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Historical Fiction August 2024
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| The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa BarrBefore achieving Hollywood stardom, Lena Browning was Bina Blonski, a spy in the Warsaw Ghetto. When approached by actress and aspiring filmmaker Sienne Hayes in 2005 Los Angels, Lena consents to a biopic on the condition that she gets to play her older self in the film, only to find that her personal and historical traumas are far from buried. |
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| The Heart in Winter by Kevin BarryIn 1891 Montana, young Irish poet Tom Rourke drinks, takes drugs, and falls for Polly Gillespie, the devout mine leader’s new bride. The lovers commit arson, steal money and a horse, and then head west...but a posse is hot on their trail. This buzzy, critically acclaimed novel “is brutal, hilarious, and fabulously entertaining" (Booklist). For fans of: lyrical Irish writers; Cormac McCarthy. |
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| Nero by Conn IgguldenEmpress Agrippina navigates treacherous Roman politics as she vies, amidst ambitious rivals, to secure power and survival for her son. With Nero destined to become Rome's most feared emperor, his mother strategizes to shape his future amid constant threats and perilous opportunities. This is the 1st in a planned trilogy about Nero’s rise to prominence. |
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| Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie JennerIn 1955, Vivien Lowry's promising play in London's West End is critically panned, ending her theatrical career. Encouraged by Peggy Guggenheim, she becomes a script doctor in Rome's burgeoning film industry. Amidst post-war Italy's cultural flux, Vivien navigates personal and professional renewal while confronting the haunting mysteries of her fiancé's wartime fate. This is the 3rd in the Jane Austen Society series, following 2022’s Bloomsbury Girls. |
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| The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliIn 1950s Tehran, Ellie's privileged life changes drastically after her father's death, forcing her and her mother into a poorer neighborhood. Lonely and longing for companionship, Ellie finds solace in her new neighbor Homa, and the two form a friendship that lasts for decades, navigating changing fortunes, turbulent politics, and the meaning of friendship. |
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| Shanghai by Joseph KanonHaving escaped the Gestapo, Daniel Lohr arrives in Shanghai, where glamour and squalor coexist. As he becomes embroiled in his uncle Nathan’s underworld life of crime and politics, Daniel must confront his past and navigate a treacherous path to survival in a lawless city on the brink of chaos. |
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| Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi PatelIn this elegant retelling of a Hindu myth, the river goddess Ganga is cursed to become mortal after angering a sage. To regain her immortality, she marries King Shantanu and bears their son, Prince Devavrata. When the prince makes an oath that he will never claim his father’s throne, he sets in motion a chain of events that will end in a terrible and tragic war. |
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| Enlightenment by Sarah PerryIn the small Essex town of Aldleigh, Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay share a deep connection despite their 30-year age difference. As Grace leaves town to begin her adult life, Thomas becomes obsessed with a vanished astronomer from the 1880s, said to haunt the area. Over two decades, their lives intersect as they grapple with love, fate, and the mysteries of the universe. |
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| The Last Twelve Miles by Erika RobuckDuring the Prohibition Rum Wars, which create a booming smuggling economy, two women masterminds -- Elizebeth Friedman, the inventor of cryptanalysis working for the government, and Marie Waite, on the rise to rumrunner royalty to save her family -- will go to any lengths to rule the Gulf Coast. |
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| Masquerade by O.O. SangoyomiSet in a re-imagined 15th century West Africa, this inventive interpretation of the Persephone myth introduces Òdòdó, a young woman blacksmith, who is abducted and seduced into marriage by a ruthless warrior king. As she grows in power and political skill, Òdòdó realizes that she must defy her husband, even if it means risking everything. |
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