Historical fiction

  • Daughters of Rome : The empress of Rome, book 2

    Creator

    Quinn, Kate

    Abstract

    A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything-especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome. Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook, Conn

    Tantor Media

    Not specified
  • Daughter of the Reich

    Creator

    Fein, Louise

    Abstract

    For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime. She must choose between loyalty to her country or a love that could be her destruction ... As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich. But she never imagines that all she believes and knows about her world will come into stark conflict when she encounters Walter, a Jewish friend from the past, who stirs dangerous feelings in her.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperAudio

    Not specified
  • Code name Hélène

    Creator

    Lawhon, Ariel

    Abstract

    Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice, and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name. It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Random House

    Not specified
  • Changeless : Parasol protectorate, book 2

    Creator

    Carriger, Gail

    Abstract

    Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears; leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Orbit

    Not specified
  • Chain of iron

    Creator

    Clare, Cassandra

    Abstract

    The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Iron is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She's engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James's charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Chain of gold

    Creator

    Clare, Cassandra

    Abstract

    From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand-new trilogy where evil hides in plain sight and love cuts deeper than any blade. Chain of Gold is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Celui qui veille

    Creator

    Erdrich, Louise

    Abstract

    Dakota du Nord, 1953. Thomas Wazhashk, veilleur de nuit dans l'usine de pierres d'horlogerie proche de la réserve de Turtle Mountain, n'est pas près de fermer l'œil. Il est déterminé à lutter contre le projet du gouvernement fédéral censé« émanciper » les Indiens, car il sait bien que ce texte est en réalité une menace pour les siens.Contrairement aux autres jeunes employées chippewas de l'usine, Pixie, la nièce de Thomas, ne veut pour le moment ni mari ni enfants.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Audiolib

    Not specified
  • Capturing the devil

    Creator

    Maniscalco, Kerri

    Abstract

    In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer---or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy. Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London they knew. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Booth

    Creator

    Fowler, Karen Joy

    Abstract

    In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth--breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one--is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability. One by one the children arrive, as year by year, the country draws frighteningly closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Penguin Random House Audio

    Not specified
  • Au revoir là-haut

    Creator

    Lemaître, Pierre

    Abstract

    "Pour le commerce, la guerre présente beaucoup d'avantages, même après." Au lendemain du plus grand carnage du xxe siècle, deux rescapés des tranchées, passablement abîmés, prennent leur revanche en réalisant une escroquerie aussi spectaculaire qu'amorale. Des " sentiers de la gloire " à l'apologie de la patrie victorieuse, ils se joueront d'une piété qui n'honore les morts que pour mieux oublier les survivants. Fresque d'une rare cruauté, Au revoir là-haut est le grand roman de l'après-guerre de 14.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Findaway World

    Not specified