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The Masque of the Black Tulip Lauren Willig In this sequel to her debut novel, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, Willig has modern-day grad student Eloise Kelly delving through the Selwick archive, where she uncovers the intriguing story of Lady Henrietta Selwick -- a story that ultimately unmasks the identity of the Black Tulip, France's deadliest spy circa 1803. |
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Secret History of the Pink Carnation Lauren Willig Willig's highly entertaining debut novel offered readers a randy romp between centuries -- a swashbuckling mix of romance, swordplay, espionage, and historical sleuthing. It introduces Harvard heroine Eloise Kelly, an American graduate student determined to study abroad and solve the mystery of the Pink Carnation, the successor to the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian |
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The Boleyn Inheritance Philippa Gregory In her latest fascinating historical novel, the genre's reigning maven Philippa Gregory returns to the world of Tudor England that she explored in bestsellers like The Other Boleyn Girl. This time, her fascinating subject is Katherine of Aragon, the 16-year-old daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. |
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Possession A.S. Byatt A.S. Byatt hooked many loyal fans with this novel of love and literary mystery in which two scholars fall for each other as their research reveals more about a pair of Victorian poets. It was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize, and was adapted into an acclaimed film version starring Gwyneth Paltrow in 2002. |
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A Thread of Grace Mary Doria Russell In Mary Doria Russell's spellbinding novel, fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum and her father, along with thousands of Jewish refugees, scramble over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to be safe. The Blums will soon discover that Italy is anything but peaceful, as it becomes an open battleground for the Nazis, the Allies, Resistance fighters, Jews in hiding, and ordinary Italian civilians trying to survive. |
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Through a Glass Darkly Karleen Koen "I've always wanted to live in the eighteenth century, and Through a Glass Darkly is a large part of the reason why. It brilliantly captures all the contrasts of the period: elegance and brutality, high ideals and low behavior, dashing Jacobite pretenders and a stodgy Hanoverian monarchy," Willig notes in our interview, when listing Karleen Koen's acclaimed novel among her all-time favorite reads. |
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