The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent historical novel--as the lives of three very different residents of London's historic Blue Lion hotel converge in a potentially explosive...
Biographical fiction
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Author:Robson, JenniferSummary: - Author:MCCANN, ColumSummary:
A Russian peasant who became an international legend, a Cold War exile who inspired the adoration of millions, an artist whose name was a byword for genius, sex, and excess. The magnificence of Rudolf Nureyev's life and work is...
- Author:Adele, PoynterSummary:
Based on a true story, Dancing in a Jar elaborates on the real-life love affair of a young couple who leave New York City to live in the outport community of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, during the Great Depression when the husband, Don...
- Author:Decker, DonnaSummary:
Through the braided narratives of three spirited characters, this novel bears witness to the infamous “American” crime that metastasized uber-civilized Montreal. Everyone wants a Marin at her party. Bohemian and beautiful, this...
- Author:Fenady, Andrew J.Summary:
General Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and Rebel Johnny Yuma are united by fate and friendship. The elusive one of the bunch, Johnny plays a vital role in Grant's victory for the Union, Lee's surrender at Appomattox and...
- Author:Corbo, ClaudeSummary:
Paul Gouin (1898-1976) a laissé sa marque comme l'un des grands défenseurs de l'héritage culturel canadien-français, qu'il concevait comme étant aussi un puissant levier de développement économique. Homme...
- Author:Bell, Madison SmarttSummary:
Nathan Bedford Forrest was the most reviled and celebrated, loathed and legendary, of Civil War generals. We see Forrest off the battlefield, in the more hidden but no less telling moments of his life: wooing the woman who would become...
- Author:Wallace, Joseph E.Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas has an unusual skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers. Based on a true story, Diamond Ruby chronicles the extraordinary life of a girl who rises from utter poverty to startling...
- Author:Darby, TomSummary:
Before something becomes history, there are infinite possibilities. Adopting this life philosophy forever changes Professor Hamilton West’s life. The year is 1989, the year everything unexpected happened: the fatwa against Salman...
- Author:Gordon, RichardSummary:
Dr. Grimsdyke lands a job as ship's doctor on a passenger liner on which his current beloved is also travelling.
- Author:Catozzella, GiuseppeSummary:
Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor...
- Author:Parent, GillesSummary:
Préface de Jean-Luc Brassard May O’Leary, fille d’un millionnaire de Vancouver, Patrick Murphy de la Baie James et Simon Latour un écorché vif de Montréal sont trois adolescents décrochés de la famille, de l’école et de la société. Ils...
- Author:Lightman, Alan P.Summary:
A fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines...
- Author:Elias, DavidSummary:
A sweeping, cinematic novel about the life of the Winter Queen, Elizabeth Stuart October 1612. King James I is looking to expand England's influence in Europe, especially among the Protestants. He invites Prince Frederic of the...
- Author:Pearce, JacquelineSummary:
In the sequel to Discovering Emily, Emily Carr is determined to become an artist. But her parents have died, and she and her siblings are ruled by the iron-willed eldest, Dede. Dede is more concerned with decorum than with ridiculous...
- Author:Min, AncheeSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Orchid belongs to an aristocratic family that has fallen on hard times. Unexpectedly, she is chosen as one of the emperor's lesser concubines. Within the Forbidden City are thousands of women hoping to bear the...
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter, the world's first computer programmer, and a woman whose exceptional contributions to...
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
Every Day is for the Thief is an account of a Nigerian in the diaspora who returns home after many years abroad. The book gains its strength as much from its subject matter (contemporary Lagosian life as experienced by a visiting former...
- Author:Parmar, PriyaSummary:
Following her discovery selling oranges outside of Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Ellen "Nell" Gwyn leaves behind a life of poverty to become a theatre star. Soon she is mistress to the libertine King Charles II. And though their love is...
- Author:Wideman, John EdgarSummary:
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) fought to free Algeria from French rule and rallied against the oppressive grip of colonialism. In this fictionalized view of the revolutionary's life, an African-American writer travels the world to do research...
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