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Carolina Built: A Novel
Kianna Alexander - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Josephine N. Leary is determined to build a life of her own and a future for her family. When she moves to Edenton, North Carolina from the plantation where she was born, she is free, newly married, and ready to follow her dreams. As the demands of life pull Josephine's attention - deepening... |
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The Christie Affair: A Novel
Nina de Gramont - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Every story has its secrets.Every mystery has its motives."A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. It's a particular feeling, the urge to murder. It takes over your body so completely, it's like a divine force, grabbing hold of your will, your limbs, your... |
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The Tubman Command: A Novel
Elizabeth Cobbs - Arcade
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of The Hamilton Affair, a novel based on a thrilling chapter of Civil War history and African American history, how Harriet Tubman lead a Union raid to free 750 slaves. It's May 1863. Outgeneraled and outgunned, a demoralized Union Army has pulled back... |
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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post: A Novel
Allison Pataki - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all. Growing up in the modest farmlands of Battle Creek, Michigan, Marjorie was inspired by a few simple... |
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Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship
Annabel Abbs - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor's A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, returns with the brilliant real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbooks... |
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The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession
Jennifer Chiaverini
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with The Women's March, an enthralling historical novel of the woman's suffrage movement inspired by three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote.Twenty-five-year-old... |
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The Spy: A novel
Paulo Coelho - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. The story of her celebrated yet mysterious life as an exotic dancer and courtesan, and her controversial execution as a spy during the First... |
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez - Algonquin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does... |
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The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"Every once in a while, a modern day parable, perfectly told, reflects all that could happen in a world gone mad."-Adriana Trigiani Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm.... |
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The Invisible Woman
Erika Robuck
Format: Paperback
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Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Left Cuba "If you only read one WWII book this year, make it this one." - Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphans In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate... |
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Island Queen: A Novel
Vanessa Riley
Format: Book
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Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Doll bought her freedom—and that of her sister and her mother—from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces... |
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Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
SARAH BIRD - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers."Here's the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my Mama never let me forget... |
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The Engineer's Wife
Enerson Wood, Tracey - SOURCEBOOKS INC
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When Emily Warren Roebling marries Captain Washington 'Wash' Roebling-the handsome, charming soldier of her dreams, and her brother's dear friend and aide during the Civil War-a lifetime of family fun and happiness seems within her grasp. But then Wash accepts the position as Chief... |
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Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
Elise Hooper - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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"This story will hurl you down the track of American history and have you rooting for some of the toughest underdogs ever to aspire to Olympic gold. Three of the fastest girls in history finally get their day in the sun, and we get to bask in their glory. I couldn't put this one down."... |
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
Heather B. Moore - Shadow Mountain
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful story based on true events surrounding Donaldina Cameron and other brave women who fought to help Chinese-American women escape discrimination and slavery in the late 19th century in California.When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends... |
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Code Name Hélène: A Novel
Ariel Lawhon - Doubleday
Format: Book
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BASED ON THE THRILLING REAL-LIFE STORY OF SOCIALITE SPY NANCY WAKE, comes the newest feat of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia, featuring the astonishing woman who killed a Nazi with her bare hands and went on to become one of the most decorated... |
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Girl waits with gun
Amy Stewart - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Book
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Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory... |
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel
Marie Benedict - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while... |
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The Women of the Copper Country: A Novel
Mary Doria Russell - Atria
Format: Paperback
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From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes "historical fiction that feels uncomfortably relevant today" (Kirkus Reviews) about "Americas Joan of Arc" - the courageous woman who started a rebellion by leading a strike against the largest copper... |
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The Sealed Letter
Emma Donoghue - Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Miss Emily "Fido" Faithfull is a "woman of business" and a spinster pioneer in the British women's movement, independent of mind but naively trusting of heart. Distracted from her cause by the sudden return of her once-dear friend, the unhappily wed Helen Codrington,... |
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The Arctic Fury: A Novel
Greer Macallister
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A dozen women join a secret 1850s Arctic expedition -- and a sensational murder trial unfolds when some of them don't come back.Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic, and find her husband's lost... |
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The Red Daughter: A Novel
John Burnham Schwartz - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Running from her father's brutal legacy, Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the United States against the turbulence of the 1960s: The Red Daughter is a sweeping historical novel and unexpected love story inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva.In one of the most... |
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The Wright Sister: A Novel
Patty Dann - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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An epistolary novel of historical fiction that imagines the life of Katharine Wright and her relationship with her famous brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright.On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the world's first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, establishing the Wright... |
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The Healing of Natalie Curtis
Jane Kirkpatrick - Revell
Format: Paperback
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Classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis isolated herself for five years after a breakdown just before she was to debut with the New York Philharmonic. Guilt-ridden and songless, Natalie can't seem to recapture the joy music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites... |
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Burial Rites: A Novel
Hannah Kent - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829.Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated... |
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America's First Daughter: A Novel
Stephanie Dray - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha... |
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Hild: A Novel
Nicola Griffith - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: HildIn seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying. Hild is the king's... |
