Swerling, Beverly.
Summary: Relaunching her architectural history career by tracking down several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica, recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall accepts the help of smitten reporter Geoff Harris in an investigation with ties to a 16th-century Carthusian monk and a Jewish goldsmith who struggled for survival in a shadowy world marked by Thomas Cromwell, sexual secrets and religious treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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Summary: In New York during the War of 1812, a fleet owner, a merchant prince, and the women who love them struggle to make choices between patriotism and betrayal while their nation struggles against the invading forces of a foreign power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SWESwerling, Beverly.
Summary: In the years following the Civil War, as Manhattan experiences a surge in prosperity, Joshua Turner aspires to become a real-estate titan while Mollie Brannigan, raised by her aunt in a bordello, sees her life change after a chance encounter with Joshua in Macy's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011