Historical fiction

  • The other windsor girl : a novel of love, royalty, whiskey, and cigarettes

    Creator

    Blalock, Georgie

    Abstract

    If you love The Crown, then this is the book for you! Diana, Catherine, Meghan...glamorous Princess Margaret outdid them all. Springing into post-World War II society, and quite naughty and haughty, she lived in a whirlwind of fame and notoriety. Georgie Blalock captures the fascinating, fast-living princess and her "set" as seen through the eyes of one of her ladies-in-waiting. In dreary, post-war Britain, Princess Margaret captivates everyone with her cutting edge fashion sense and biting quips.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • The third daughter

    Creator

    Carner, Talia

    Abstract

    From the author of Jerusalem Maiden comes a remarkable story, inspired by little-known true events, about the thousands of young Jewish women who were trafficked into prostitution at the turn of the 20th century, and whose subjugation helped build Buenos Aires. The turn of the 20th century finds fourteen-year-old Batya in the Russian countryside, fleeing with her family endless pogroms. Desperate, her father leaps at the opportunity to marry Batya to a worldly, wealthy stranger who can guarantee his daughter an easy life and passage to America.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    HarperCollins Canada

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution

    Creator

    Quinn, Kate

    Dray, Stephanie

    Kamoie, Laura

    Knight, E.

    Perinot, Sophie

    Webb, Heather

    Abstract

    Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers-six unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution. Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution-and change the world. In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • A cruel deception : Bess Crawford, book 11

    Creator

    Todd, Charles

    Abstract

    In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled former soldier from a mysterious killer in this eleventh book in the beloved Bess Crawford mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. The Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the Great War will not be over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all parties. Representatives from the Allies are gathering in Paris, and already ominous signs of disagreement have appeared.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • The poppy wife : a novel of the Great War

    Creator

    Scott, Caroline

    Abstract

    In the tradition of Jennifer Robson and Hazel Gaynor, this unforgettable debut novel is a sweeping tale of forbidden love, profound loss, and the startling truth of the broken families left behind in the wake of World War I. 1921. Survivors of the Great War are desperately trying to piece together the fragments of their broken lives. While many have been reunited with their loved ones, Edie's husband Francis is still missing. Francis is presumed to have been killed in action, but Edie knows he is alive. Harry, Francis's brother, was there the day Francis went missing in Ypres.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • The last train to London

    Creator

    Clayton, Meg Waite

    Abstract

    The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and The Nightingale, centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe-and one brave woman who helped them escape to safety. In 1936, the Nazi are little more than loud, brutish bores to fifteen-year old Stephan Neuman, the son of a wealthy and influential Jewish family and budding playwright whose playground extends from Vienna's streets to its intricate underground tunnels.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    HarperCollins Canada

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • The clergyman's wife : a pride & prejudice novel

    Creator

    Greeley, Molly

    Abstract

    For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice-and legions of historical fiction lovers-an inspired debut novel set in Austen's world. In this Pride & Prejudice-inspired novel, not everyone has the luxury of waiting for love. Charlotte Collins knows it well ... Charlotte Collins, nee Lucas, is the respectable wife of Hunsford's vicar, and sees to her duties by rote: keeping house, caring for their adorable daughter, visiting parishioners, and patiently tolerating the lectures of her awkward husband and his condescending patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • Country

    Creator

    Hughes, Michael

    Abstract

    A vivid and brutal reimagining of Homer's Iliad, set in the Troubles of the late 20th century. That was the start of it. A terrible business altogether. Oh, it was all kept off the news, for the sake of the talks and the ceasefire. But them that were around that part of the country remember every bit. Wait now till you hear the rest. Northern Ireland, 1996. After 25 years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed to an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • Meet me in Monaco : a novel of Grace Kelly's royal wedding

    Creator

    Gaynor, Hazel

    Abstract

    Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Cote d'Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate, and second-chances. Movie stars and paparazzi flock to Cannes for the glamorous film festival, but Grace Kelly, the biggest star of all, wants only to escape from the flash-bulbs.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • The song of the jade lily

    Creator

    Manning, Kirsty

    Abstract

    "Kirsty Manning weaves together little-known threads of World War II history, family secrets, the past and the present into a page-turning, beautiful novel."- Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz. A gripping historical novel that tells the little-known story of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII. 1939: Two young girls meet in Shanghai, also known as the "Paris of the East".

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié