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Summary: Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Seen through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV I

De la Cruz, Melissa

Summary: As a young nation begins to take shape, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler are on top of the world. They’re the toast of the town, keeping New York City buzzing with tales of their lavish parties, of Eliza’s legendary wit, and of Alex’s brilliant legal mind. But new additions to Alex & Eliza’s little family mean change is afoot in the Hamilton household. When they agree to take in an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DE L

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DEL

Morgan, Jude

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOR

Riley, Vanessa

Summary: "Queen of diverse historicals Vanessa Riley brings readers a vivid, sweeping novel of the Haitian Revolution based on the true-life stories of two extraordinary women: the first Empress of Haiti, Marie-Claire Bonheur, and Gran Toya, a West African-born warrior who helped lead the rebellion that drove out the French and freed the enslaved people of Haiti"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIL

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIL

Lake, Nick.

Summary: In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in 1804.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Pub 2012

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LAK

Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth

Summary: The sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending; his at a dueling ground on the shores of the Hudson River, hers more than half a century later after a brave, successful life.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC COB

Cornwell, Bernard.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC COR

Cornwell, Bernard.

Summary: British soldier Richard Sharpe stands up to Napoleon's crack troops in the Iberian Peninsula while searching for the missing daughter of an English wine shipper.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COR

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COR

Pietsch, Theodore W.

Summary: Examines the life, work, and friendship of Peter Artedi and Carl Linneaus and theorizes about the suspicious death of Artedi and what role, if any, his friend may have played.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scott & Nix 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIE

Sivak, Zoe

Summary: "A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who flees to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution. Sylvie de Rosiers, the biracial daughter of a rich planter in 1791 Saint-Domingue, is both a lady born to privilege and a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIV

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIV SIV

De la Cruz, Melissa

Summary: When Alex and Eliza meet one fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION DEL

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DEL

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DEL

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DEL

Fitzgerald, Penelope.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997

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Hale, Nathan

Summary: Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of the Haitian Revolution and its role in Napoleon's decision to sell Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe the whole Louisiana Territory, when they sought to buy only New Orleans.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2020

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Scott, Susan Holloway

Summary: Daughter of a respected general, Elizabeth Schuyler was captivated by Alexander Hamilton, a charismatic, ambitious aide to George Washington. They marry and despite the tumult of the American Revolution, Eliza is confident in her brilliant husband and in her role as his helpmate. Publicly Eliza becomes an adored member of society, respected for her fierce devotion to Hamilton as well as her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCO

Dray, Stephanie

Summary: A fictional retelling of the life of Eliza Hamilton describes her passionate dedication to America's independence, her unlikely marriage to penniless but brilliant officer Alexander Hamilton, and the turmoil and tragedies that challenged her legacy.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC DRA

De la Cruz, Melissa

Summary: "1781. Albany, New York. As the war for American independence rages on, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler begin their new life as a married couple. Still, Alex is as determined as ever to prove his mettle and secure his legacy... even if that means leaving his beloved Eliza behind to join the front lines at the Battle of Yorktown. But when the war unexpectedly arrives on Eliza's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DEL

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DEL

Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth

Summary: Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending—his at a dueling ground on the shores of the Hudson...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 0000

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COB

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COB

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COB

Hand, Cynthia

Summary: When two masterminds--Mary, the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, and Ada, the daughter of Lord Byron--are brought together by fate, they make a shocking--and magical--discovery that draws the attention of a mad scientist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HAN

Whyte, 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,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHY

Diop, David

Summary: "A historical novel about a French botanist's search for a mysterious woman who escaped from slavery in Senegal"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIO

Gutman, Dan

Summary: The Flashback Four are coerced by a secret government organization, NOYB, to travel to July 1804 Weehawken, New Jersey, to witness the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GUT

Charles, Tami

Summary: "Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup -- Freedom Soup -- just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHA

Whyte, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHY

Hensher, Philip.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HEN

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