 Brookland / Emily Barton
Prue Winship, the eldest of three sisters, takes over her family's gin distillery in eighteenth-century New York, but Prue's dreams go beyond running a successful business, she wants to build a bridge from her home in Brooklyn to Manhattan.Lady's Maid / Margaret Forester
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's courtship and marriage as told from the viewpoint of her maid, Elizabeth Wilson.
The Autobiography of Henry VII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers / Margaret George.
Henry VIII's memoirs, as he himself might have told them, are blended with irreverent comments from his court jester.
The Other Boleyn Girl / Philippa Gregory
In the tumultuous court of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary become rivals when both become the mistress of the king, but only one woman will be the next queen of England.
The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. / Sandra Gulland
This fictionalized diary of Josephine Bonaparte tells her life story from Martinique to war-torn France, where she meets Napoleon, a man who dreams of one day ruling all of Europe.
 Pompeii / Robert Harris
Roman engineer Marcus Attilius Primus is sent to take charge of the Aqua Augusta in Naples after the chief engineer disappears, but once he arrives there, Marcus discovers a bigger problem: Vesuvius.
Empress Orchid / Anchee Min
The extraordinary life of the Empress of China, Tzu His or "Orchid," who went from the rank of concubine to the most powerful woman in nineteenth century China.
Master and Commander / Patrick O'Brian
Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., has just received command of his first ship, the H.M.S. Sophie, where he meets Stephen Maturin, his new ship's surgeon and an intelligence agent for the British government.
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau / Jewell Parker Rhodes
The enchanting story of Marie Laveau, who left the bayou to become nineteenth century New Orleans' most famous Voodoo Queen.
Sarum / Edward Rutherfurd
Rutherfurd draws on the stories of five different families to recreate the history of the English town of Salisbury from the Ice Age to the twentieth century.
The Triumph of the Sun / Wilbur Smith
The banks of the Nile become the setting for this danger rich tale of a charismatic religious leader who traps hundreds of people in the city of Khartoum.
These Is My Words / Nancy Turner
Based on the actual diaries of the author's great-grandmother, this is the captivating tale of Sarah Prine, whose family moves westward in the late 19th century from Texas to Arizona, where they settle on a ranch near Tucson. |
