The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
By: Melanie Benjamin
3.31
Format: None pages,
A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, Th…
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1. The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
By: Lyndsay Faye
3.87
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two s… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"And that was when I realized that she was actually a very good liar. Only good liars are surprised at being caught."-Lyndsay Faye, The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
"If Mercy Underhill were any more perfect, it would take a long day's work to fall in love with her. But she has exactly enough faults to make it ridiculously easy."-Lyndsay Faye, The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
"He wore a white gown now, facing the free-stone ceiling, a cloth pulled up to his breast. You couldn't take him for sleeping, though, not when you've seen death before. Dead things looked heavy. Eart…"-Lyndsay Faye, The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
"There was someplace urgent he needed to be, and he wasn't going to make it there on time. It was a gorgeous calamity in scale, I thought. A lovely misfortune. Immediate and irreversible and very soon…"-Lyndsay Faye, The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
2. Skeletons at the Feast
By: Chris Bohjalian
4.00
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest jo… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"She didn't care so much whether the world would ever forgive her people; but she did hope that someday, somehow, she would be able to forgive herself."-Chris Bohjalian, Skeletons at the Feast
"When this war was over, he and his family--all Germans--were going to have to live with the black mark of this (whatever this was) for a long, long time. "-Chris Bohjalian, Skeletons at the Feast
3. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
By: Kirby Larson
4.02
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
4. Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3)
By: Ariana Franklin
3.69
Format: 216 pages,
Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Times'… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
By: Ruth Downie
3.69
Format: 143 pages,
Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on his luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to… read more
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- audiobook
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6. A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
By: Kathryn Lasky
4.12
Format: 207 pages,
From the diary of twelve-year-old Mem, short for Remember, comes the story of her family's trip on … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
7. Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1)
By: Anna Godbersen
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: Flappers and socialites seeking thr… read more
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8. The Widow of the South
By: Robert Hicks
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Tennessee, 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie… read more
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9. Barkskins
By: Annie Proulx
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive … read more
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- historical
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10. Lord John And The Hand Of Devils (Lord John Grey, #0.5, #1.5, #2.5)
By: Diana Gabaldon
4.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Diana Gabaldon, the New York Timesbestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Bladea… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
11. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
By: Melanie Benjamin
3.31
Format: None pages,
A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, Th… read more
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- adult fiction
- 19th century
- historical
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- adult
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12. Splendor (Luxe, #4)
By: Anna Godbersen
3.45
Format: 105 pages,
New Beginnings. Shocking Revelations. Unexpected Endings. As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth re… read more
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13. The Passion of Artemisia
By: Susan Vreeland
2.76
Format: 320 pages,
From extraordinary highs - patronage by the Medicis, friendship with Galileo and, most importantly … read more
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14. Love and War (North and South, #2)
By: John Jakes
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
The Hazards and the Mains -- the first fatal shot fired at Fort Sumter divided them irrevocably wit… read more
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15. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (Royal Diaries #3)
By: Carolyn Meyer
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
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16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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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- fiction
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"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
21. The Paris Hours
By: Alex George
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
One day in the City of Lights. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems w… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"They call my country the land of the free, but I was born poor and black, and there wasn't much free about that ."-Alex George, The Paris Hours
"He remembered his mother once telling him that there were more than three hundred types of cheese made in France. Soured had solemnly replied that one day he would go there and try every one. There w…"-Alex George, The Paris Hours
"The women would not be looking at him like this if he were carrying lilies, reflects Jean-Paul. Flowers have there own silent vocabulary. There are blooms for love, for friendship, for sorrow, and fo…"-Alex George, The Paris Hours
"This man's music has become part of Souren's mornings, as essential as the sun rising over the rooftops of the city. The familiar melody offers him a moment of quiet grace, and this gives him strengt…"-Alex George, The Paris Hours
