The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
By: Imogen Hermes Gowar
3.55
Format: 487 pages, Hardcover
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly…
Want to Read $ 2.99"A whore is a whore is a whore."-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
"For what is she, but a spare daughter?"-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
"I cry out and there is a dull nothing."-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
"All cats are grey with the candles out."-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
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1. Abundance
By: Sena Jeter Naslund
3.74
Format: 556 pages, Hardcover
"Like everyone, I am born naked." With this opening line of Naslund's compelling new novel, a ve… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"¿Cómo puede uno comer cuando el corazón está ocupado?"-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance
"Los buenos actos resuenan a nuestro paso, mucho tiempo después de que hayamos olvidado haberlos realizado."-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance
"Quizá mi vida no es más que una serie de momentos de vestirse y desvestirse de nuevo para la tarea en cuestión."-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance
"Debería tener la capacidad de ser feliz conmigo misma, de estar satisfecha con lo que soy. No como reina, sino con lo que soy."-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance
2. Empty Cradle
By: Karen Harper
3.47
Format: 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Empty Cradle by Karen Harper released on Apr 25, 2006 is available now for purchase. read more
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- fiction
3. Now You See It . . .
By: Richard Matheson
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Maximillian Delacorte was once the world's greatest stage magician. Now a recluse, suffering from a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
4. 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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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
5. The Twice Lost (Lost Voices, #3)
By: Sarah Porter
3.37
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
Mermaids have been sinking ships and drowning humans for centuries, and now the government is deter… read more
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6. The Prague Cemetery
By: Umberto Eco , Richard Dixon
3.50
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
19th-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Religious conversion evidently transforms not just the soul but also facial appearances."-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery
"People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction."-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery
"Die Menschen tun das Böse nie so vollständig und begeistert, wie wenn sie es aus religiöser Überzeugung tun."-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery
"Zawsze tak jest - jeśli ci sie nie powiedzie, szukasz kogoś, aby oskarżając go, usprawiedliwić własne niedołęstwo."-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery
7. The Journal of Dora Damage
By: Belinda Starling
3.72
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Sarah Waters, a rich, sweeping historical novel set in Victorian London, about … read more
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8. 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
9. 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
- fantasy
- 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
10. 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
11. The Other Side of Mrs. Wood
By: Lucy Barker
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A historical novel about the rivalry between two female mediums during Victorian London’s obsession… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I want your reputation... I want everything you have."-Lucy Barker, The Other Side of Mrs. Wood
12. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
By: Imogen Hermes Gowar
3.55
Format: 487 pages, Hardcover
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- british literature
- mermaids
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"A whore is a whore is a whore."-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
"For what is she, but a spare daughter?"-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
"I cry out and there is a dull nothing."-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
"All cats are grey with the candles out."-Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
13. The Familiars
By: Stacey Halls
3.88
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more
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- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Respect is earned, not demanded."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
14. 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
15. Once Upon a River
By: Diane Setterfield
3.95
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes pla… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"There must be more to stories than you think."-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
"A curtain was drawn back in every man's inner theater and their storytelling minds got to work."-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
"They think I am concealing my ugliness from them, when in truth it is their ugliness I am hiding."-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
"A child is not an empty vessel.... to be formed in whatever way the parent thinks fit. They are born with their own hearts and they cannot be made otherwise, no matter what love a man lavishes on the…"-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
16. The Confessions of Frannie Langton
By: Sara Collins
3.57
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing hi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"What did Shakespeare know? Love must alter, or it can't survive."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"there were two things I loved: all those books I read, and all the people who wrote them."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to try to join it."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"Only two types of white people in this world, chile, the ones doing shit to you and the ones wanting you to tell them ’bout the shit them other ones did."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
17. Things in Jars
By: Jess Kidd
3.70
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
Bridie Devine, female detective extraordinaire, is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: th… read more
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- magical realism
- historical
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- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Stories, particularly the bad ones, are told in their own time."-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars
"The raven turns in her element and the world turns too, confirming what she already knew: she is the centre of everything."-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars
"For this is their parting: as sudden and slow, surprising and foreseen as any parting. Between together and apart: an eyeblink and all of eternity."-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars
"Sir Edmund is a collector, an insatiable, relentless collector, with an interest in anomalies and mutations, aberrations and malformations of life in or around the realm of water. If it swims or padd…"-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars
18. Close Your Eyes
By: Chris Tomasini
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Set in early 1400s Europe, Close Your Eyes is a sincere, yet light-hearted and lustful, ode to love… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. The Innocents (Variety Palace Mysteries, #2)
By: Bridget Walsh
4.27
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
The hotly anticipated follow-up to T he Tumbling Girl , The Innocents follows Minnie and Albert on… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. The Orchid Hunter: A young botanist's search for happiness
By: Leif Bersweden
4.30
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
He has just a few months to complete his quest – no one has ever done it before within one growing … read more
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21. The Gimmicks
By: Chris McCormick
3.98
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
“ The Gimmicks is a gorgeous epic that astounds with its scope and beauty. With empathy and humor, … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"It’s a marvel how memory works on the road, how it holds its shape like smoke in the cold. I bet there are people in the world who appreciate that, who find the power of a long drive to undo the proc…"-Chris McCormick, The Gimmicks
