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Summary: "At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon?s army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books 2016
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Summary: This is a tale of a warrior, Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and granddaughter of William the Conqueeror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writers Block 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FAN GARWOWhyte, Jack
Summary: "Some men strive for greatness. And some men find themselves thrust into the role of their nation's saviors. Such are the two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic, commoner in medieval British history; the undying champion of the common man. The other, Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHYHall, Brian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALGordon, Alan (Alan R.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORGregorio, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREHambly, Barbara.
Summary: The triumphs and turmoil of early America are revealed through fictional portraits of four women--Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Sally Hemings, and Dolley Madison--who played key roles during four presidential administrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMPenman, Sharon Kay
Summary: The Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem following the First Crusade, Baudouin IV, struggles to hold his throne despite political intrigue, personal health risks, and the growing threat of Saladin and his army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENChadwick, Elizabeth.
Summary: Fictionalizes the life of William Marshal, who is appointed tutor to Prince Henry, heir to the throne, after he rescues the queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, but William quickly learns of the dangers that are attached to his reward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHACleary, Rita
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W CLEPearl, Matthew.
Summary: Set in Boston in the year 1865, the Dante Club, a small group of literary genuises, prepares the final work on America's first translation of the Divine Comedy. Their plans come to an abrupt halt, however, when a series of murders occur in a form adopted from Dante's Inferno and its unique account of punishment in Hell. With lives endangered and Dante's literary future at stake, the Dante Club...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEADruon, Maurice
Summary: Philip the Fair rules his kingdom with an iron fist but cannot control his own family, while a sentence he hands down that Grand Master Jacques de Molay be burned at the stake draws upon him a curse that could destroy his dynasty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Druon 2013Whyte, Jack.
Summary: In London's Smithfield Prison in 1305, condemned patriot William Wallace imparts the remarkable story of the Scottish Wars of Independence to a priest in the pre-dawn hours before his execution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHYO'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 OBRWeir, Alison.
Summary: The author harks back to the twelfth century with a sensuous and tempestuous tale that brings vividly to life England's most passionate and destructive royal couple: Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II. Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor has spent the past dozen frustrating years as consort to the pious King Louis VII of France. For all its political advantages, the marriage has brought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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Summary: In April 1897, Charlotte Bill enters service into the house of the Duke and Duchess of York as a nanny. For decades, "Lala", as she is called, cares for her royal charges, some of which will rule, and one known as "The Lost Prince". (summary).
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARReasoner, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cumberland House Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REAPataki, Allison.
Summary: "Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnold's age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as military commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young bride's beauty and wit, Arnold does not realize that she harbors a secret: loyalty to the British. Nor does he know that she hides a past romance with the handsome British spy John Andre. Peggy watches as her husband, crippled from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P PATAlpsten, Ellen
Summary: "Ellen Alpsten's stunning new novel, The Tsarina's Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal. Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALPPalombo, Alyssa
Summary: "A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family's favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici's glittering circle of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALChadwick, Elizabeth
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine is forced into a marriage she does not want, and when a death thrusts her into the role of queen, she faces scandal, forbidden love, and the complexities of the ruthless French court at every turn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHACornwell, Bernard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORO'Brian, Patrick
Summary: Stephen Maturin tries to turn Napoleon's secret link to the Islamic world against the emperor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBRStanfill, Francesca
Summary: Set in France and England at the end of the twelfth century, the moving story of a spirited, questing young woman, Isabelle, who defies convention to forge a remarkable life, one profoundly influenced by the fabled queen she idolizes and comes to know--Eleanor of Aquitaine. A sweeping, suspenseful tale about marriage, freedom, identity, and motherhood, The Falcon's Eyes not only illuminates a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022