The Last of the Wine
By: Mary Renault
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey …
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1. The Passion of Dolssa
By: Julie Berry
3.91
Format: 478 pages, Hardcover
Dolssa is a young gentlewoman with uncanny gifts, on the run from an obsessed friar determined to b… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"He caught me up on wings of light, and showed me the realms of his creation, the glittering gemstones paving his heaven. He left my body weak and spent, my spirit gorged with honey."-Julie Berry, The Passion of Dolssa
2. As Meat Loves Salt
By: Maria McCann
3.91
Format: 565 pages, Paperback
In the seventeenth century, the English Revolution is under way. The nation, seething with religiou… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
- fiction
- lgbt
"Speak to me, Jacob, do not play the tyrant. Speak to me."-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
"Will you still walk with me?’ ‘Would you walk with a bad angel?"-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
" Violent love eats up what it does love, and is mere appetite. "-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
"I dig and plough at your command,' I replied, 'but you will not tell me how to shit."-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
3. The Last of the Wine
By: Mary Renault
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey … read more
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- classics
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mythology
- greece
4. Elijah of Buxton
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. The Eagle of the Ninth
By: Rosemary Sutcliff
3.94
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
One of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the Ninth tells the s… read more
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- historical
- classics
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one."-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
"And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said."-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
"You could give a slave his freedom, but nothing could undo the fact that he had been a slave; and between him, a freed-man, and any free man who had never been unfree, there would still be a differen…"-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
"Sometime about the year 117, the IXth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum where York now stands, marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again... no…"-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
6. Burning Bright
By: Tracy Chevalier
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Burning Bright follows the Kellaway family as they leave behind tragedy in rural Dorset and come to… read more
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7. Elizabeth I
By: Margaret George
3.04
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Margaret George captures history's most enthralling queen-as she c… read more
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8. Bitter Greens
By: Kate Forsyth
4.50
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
A Library Journal Best Book of 2014: Historical Fiction The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel… read more
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9. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
By: Robert Graves , Seneca , Suetonius
4.30
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself. … read more
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10. The Cure for Dreaming
By: Cat Winters
3.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl--a suffragist--in an age that prefers its girls to be… read more
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11. Devil's Brood (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
By: Sharon Kay Penman
2.00
Format: 28 pages,
The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman's trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of… read more
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12. Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles
By: Margaret George
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
She was a child crowned a queen; a sinner hailed as a saint; a lover denounced as a whore; a woman … read more
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13. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
14. His Forefathers and Mick
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more
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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
15. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
16. Isabella Warrior Queen
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.30
Format: None pages, ebook
The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more
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- historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
17. Victor's Blessing
By: Barbara Sontheimer
4.34
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet, wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her. He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
18. Fever
By: Mary Beth Keane
3.73
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as “Typhoid Mary,” the first known healthy carrier … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Becoming (Dancing with the Lion #1)
By: Jeanne Reames
4.07
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
Two boys, one heroic bond, and the molding of Greece’s greatest son. Before he became known as Ale… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mythology
20. Rise (Dancing with the Lion, #2)
By: Jeanne Reames
4.23
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of Alexander before he became “the Great.” Finished with schooling, Alexandros is appoin… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mythology
21. Disorderly Men
By: Edward Cahill
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Three gay men in pre-Stonewall NYC find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
- fiction
- lgbt
