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Historical Fiction June 2018
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| The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna GoodmanFifteen-year-old Maggie is pregnant by her French farm boy neighbor in 1950s Québec -- and her disappointed parents force her to give up the baby, Elodie. Maggie’s story alternates with that of her daughter, who grows up under harrowing circumstances in an orphanage that is converted into a psychiatric hospital.
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| The Soul of a Thief by Steven HartovShtefan Brandt, adjutant to a colonel of the Waffen SS, has made it through the war so far in spite of a pair of extremely dangerous secrets: Shtefan is one of the thousands of German citizens of Jewish descent who have avoided the death camps by concealing themselves in the ranks of the German army, and he is in love with Gabrielle Belmont, the Himmel's French mistress. Either of those facts could soon mean his end, were Colonel Erich Himmel to notice. Himmel has other concerns, however: He can see the war is ending, and recognizes that he is not on the winning side. So he has taken matters into his own hands, hatching a plot to escape Europe. To fund his new life, he plans to steal a fortune from the encroaching Allies. A fortune that Shtefan, in turn, plans to steal from him. |
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| The Abbot's Tale by Conn IgguldenTenth-century English abbot Dunstan of Glastonbury, the confidant and advisor to King Aethelstan, who, as the grandson of Alfred the Great, dreams of creating a united kingdom.
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A Shout in the Ruins
by Kevin Powers
Spanning over one hundred years, from the antebellum era to the 1980's, A Shout in the Ruins examines the fates of a diverse cast of characters connected to Beauvais Plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
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Mrs. Lincoln's Rival: A Novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
A follow-up to Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker traces the rivalry between the daughter of an antebellum presidential cabinet member and the 16th President's wife, the former of whom becomes the bride of governor William Sprague and one of the most highly regarded women of her day.
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Dragon Teeth: A Novel
by Michael Crichton
A recently discovered novel by the ER creator and best-selling author of Jurassic Park is set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting and follows the exploits of two ambitious paleontologists who sabotage each others' careers in a rivalry that came to be known as the Bone Wars.
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| Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert HarrisIn 63 BC, Cicero has been elected consul -- the highest government official in Rome -- but a rising upstart named Gaius Julius Caesar (as well as the discovery of a young murdered boy) complicate Cicero’s newfound power.
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East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California.
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