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  • Louise et les cowboys du Saint-Laurent
    Author:

    Lord, Victoria

    Summary:

    Louise Leclerc est une mordue de musique, mais elle est aussi très timide.

    Genre: French language materials, Young adult fiction, Canadian fiction, Historical fiction

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  • The custodian of paradise
    Author:

    Johnston, Wayne

    Summary:

    The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Wayne Johnston's breakthrough novel based on the life of Newfoundland's first premier, Joe Smallwood, was published internationally and earned him nominat

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Romance fiction, Historical fiction

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  • The discovery of slowness
    Author:

    Nadolny, Sten

    Summary:

    In The Discovery of Slowness, German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847).

    Genre: Historical fiction, Biographical fiction

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  • The navigator of New York
    Author:

    Johnston, Wayne

    Summary:

    The Navigator of New York is set against the background of the tumultuous rivalry between Lieutenant Peary and Dr. Cook to get to the North Pole at the beginning of the 20th century.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • A cure for dreams
    Author:

    Gibbons, Kaye

    Summary:

    A story that traces the bonds between four generations of resourceful Southern women through stories passed from one generation to another.

    Genre: Epic fiction, Historical fiction

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  • A treasonable growth
    Author:

    Blythe, Dr Ronald

    Summary:

    A Treasonable Growth was Ronald Blythe's first book and only novel.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • After the death of Don Juan
    Author:

    Warner, Sylvia Townsend

    Summary:

    'She has a talent amounting to genius' John Updike. Don Juan, that notorious libertine, has disappeared. Has he been dragged down to hell by demons, as rumoured - or has he escaped?

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • Anything for Billy
    Author:

    McMurtry, Larry

    Summary:

    From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning "absolute master of 'Western' prose," comes McMurtry's electrifying take on the classic tale of Billy the Kid, the teenage outl

    Genre: Western fiction, Historical fiction

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  • Beasts head for home
    Author:

    Abe, Kōbō

    Summary:

    In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyuzo, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchuria, struggles to return home to Japan.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • Berlin pour elles
    Author:

    Laforcade, Benjamin de.

    Summary:

    À l'est du mur qui sépare Berlin en deux, elles se sont promis de ne jamais se quitter.

    Genre: Historical fiction, French language materials

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  • Coachella
    Author:

    Taylor, Sheila Ortiz

    Summary:

    It's 1983 in Coachella Valley and Yolanda Ramírez, a lowly phlebotomist at the Palm Springs hospital, has a hunch. Gay men, hemophiliacs, and women scarred by cosmetic surgery are dying.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • Comfort woman
    Author:

    Keller, Nora Okja

    Summary:

    Possessing a wisdom and maturity rarely found in a first novelist, Korean-American writer Nora Okja Keller tells a heartwrenching and enthralling tale in this, her literary debut.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • Cutting it short
    Author:

    Hrabal, Bohumil

    Summary:

    Set in small-town Bohemia between the wars, Cutting It Short centers on the flamboyant and unpredictable Maryska, who loves food and prepares endless feasts.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • Darkness visible : with an introduction by Philip Hensher
    Author:

    Golding, William

    Summary:

    The destinies of three mysterious lost children entwine in this James Tait Black Memorial Prize-winning fable by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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  • Don Juan : his own version
    Author:

    Handke, Peter

    Summary:

    Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke offers a wry and entertaining take on history’s most famous seducer as he takes a respite from his stressful existence.

    Genre: Historical fiction

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