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Historical Fiction April 2024
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Someone Always Nearby : a Novel
by Susan Wittig Albert
Based on research into a massive collection of over 700 letters, documents, media reports and historical accounts, this novel, set in 1940, centers around Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot-a young and naive would-be writer, exploring the dimensions of friendship and the debts we incur to those who make our lives easier.
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King NYX : a Novel
by Kirsten Bakis
Reimagines the life of Anna Filing Fort, wife of the most famous researcher of “anomalous phenomena” as she searches for three missing girls and encounters a ghost in the woods on Prosper Island at the estate of an eccentric millionaire.
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The Tower : a Novel
by Flora Carr
In 1567 Scotland, Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in the isolated Lochleven Castle, along with her two inconspicuous serving women, and, after reluctantly surrendering her throne, is joined by her closest friend, Lady Seton, and they all hatch a perilous getaway plan, forming a bond that transcends class and religion.
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You Dreamed of Empires
by Alvaro Enrigue
Bringing to life Tenochtitlan at its height and reimagines its destiny, the vision author of Sudden Death takes us back to 1519 where conquistador Hernan Cortes meets emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages and two possible futures.
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| The London Bookshop Affair by Louise FeinIn this atmospheric and intricately plotted spy novel, the tension of the Cuban Missile Crisis reaches across the Atlantic and into the life of sheltered London bookshop clerk Celia Duchesne, who learns a shocking truth about the wartime fate of her sister and then an old family scandal comes back to haunt her. |
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The Wharton Plot : a Novel
by Mariah Fredericks
In 1911 New York City, acclaimed novelist Edith Wharton, when fellow writer David Graham Phillips is murdered, becomes obsessed with solving the crime when his sister believes he was killed by someone determined to stop the publication of his next book, which reveals the secrets of powerful people.
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The Women
by Kristin Hannah
In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words “Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
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The Woman At the Wheel : a Novel
by Penny Haw
Ignoring the cynics and the men who ridicule her, Bertha Benz, believing in her and her husband's invention of the world's first motorized carriage, plans a trip she hopes will prove to their world their genius, but unbeknownst to her, Carl is on the cusp of making a deal with their nemesis.
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| The Painter's Daughters by Emily HowesMolly and Peggy, the titular daughters of 18th century English painter Thomas Gainsborough, are regular subjects in their father's work. As the girls grow older, it becomes apparent that Molly has developed a mental illness of some kind, something which Peggy realizes must be hidden at all costs from their social-climbing mother and emotionally absent father, or Molly might be sent to the notorious Bedlam asylum. |
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The Lioness of Boston : a Novel
by Emily Franklin
Based on the life of an eccentric trailblazer who lived life on her own terms, this deeply evocative novel follows Isabella Stewart Gardner who, exploring the world of art, ideas and letters, developed a keen eye for paintings and objects, scandalizing Boston's polite society and transforming the city itself.
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The Great Divide : a Novel
by Cristina Henriquez
An epic novel about the construction of the Panama Canal casts light on the unsung people who lived, loved and labored there.
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Every Time We Say Goodbye
by Natalie Jenner
With her future in 1955 London not looking bright, at the suggestion of her friend, Peggy Guggenheim, Vivien Lowry takes a job as a script doctor on a major film shooting in Rome's Cinecitta Studios.
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| A Plague On Both Your Houses by Robert LittellInspired by real events, this fast-paced historical thriller combines the star-crossed young love of "Romeo and Juliet" with the upheaval of the collapse of the Soviet Union. As two rival crime organizations fight for control of Moscow amidst economic anarchy, Roman and Yulia form an unlikely connection across ethnic, religious, and territorial lines. |
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| A Sign of Her Own by Sarah MarshThis is the reflective and richly detailed story of Ellen Lark, a deaf woman who just wants to express herself on her own terms. While studying with Alexander Graham Bell to learn his Visual Speech technique, Ellen begins to question society's shunning of sign language and the pressure deaf people faced to assimilate. |
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Sisters Under the Rising Sun
by Heather Morris
Prisoners of war in 1942, Australian nurse Nesta James and Norah Chambers—held in the notorious Camp Palembang, deep in the jungle of Sumatra—battle disease, starvation and unimaginable brutality meted out by Japanese soldiers, but find, in themselves and in each other, the courage and resourcefulness to survive.
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| All Our Yesterdays by Joel H. MorrisThis incisive and character-driven prequel is set a decade before the events of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play" and is narrated by the unnamed young woman who would eventually be known as Lady Macbeth. Author Joel H. Morris paints a sympathetic portrait of this infamous figure and the ups and (many) downs of her early life. |
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| Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison PatakiThe life and adventures of trailblazing writer and activist Margaret Fuller fill this lush and richly detailed novel by The Accidental Empress author Allison Pataki. Fuller's circle of famous friends included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, who may have based elements of Hester Prynne on her. |
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I am Rome : a Novel of Julius Caesar
by Santiago Posteguillo
Describes how a young roman lawyer named Gaius Julius Caesar accepted a job as prosecutor to defend the people of the city against the corrupt Senator Dolabella, in a novel of politics, betrayal, sprawling battles and shocking villainy.
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Mockingbird Summer : a Novel
by Lynda Rutledge
When her family hires a Haitian housekeeper who brings her daughter, America, along with her, 13-year-old Corky Corcoran, in 1964 Texas, befriends America and asks her to play with her girls' softball team which, crossing the color line and setting off a firestorm, brings big changes that will last a lifetime.
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Last House : or The Age of Oil
by Jessica Shattuck
Spanning multiple generations and nearly 80 years, this emotional tour de force follows one American family, during the radical movement of 1968 against Big Oil, as they are forced to reckon with the consequences of resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Centerville Library 111 W. Spring Valley Rd Centerville, OH 45458 (937) 433-8091
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Woodbourne Library 6060 Far Hills Ave Centerville, OH 45459 (937) 435-3700
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Creativity Commons 895 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Centerville, OH 45459 (937) 610-4425
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