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Courts and courtiers Fiction France History Louis VII, 1137-1180 Fiction France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Fiction Genghis Khan 1162-1227 Fiction Great Britain History Henry II, 1154-1189 Fiction Mongols History Fiction Mongols Kings and rulers Fiction of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England Eleanor 1122?-1204 Fiction Queens Great Britain Fiction United StatesFitzgerald, Penelope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITMorgan, Jude
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORErickson, Carolly
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERIDeng, Sally
Summary: "An empowering and informative picture book biography about Khutulun, the great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan, and how she defied the expectations of her time to become commander of the Khan's army"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KHUIggulden, Conn.
Summary: The three surviving sons of Genghis Khan vie for the crown while striving to protect their father's empire and establish independent legacies, agendas marked by efforts to build a city in the wilderness, conquer Southern China and tame the steppes of Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2010
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Summary: "As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone and it's fallen on her to save her family from the guillotine. A chance encounter with Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious and charismatic young military prodigy, provides her answer. When her beloved sister Julie marries his brother Joseph, Desiree and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATPenman, 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 PENRedmond, Heather
Summary: "London, 1814: Mary Godwin and her stepsister Jane Clairmont, both sixteen, possess quick minds bolstered by an unconventional upbringing, and have little regard for the rules that other young ladies follow. Mary, whose mother famously advocated for women's rights, rejects the two paths that seem open to her-that of an assistant in her father's bookshop, or an ordinary wife. Though quieter and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC REDIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Winter 1461--Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable. Yet in killing the father, Margaret has unleashed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC IGGDandrea, Don
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pineapple Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DANCarey, Edward
Summary: In 1761 a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARGarwood, 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 GARWOO'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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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEIBragg, Melvyn
Summary: "The tale Heloise and Abelard has captivated the attentions of romantics since the twelfth century. Heloise was a woman beyond her time: educated, fierce, and unafraid to be herself. When Peter Abelard, a radical philosopher determined to reform the archaic practices of the Church from within, becomes her private tutor, the attraction is overwhelming. Their passionate love affair soon becomes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRAIggulden, Conn.
Summary: The mighty Mongol conqueror, Genghis Khan, wreaks a path of destruction along China's Great Wall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IGGGaneshram, Ramin
Summary: Philadelphia 1793. Hercules, President George Washington's chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman. He wears beautiful clothes and attends the theater. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Ganeshram 2018Penman, 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 PENDray, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC DRAGregory, Philippa.
Summary: A tale of the Wars of the Roses follows Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Chronicles the rise to power of Genghis Khan, one of the world's most powerful and fearsome rulers, from his tragic beginnings, to the murder of his father, to his legendary exploits as a feared warrior who conquered much of the known world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IGGIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Second in a series on the mighty Mongol conqueror who sets out to unify an entire continent under his rule. In this volume, he sets his sights on Yenking (modern day Beijing, China). Follows "Genghis : birth of an empire" ; continued by "Genghis : bones of the hills."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2008
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Summary: The epic story of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power, as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STAGilchrist, Micaela.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001