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Bible N.T History of Biblical events Fiction Gouel, Eva 1885-1915 Fiction Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Fiction Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Fiction Great Britain Kings and rulers Fiction II, King of England Charles 1630-1685 Fiction Jesus Christ Fiction Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Relations with women Fiction Queens Fiction Queens Great Britain FictionAtkins, Jeannine
Summary: A biographical novel in verse about Lise Meitner, an Austrian Jew and physics professor in Nazi Germany who escaped to Sweden and whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission. Includes author's note and timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MEIMackin, Jeanne
Summary: "Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli ("Schiap") are fighting for recognition as the most successful and influential fashion designer in France, and their rivalry is already legendary. They oppose each other at every turn, in both their politics and their designs: Chanel's are classic, elegant, and practical; Schiaparelli's bold, experimental, and surreal. Lily Cooper, a recently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACKalogridis, Jeanne.
Summary: In her latest historical fiction bestseller, Kalogridis tells the story of Caterina, a tender young girl who would grow up to become Catherine de Medici, one of the most maligned monarchs in history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KALAtkins, Jeannine
Summary: May Alcott spends her days sewing blue shirts for Union soldiers, but she dreams of painting a masterpiece -- which many say is impossible for a woman -- and of finding love, too. When she reads her sister's wildly popular novel, Little Women, she is stung by Louisa's portrayal of her as "Amy," the youngest of four sisters who trades her desire to succeed as an artist for the joys of hearth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATKWalsh, Jenni L.
Summary: Determined to escape poverty, Bonnelyn Parker secretly takes a night job in a 1927 speakeasy while maintaining her wholesome-girl identity by day, an endeavor that introduces her to convicted felon Clyde Barrow, who entices her to become his partner in crime. Summer, 1927. Bonnelyn Parker is more likely to belt out a church hymn than sling drinks at an illicit juice joint. She plans to overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALWalsh, Jenni L.
Summary: Texas: 1931. It's the height of the Great Depression, and Bonnie is miles from Clyde. When Clyde returns from prison damaged and distant, unable to keep a job, and dogged by the cops, Bonnie knows the law will soon come for him. But there's only one road forward for her. If the world won't give them their American Dream, they'll just have to take it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALScott, Joanna
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1973
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
Summary: As a teenager, Katharine leaves her beloved Spain, land of olive groves and soaring cathedrals, for the drab, rainy island of England. There she is married to the king's eldest son, Arthur, a sickly boy who dies six months after the wedding. Katharine is left a widow who was never truly a wife, lonely in a strange land, with a very bleak future. Her only hope of escape is to marry the king's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
Summary: Ten years after Charles I was deposed and executed, his son, Charles II, regains the throne after many years in exile. Charles is determined not only to restore the monarchy but also to revive a society that has suffered under many years of Puritan rule, when everything from theater to Christmas festivals was illegal. As king, Charles II throws himself into the gaiety of court life, becoming a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
Summary: After gaining the throne by his victory at Bosworth, Henry VII attempts to bolster his insecure regime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1984
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
Summary: As Henry VIII's only child, the future seemed golden for Princess Mary. She was the daughter of Henry's first queen, Katharine of Aragon, and was heir presumptive to the throne of England. Red-haired like her father, she was also intelligent and deeply religious like her staunchly Catholic mother. But her father's ill-fated love for Anne Boleyn would shatter Mary's life forever. The father who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
Summary: Dangerous court intrigue and affairs of the heart collide as renowned novelist Jean Plaidy tells the story of Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six queens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLABerest, Anne
Summary: "Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERGirard, Anne.
Summary: "When Eva Gouel moves to Paris from the countryside, she is full of ambition and dreams of stardom. Though young and inexperienced, she manages to find work as a costumer at the famous Moulin Rouge, and it is here that she first catches the attention of Pablo Picasso, a rising star in the art world. A brilliant but eccentric artist, Picasso sets his sights on Eva, and Eva can't help but be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Mira 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Girard 2014O'Brien, Anne
Summary: Orphaned at a young age, Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, seeks a strong husband to keep her hold on the vast lands that have made her the most powerful heiress in Europe. But her arranged marriage to Louis VII, King of France, is made disastrous by Louis's weakness of will and fanatical devotion to the Church. Eleanor defies her husband by risking her life on an adventurous Crusade, and even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBREekhout, Anne
Summary: "A sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's youth, vividly exploring innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Switzerland, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this "year without a summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "A novel about the early years of Christ the Lord, based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RICEnright, Anne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ENRGirard, Anne.
Summary: When Eva Gouel moves to Paris from the countryside, she is full of ambition and dreams of stardom. Though young and inexperienced, she manages to find work as a costumer at the famous Moulin Rouge, and it is here that she first catches the attention of Pablo Picasso, a rising star in the art world. A brilliant but eccentric artist, Picasso sets his sights on Eva, and Eva can't help but be drawn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014