Groff, Lauren

Summary: Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRO

Shaara, Jeff

Summary: This epic story traces the lives, passions, and careers of great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, the greatest commander of the Civil War. We also find Winfield Scott Hancock, one of the finest leaders in the Union army, and Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up a promising academic career to become one of the most heroic soldiers...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print in association with Ballantine Books 1996

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

Shaara, Jeff

Summary: "In one of his most accomplished, compelling novels yet, acclaimed New York Times bestseller Jeff Shaara accomplishes what only the finest historical fiction can do - he brings to life one of the most consequential figures in U.S. history - Theodore Roosevelt - peeling back the many-layered history of the man, and the country he personified. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHA