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Author: Mary Doria Russell

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Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job p ...

Author: Joyce A Barnes

In November 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman left Atlanta, Georgia in flames and embarked on his historic Great March from Atlanta to the Sea. Along the way, he unintentionally liberated thousands of Black people held ...

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Author: Bernard Cornwell

The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.

Author: Robert Low

The epic and action-packed sequel to THE WHITE RAVEN, charting the adventures of Orm and his band of brothers, the Oathsworn. The Oathsworn have become feared and respected throughout the Viking world. Their name goes be ...

Author: David J. Andrews

Book Two in the History Detective Quartet finds Guy Tresanton and Rose running their Bahamian sail charter company but experiencing a sudden downturn in business. Is it their old enemy the Teacher or the mysterious entre ...

Author: William Nichols

York's Journal: A Novel tells the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from the point of view of the only slave to accompany the expedition. York, Captain William Clark's servant, has secretly learned to read and writ ...

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Author: Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning n ...

Author: Iain Gale

Superb war novelist, Iain Gale, moves into the twentieth century and World War Two, telling the story of the eleven days that would change the course of history. There are some battles that change the course of history: ...

Author: Marcel Beyer

"Challenging, beautifully written "--"Library Journal"
Hailed by "The New Yorker" as one of the best young novelists and recipient of Germany's most prestigious literary awards, Marcel Beyer returns with a brilliantl ...

Author: Christopher Morgan

We all have secret lives. And we are all pretty good at keeping them secret. With simplicity and great beauty, Currawalli Street reveals the echoes between past and present through the story of one ordinary street and it ...

Author: Jonathan D. VerHoeven

Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, American naval officer Preston Brown and his wife Elaine are caught in the path of the onrushing Japanese advance through the Pacific. With Preston taking to sea in the U.S.S. ...

Author: Jean M Auel & Jean M. Auel

THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla, her mate Jondalar, and their little daughter, Jonayla, taking readers on a journey of discovery and adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties ...

Author: Dan James

A Doomed Voyage: April 14th 1912. The maiden voyage of the world's most luxurious passenger liner, Titanic. A Dark Past: Each passenger has their own reason to make the crossing, but for former Special Branch police offi ...

Author: Neal Stephenson

With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosit ...

Author: Geraldine Brooks & Geraldine Brooks

In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. From the few facts that survive of this extraordinary life, Brooks creates a luminous tale of passion and belief, ...

Author: David Poyer

We first met Lt. Ker Custis Claiborne, formerly of the United States Navy, in Fire on the Waters. Claiborne is no admirer of slavery. But he's a Virginian, joining the fledgling Confederate States Navy in 1861. After fig ...

Author: Diana Gabaldon

CLAIRE RANDALL IS LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE. SHE HAS A HUSBAND IN ONE CENTURY - AND A LOVER IN ANOTHER...In 1945, Claire Randall is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon in Scotland. Innocentl ...

Author: Curt Iles

Bursting forth from the Louisiana Piney Woods is Deep Roots, a collection of short stories from author Curt Iles. In the warm and touching style loved by readers of his previous books, Iles weaves stories of the people, ...

Author: Bernard Cornwell

A classic Sharpe adventure: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the biting cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue a grou ...

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 Bold, professional and determined, Richard Sharpe embarks on a desperate mission. He must recover the treasure, vital to the success of the war, now hidden behin ...