Daughters of the Winter Queen begins the legacy of the current British throne. William Stoner leads a passive life as a farmer’s son turned English professor, enduring a loveless marriage and a difficult career. Living By Fiction, a collection of meditative essays about the spiritual process of writing.
Read MoreImmersed in the life of forest animals in Bambi. The tale of Joan of Arc and the formidable Yolanda of Aragon in The Maiden and the Queen. One family in Provence produced Four Queens who ruled in Europe. The determined reign of Joanna I in The Lady Queen. A dystopian YA about The 100 teens sent to Earth a century after a nuclear war.
Read MoreHistory told through the eyes of female rulers and leaders in Rival Queens. Swept away by descriptions of Buenos Aires and learning some important social history in On Argentina. Soaked in the quiet perspective of living season by season in A County Life.
Read MoreExploring the natural world and human meaning in Teaching a Stone to Talk. Godfrey experiences a midlife crisis in The Professor’s House as he moves into a new home but clings to his old study in the attic. A Portuguese Jesuit endures intense torture, confronting a crisis of faith in Silence.
Read MoreA beautiful, but secretive woman, captivates a young farmer in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. A black seamstress in 1954 Oklahoma endowed with a “second sight” is The Secret Keeper of Main Street.
Read MoreA collection of reflections and maxims, Some Fruits of Solitude. The value of daily moments, community, and nature is explored in Adventures in Friendship. A gothic romance in a country torn between freedom and feudalism, Dragonwyck. People’s lives intersect at an African American bookshop in Redemption Song.
Read MoreThe construction of the cathedral is at the center of the story, which carries betrayal, revenge, and love in Pillars of the Earth. An unusual yet adventurous book in which three children step through A Wrinkle in Time.
Read MoreUtred’s struggle between a life with the English or a life with the Danes continues in Lords of the North and Sword Song. A female scientist exposes sexism with humor in Lessons in Chemistry. An epic battle for the throne of England after the death of Henry I leads to civil war When Christ and His Saints Slept.
Read MoreA study of debutante balls in The Season. Dunkirk is the setting for To Die But Once. The 9th-century land of the Saxons comes alive in the telling of England's formative history through the eyes of Utred in The Last Kingdom. Mary Anning explores the British coastline for fossils in Remarkable Creatures. A female journalist is killed during the Blitz in The American Agent.
Read MoreThe Signature of All Things explores themes of desire, ambition, and the pursuit of knowledge. Maisie Dobbs finds herself in danger in Gibraltar, A Dangerous Place, in Germany, The Journey to Munich, and back at home during the Blitz, In This Grave Hour. Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, cannot stop the power of Edward I in The Reckoning.
Read MoreFalls The Shadow focuses intently on Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, a French Norman and a member of the English peerage who led the barons against Henry III. Among The Mad delves into the complexity of the mind, the people who have harrowing experiences, and still hold hope of recovery.
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