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Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction England London Great Britain Large type books London (England) Social life and customs 19th century Drama London (England) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Fiction Manners and customs Nobility FictionMorhain, Jorge Claudio
Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic story, Dorian Gray hides a monstrous secret in his attic--a portrait that ages and shows the results of his hedonistic and selfish lifestyle while he remains ever-youthful and handsome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MORKleypas, Lisa
Summary: Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, has never been tempted to embark on an affair. Until now.... Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, as gallant as he is secretive, is rumored to be an assassin. For one exhilarating night they give in to their potent attraction before becoming strangers again. As a Ravenel by-blow spurned by his father, Ethan has little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KLEFlanders, Judith.
Summary: "Expert Victorian-era historian Judith Flanders explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dicken's novels, bringing life on the streets of London to vivid, fascinating life. The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than London. In only a few decades, the capitol grew from a Regency town to the biggest city the world had ever seen,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 FLASummary: Follows three generations of an aristocratic and politically powerful English family and their circle of family and friends.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PALSummary: A young society woman's love for a common journalist presents her with an impossible decision: leave him or marry and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist when she befriends a lonely young heiress whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible but dangerous solution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1997
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WINFellowes, Julian.
Summary: A secret unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's now legendary ball, one family's life will change forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FELCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Fellowes 2016Laurens, Stephanie
Summary: Marrying the seemingly delicate Lady Edwina Delbraith, Declan Frobisher discovers that his new bride is unconventional and strong-willed after she accompanies him on a secret mission that leads them to unexpected enemies-- and love. Facing unforeseen perils and unexpected enemies while battling to expose a dastardly scheme involving kidnapped British citizens in West Africa, Declan and Edwina...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAUCarter, Miranda
Summary: "Blake and Avery return in the stunning sequel to M. J. Carter's lauded fiction debut, The Strangler Vine. London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance have weakened the close bond between them, forged in the jungles of India. Then a shocking series of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARKleypas, Lisa
Summary: Most debutantes dream of finding husbands. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, she's ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger. After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kleypas 2017Summary: A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS OLIPerry, Anne.
Summary: Investigating the poisoning death of a distinguished judge, Inspector Pitt finds himself haunted by a grisly murder committed in desolate Farrier's Lane five years before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Columbine 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS PERQuick, Amanda
Summary: Calista Langley operates an exclusive "introduction" agency in Victorian London, catering to respectable ladies and gentlemen who find themselves alone in the world. But now, a dangerously obsessed individual has begun sending her trinkets and gifts suitable only for those in deepest mourning -- a black mirror, a funeral wreath, a ring set with black jet stone. Each is engraved with her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC QUIQuick, Amanda
Summary: "The author of the New York Times bestseller Garden of Lies returns to Victorian London in an all-new novel of deadly obsession. Calista Langley operates an exclusive "introduction" agency in Victorian London, catering to respectable ladies and gentlemen who find themselves alone in the world. But now, a dangerously obsessed individual has begun sending her trinkets and gifts suitable only for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUICopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Quick 2016Morrell, David
Summary: Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier. Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMcAvoy, J. J.
Summary: "A jilted beauty and a regretful duke discover that second chances can be divine in this diverse Regency romance for fans of Bridgerton. Aphrodite Du Bell has always resented her name. While the members of the ton, and even the queen herself, praise her warm brown skin, perfect curls, and exquisite features, Aphrodite can't help but think that living up to the literal goddess of beauty is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCAGoodman, Alison
Summary: "A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new historical mystery series. Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gus," is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty-two. She and her twin sister, Julia, who is grieving her dead betrothed, need a distraction....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GOO1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOO
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GOOBurnett, Frances Hodgson
Summary: Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kōdansha 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.6 FIC BURKleypas, Lisa
Summary: Achieving wealth and success through his savage ambitions, tycoon Rhys Winterborne resolves to marry shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, who in spite of her gentle upbringing responds to Rhys' seductions with her own unexpected passions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kleypas 2016Finch, Charles (Charles B.)
Summary: "London, 1855. A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a third-class car at Paddington Station is the body of a handsome young gentleman. He has no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of identification on his person. And putting together the clues to the mystery of the man's identity only raises more questions, when Lenox discovers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC FINSummary: In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Great 2005Kleypas, Lisa
Summary: Falling for a dashing stranger, young widow Phoebe, the daughter of Lord St. Vincent and Evie Jenner, is horrified to discover that he is the bully responsible for her late husband's boarding-school misery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Kleypas 2019Kleypas, Lisa
Summary: Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any man—why not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been tempted to embark on an affair, until now. Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, is as gallant as he is secretive, a rumored assassin whose true loyalties are a mystery. For one exhilarating night, they give in to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kleypas 2018Morrell, David
Summary: Opium addict Thomas De Quincey and his irrepressible daughter Emily investigate the strangling of a lawyer in what is the first murder on an English train, and they uncover a dangerous secret that reaches the highest levels of British society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown, and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORWaters, Martha
Summary: "Lady Emily Turner has been a debutante for six seasons now and should have long settled into a suitable marriage. However, due to her father's large debts, her only suitor is the persistent and odious owner of her father's favorite gambling house. Meanwhile, Lord Julian Belfry, the second son of a marquess, has scandalized society as an actor and owner of a theater-the kind of establishment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2022