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Historical Fiction October 2026 |
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Adam and Eve
by Jeffrey Archer
As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice can break. Then on a single September night in 1940, as Hitler prepares to invade the British Isles, their actions will change his mind.
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May We Feed the King
by Rebecca Perry
A curator is absorbed in the medieval world of a reluctant monarch in this searing debut about what becomes lost over time and what devotion can reanimate.
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Mercy's Child
by Richard Paul Evans
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans comes an emotionally rich work of historical fiction inspired by the true story of Etta Wheeler, a woman whose courage and compassion helped spark a movement that forever changed a country.
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Music Against the Night
by Yiyun Li
Figures of the past find new life in Yiyun Li's thrillingly imagined saga following two musicians as they mature, study, travel, love, grieve, and, above all, chase their ambitions in Dublin, as the eighteenth century nears its end.
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The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse
by Heather Morris
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz returns with a masterful new novel that captures the astonishing bravery of ordinary people in extraordinary times.
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Queen of Lombard Street
by Lisa Kleypas
In Victorian England, no woman—not even a brilliant economist like Reina Martin—is allowed to open her own bank account. As the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish immigrant mother, she’s haunted by the memory of living with unpaid grocer’s bills and no coal for the hearth. So together with her mentor, the powerful banker William Farlow, Reina will build the first all-women’s bank, where women can manage their own financial security.
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Royal Witch
by Philippa Gregory
Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go?1420. Eleanor Cobham arrives at the court of Henry V. Pretty but not highborn, she hopes for nothing more than to marry well. It is a golden age for England, its royal family's dynasty stretching across Europe. But chaos waits in the shadows.
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Samantha: The Next Chapter
by Fiona Davis
From American Girl and New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis comes the next chapter of Samantha Parkington's story--now an adult searching for justice after her legacy is stolen in New York City in 1920.
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The Tulip Poplars
by Silas House
A sweeping historical novel about hidden, forbidden love in the early 1900s by bestselling writer and former poet laureate of Kentucky, Silas House.
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The Undercover Bookshop
by Katherine Reay
When young Gemma Cameron starts to suspect her next door neighbor---in their quiet English village in 1950---is a Soviet spy, she has no idea the international scope of the secrets, lies, and betrayals she's about to unveil.
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Comsewogue Public Library
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Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776
(631) 928-1212www.cplib.org |
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