Historical fiction

  • The golden gate

    Creator

    Chua, Amy.

    Abstract

    "Moreira displays his many years of dramatic training and extensive theatrical experience as he animates characters as diverse as low-life thugs, the upper-class Bainbridge women, and even Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Tim Campbell and Suzanne Toren ably narrate the court deposition sequences. This audiobook is part hard-boiled detective story, part family saga, and wholly good listening!" - AudioFile.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The fragile threads of power

    Creator

    Schwab, V. E.

    Abstract

    Veteran narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading return to this fantastical world, along with a new POV portrayed by Marisa Calin. "As the threads converge, all three narrators strive to remain as consistent as possible to each other's stylistic choices, creating a nearly flawless whole." - AudioFile. V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Non spécifié
  • After Sappho

    Creator

    Schwartz, Selby Wynn

    Abstract

    Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize. An exhilarating debut from a radiant new voice, After Sappho reimagines the intertwined lives of feminists at the turn of the twentieth century. "The first thing we did was change our names. We were going to be Sappho," so begins this intrepid debut novel, centuries after the Greek poet penned her lyric verse.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick

    HighBridge Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The adversary

    Creator

    Crummey, Michael

    Abstract

    #1 National Bestseller. Shortlisted for the 2023 BMO Winterset Award. From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Innocents, a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corruption of power, and the power of corruption. "A flawlessly crafted narrative" - Wall Street Journal. "Ceaselessly entertaining" - Kirkus (Starred Review). "A masterpiece" - Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review). "One of our best writers" - Booklist (Starred Review).

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Knopf Canada

    Non spécifié
  • The wind knows my name

    Creator

    Allende, Isabel

    Abstract

    National Bestseller. "The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration" (People), from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta. "Timely, provocative... emotionally satisfying... [a story about] the kindness of strangers who become family." - The New York Times Book Review. An NPR Best Book of the Year. Vienna, 1938.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • Victory city

    Creator

    Rushdie, Salman

    Abstract

    New York Times Bestseller. The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie. Salman Rushdie is one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Year. "Victory City is a triumph—not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting." - The Atlantic.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • The vaster wilds

    Creator

    Groff, Lauren

    Abstract

    An instant New York Times Bestseller. One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023. Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Time, Esquire, Vogue, LA Times, Slate, Harper's Bazaar, and others. "Part historical, part horror, part breathless thriller, part wilderness survival tale, The Vaster Wilds is a story about the lengths to which we will go to stay alive." - NPR staff pick. "Lauren Groff just reinvented the adventure novel." - Los Angeles Times. "Glorious...surroundings come alive in prose that lives and breathes upon the page." - Boston Globe.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • The secret service of tea and treason

    Creator

    Holton, India

    Abstract

    An International Bestseller! One of Library Journal's Best Romances of the Year, Amazon's Best Romances of April, and Buzzfeed's Romance Books to Look Out For in 2023. Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to bored aristocratic ladies, nothing is beyond Alice's capabilities.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • River sing me home

    Creator

    Shearer, Eleanor

    Abstract

    A Good Morning America Book Club Pick. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children and piece her family back together is a "celebration of motherhood and female resilience" (The Observer). Named one of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023. "A powerful novel that explores how freedom and family are truly defined" - Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian. Her search begins with an ending...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • North woods

    Creator

    Mason, Daniel

    Abstract

    A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year. A Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year - Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—"a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic" (The Washington Post)—from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié