Historical fiction

  • Amerika

    Creator

    Pouns, Brauna E.

    Abstract

    Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual coup, ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard instead chose to set the action of the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized American people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the American spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet takeover.

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  • Jessica

    Creator

    Courtenay, Bryce,

    Abstract

    Based on the real life of a remarkable young woman at the beginning of the last century, this is the gripping, heart-wrenching story of Jessica and her courageous fight for justice and love against enormous odds. Born into a life of hardship on the dusty black plains of the Australian outback, Jessica is strong, spirited and fearless, riding and working the land like a man. She could not be more different from her ladylike sister Meg, groomed by their ambitious mother Hester for marriage to wealthy Jack Thomas, Jessica's childhood friend.

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  • Skins

    Creator

    HAY, Sarah

    Abstract

    Story of an English woman shipwrecked off the WA coast in the 1830's.

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  • Seven dials

    Creator

    PERRY, Anne

    Abstract

    Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Secret Service in Queen Victoria's vast empire. He is to investigate the shooting at Eden Lodge of an ex-army officer and promising young diplomat.

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  • Sea glass

    Creator

    SHREVE, Anita

    Abstract

    It is a house on the beach. Honora doesn't mind renting-despite its age and all its flaws, the old house is the perfect place for a new marriage. She and Sexton throw themselves into fixing it up, just as they throw themselves into their life together.

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  • The samurai's garden a novel /

    Creator

    TSUKIYAMA, Gail

    Abstract

    On the eve of the Second World War, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. Stephen's adventure begins when he meets four local residents - a beautiful Japanese girl and three older people.

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  • Ramage's challenge

    Creator

    POPE, Dudley

    Abstract

    In this exciting adventure Capt. Ramage RN must rescue a mixed group of people being held hostage by Napoleon amongst whom he hopes to find his wife.

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  • Our Eva

    Creator

    JACOBS, Anna

    Abstract

    Eva Kershaw is happy living with her dear friend Alice, who has been like a mother to her. But Alice is dying and Eva is distressed by the unexpected arrival of Gus Blake, Alice's nephew.

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  • Lord in waiting

    Creator

    TRANTER, Nigel

    Abstract

    A weak monarch was a disaster for any nation, but no country needed a firm hand more than Scotland, with its feuding clans and the ever-present threat of an English invasion.

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  • Lancashire legacy

    Creator

    JACOBS, Anna

    Abstract

    At eighteen Cathie longs for more than a life as a settler in the Australian bush. She accepts her uncle's offer to send her to England, not realising he is using her to wreak revenge on his sister Liza.

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