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Archers Fiction Grail Fiction Great Britain History Edward III, 1327-1377 Fiction Great Britain History Richard I, 1189-1199 Fiction Historical fiction I, King of England Richard 1157-1199 Fiction Jews Juvenile fiction Man-woman relationships New York (State) New York Revenge FictionSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATSummary: I shot Jesse James: After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIRWallmark, Laurie
Summary: "A little Jewish girl living on the Lower East Side during the flu pandemic of 1918 can't start school because her father is sick, so she makes a trade with her neighbors: chores for lessons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALPenman, Sharon Kay.
Summary: Richard, the second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne from his brother, before embarking on the Third Crusade, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping brother, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PENGortner, C. W.
Summary: Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage. She is brought to Russia, and marries the Romanov heir, Alexander. Once he ascends the throne, she becomes empress Maria. When their son, Nicholas, inherits the throne he is the inexperienced ruler of a deeply divided and crumbling empire. Determined to guide him to reforms that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GORBergman, Andrew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERGarwood, Haley Elizabeth.
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 GARWOSummary: This is a passionate story of an obsessive artist driven by inexorable demons and his alternately devoted and despairing younger brother, who seems unable to live with him or without him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VINDe Angeli, Marguerite
Summary: A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laurel-Leaf Books 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION DE ADe Angeli, Marguerite
Summary: A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DEALiss, David
Summary: Lucy Derrick, a young Regency woman of good breeding and poor finances, is warned by a beautiful stricken man not to marry Mr. Olson, the local mill owner. Soon it becomes clear that there is more at stake than her own happiness--and that she is caught between two forces, one ancient and one modern.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LISPlaidy, Jean
Summary: Richard the Second was losing his hold on the crown and ambitious eyes were turning toward it. Henry of Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, had married the heiress Mary de Bohun and by her had six children, the eldest of whom was Harry of Monmouth. Bolingbroke was exiled by the King but returned to England when Richard confiscated John of Gaunt's estates. Bolingbroke came to claim them—and at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1982
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAPenman, Sharon Kay
Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author of Lionheart comes the dramatic sequel, telling of the last dangerous years of Richard, Couer de Lion's life. This long-anticipated sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart is a vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home--in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENKushner, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KUSPaul, Gill
Summary: New York City 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. Dorothy Parker: renowned wit, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and more fragile than she seems. Jane Grant: first female reporter for the New York Times, and determined to launch a new magazine she calls The New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PAUDonald, Angus.
Summary: ""A rip-roaring tale. full of twists and turns...A fast-moving, thoroughly enjoyable yarn." --Kirkus Reviews on King's Man Robert, Earl of Locksley, returns in the latest in Angus Donald's compelling historical novels, reimagining one of the most indelible figures in folklore--Robin Hood. King Richard I, the Lionheart, is engaged in a bloody war to drive the French out of Normandy. Using the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DONLawhead, Stephen R.
Summary: A Scottish knight's adventurous journey to the Holy Land. Knight Murdo undertakes it to find a wicked lord who dispossessed his family of their lands. After the deed the lord took off, joining a crusade to gain the Holy Land for Christianity. By the author of Byzantium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPrism 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAWCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: While fearsome French and Scottish armies sharpen their blades for war, English archer Thomas of Hookton is given a special mission. Sent to norhern England, he searches for the ultimate weapon - the Holy Grail. Legend tells that the Grail was once held by Thomas' family, so he is the ideal man to look for it. But he's not the only one tracking the omnipotent relic.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CORCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: While fearsome French and Scottish armies sharpen their blades for war, English archer Thomas of Hookton is given a special mission. Sent to norhern England, he searches for the ultimate weapon - the Holy Grail. Legend tells that the Grail was once held by Thomas' family, so he is the ideal man to look for it. But he's not the only one tracking the omnipotent relic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2002
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Summary: Called to the peaceful wooded churchyard of St-John's-at-Hampstead, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose faces one of the most audacious and unusual murders of his career. The body of the church's organist is found in an opened grave, together with a photograph of a manor house and a cryptic note. The image leads Archie to Cambridge, where the crisp autumn air has brought bustling life to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2017
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Summary: The year Almanzo Wilder turned nine (1866) was an important one for the young farm boy in northern New York state.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILAhmed, Jamila
Summary: "In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023