Inheritance: The tragedy of Mary Davies: Property & madness in eighteenth-century London
By: Leo Hollis
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and h…
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1. The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)
By: Agatha Christie , None , Robin Bailey
3.73
Format: 8 pages, Audio Cassette
Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean … read more
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2. They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #6)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home – but someone else dies… Miss Marple senses danger wh… read more
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3. Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
By: Anita Anand
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into Indian royalty. Her father, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was h… read more
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4. Jane and Prudence
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reun… read more
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5. The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of how Joseph Lister's antiseptic method changed medicine forever In The Butcher… read more
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6. 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
By: Agatha Christie
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that froze… read more
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7. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.05
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more
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8. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.18
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more
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9. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
10. Water
By: John Boyne
4.33
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more
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11. Earth
By: John Boyne
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition
From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more
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12. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.01
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more
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13. Mrs. March
By: Virginia Feito
3.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Who is Mrs. March? A twenty-first-century Highsmith, Virginia Feito conjures the unforgettable M… read more
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14. Shrines of Gaiety
By: Kate Atkinson
3.85
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more
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"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
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15. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
By: Oliver Darkshire
3.97
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more
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16. The Black Dress
By: Deborah Moggach
3.45
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pru is on her own. But then, so are plenty of other people. And while the loneliness can be overwhe… read more
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17. The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)
By: Ann Cleeves
3.95
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outsi… read more
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"His thoughts were wheeling and dipping like the gulls over the estuary, groping for an explanation, feeling at last he was making sense of what lie behind Walden's death..."-Ann Cleeves, The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)
18. The Wrong Sister
By: Claire Douglas
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more d… read more
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19. Exit
By: Belinda Bauer
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MURDER ...Pensioner Felix Pink is about to find out that it’s never too… read more
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20. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
By: Anderson Cooper
3.82
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more
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21. The Facemaker
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
4.29
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more
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22. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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23. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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24. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge
By: Lizzie Pook
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more
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25. The Butterfly Room
By: Lucinda Riley
4.19
Format: 672 pages, Kindle Edition
Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heart-breaking secrets, The Butterfly Roo… read more
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26. No Secrets
By: David Jackson
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
THEY ALL BELIEVE HIM THEY BELIEVE HIS LIES. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH. You can't lie to Izzy Lambert.… read more
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27. A Most Intriguing Lady (Buccleuch Family, #2)
By: Sarah Ferguson
3.68
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a sweeping, romantic compulsivel… read more
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28. Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
By: Antonia Fraser
3.73
Format: 224 pages, ebook
The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron ove… read more
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29. Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
By: Anne Sebba
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba's moving biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the wife and mo… read more
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30. Inheritance: The tragedy of Mary Davies: Property & madness in eighteenth-century London
By: Leo Hollis
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and h… read more
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31. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
