Lea, Caroline
Summary: In the wake of the Allies' victory in North Africa, 1,000 Italian soldiers have been sent to a remote island off the Scottish coast to wait out the war. Their arrival has divided the island's community. Nerves frayed from three years of war and the constant threat of invasion, many locals fear the enemy prisoners and do not want them there. Where their neighbors see bloodthirsty enemies,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEALivesey, Margot.
Summary: Overcoming a life of hardship and loneliness, Gemma Hardy, a brilliant and determined young woman, accepts a position as an au pair on the remote Orkney Islands where she faces her biggest challenge yet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Livesey 2012Marillier, Juliet.
Summary: Thorvald, the son of Margaret and the slain king, discovers the truth about his heritage and sets out on a journey that could prove disastrous for the Norse and Orkney people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarillier, Juliet.
Summary: Longing to become a Wolfskin warrior in the service of the god Thor, young Eyving sets out with his older brother to a fabled land, where he finds the seer Nessa and is bound by a childhood oath to kill the only thing he has ever loved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARSackville, Amy
Summary: While honeymooning on the Orkney Islands with his new wife, a woman 40 years his junior, a literature professor becomes consumed by his mysterious bride who distracts him from his life's work--a book about enchantment-narratives in literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2013