family life has been rough ever since her mother,...
- Author:Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, return to their Virginia plantation, but their once-grand home has lost its lustre. Jo's father and brother are dead, and the war has left her remaining...
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