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Shadowplay
Joseph O'Connor - Europa Editions
Format: Hardcover
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SHORTLISTED 2019 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEARIrish Book Awards NOVEL OF THE YEARShadowplay by New York Times best-selling author, Joseph O'Connor, is set during the golden age of West End theater in a London shaken by the crimes of Jack the Ripper.Henry Irving is Victorian London's most... |
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The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestseller of hope, daring, and the quest for freedom taken on by two unforgettable American women, from the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees. "A remarkable novel that heightened my sense of what it meant to be a woman - slave or free... |
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Lilac Girls: A Novel
Martha Hall Kelly - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * For readers of The Nightingale and Sarah's Key, inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom, and second chances.New... |
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Chariot on the Mountain
JACK FORD - Kensington
Format: Hardcover
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Based on little-known true events, this astonishing account from Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Jack Ford vividly recreates a treacherous journey toward freedom, a time when the traditions of the Old South still thrived - and is a testament to determination, friendship, and courage... |
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Three Sisters: A Novel
Heather Morris - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal whims of the guards in this place of horror. But now,... |
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Song of a Captive Bird: A Novel
JASMIN DARZNIK - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing poet Forugh Farrokhzhad, who defied Iranian society to find her voice and her destiny "Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal." - Forugh Farrokhzad All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh is told that Iranian daughters... |
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The Age of Light: A Novel
WHITNEY SCHARER - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"Sweeping from the glamour of 1930's Paris through the battlefields of World War II and into the war's long shadow, The Age of Light is a startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse into artist."--Celeste Ng, New... |
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Circling the Sun: A Novel
Paula McLain - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS * "Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling... |
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The Woman in Red
Diana Giovinazzo - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Experience the "epic tale of one woman's fight . . . to create the life of her dreams" in this sweeping novel of Anita Garibaldi, a 19th century Brazilian revolutionary who loved as fiercely as she fought for freedom (Adriana Trigiani) .Destiny toys with us all, but Anita... |
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Resistance Women: A Novel
Jennifer Chiaverini - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American - Mildred Fish Harnack - and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine... |
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The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt
C. W. Gortner - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The tumultuous life of the legendary French star Sarah Bernhardt--the world's first modern actress and international celebrity--dazzles in this stunning novel for readers of Love and Ruin and Mistress of the Ritz.From her beginnings as the daughter of a courtesan to her extraordinary... |
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The White Queen
Philippa Gregory - Touchstone
Format: Paperback
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The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman who rises from obscurity to become Queen of England, and changes the course of history... |
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A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter
Clare McHugh - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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"In this sweeping, immersive novel, A Most English Princess draws readers into the mesmerizing world of the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria - Princess Vicky - as she emerges into a powerful force in her own right and ascends to become the first German Empress." - Marie Benedict,... |
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The Marriage of Opposites
Alice Hoffman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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"A luminous, Marquez-esque tale" (O, The Oprah Magazine) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro... |
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I, Eliza Hamilton
SUSAN HOLLOWAY SCOTT - Kensington
Format: Paperback
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In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza - a fascinating, strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key figure in one of the most gripping periods in American history. "Love... |
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The Dream Lover: A Novel
Elizabeth Berg - Random House
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERElizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisian life of the nineteenth-century writer George Sand - which is perfect for readers of Nancy Horan and Elizabeth Gilbert. At the beginning of this powerful novel, we meet Aurore Dupin... |
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Her Hidden Genius: A Novel
Marie Benedict - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE and THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOMRosalind Franklin has always been an outsider -- brilliant, but different. Whether working at the laboratory she adored in Paris or toiling at a university in London, she feels closest... |
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The Girls in the Picture: A Novel
Melanie Benjamin - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife, a fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends - screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford... |
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White Houses: A Novel
Amy Bloom - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok unfolds in a triumph of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of Away and Lucky Us. "I never envied a wife or a husband, until I met Eleanor. Then, I would... |
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Finding Dorothy: A Novel
Elizabeth Letts - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband's masterpiece for the screen,... |
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Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace
Jennifer Chiaverini - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace - Lord Byron's daughter, the world's first computer programmer, and a woman whose exceptional contributions to science and technology have been too long... |
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A Light of Her Own
Carrie Callaghan - Amberjack Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In Holland 1633, a woman's ambition has no place. Judith is a painter, dodging the law and whispers of murder to try to become the first woman admitted to the Haarlem painters guild. Maria is a Catholic in a country where the faith is banned, hoping to absolve her sins by recovering a lost... |
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The Chelsea Girls: A Novel
Fiona Davis - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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From Fiona Davis, the nationally bestselling author of The Dollhouse and The Address, the bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a dazzling new novel about the twenty-year... |
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The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict - Berkley Books
Format: Hardcover
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world,... |
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Isadora: A Novel
Amelia Gray - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Using the scaffolding of Isadora Duncan's life and the stuff of her spirit, Amelia Gray delivers an incredibly imaginative portrait of the artistIn 1913, the restless world sat on the brink of unimaginable suffering. But for one woman, the darkness of a new era had already made itself at home.... |
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The 19th Wife: A Novel
David Ebershoff - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of her family's polygamous history is revealed,... |
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The Queen's Fortune
Allison Pataki - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon's heart, created a dynasty, and changed the course of history - from the New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor's Wife, The Accidental Empress, and Sisi. As the French revolution ravages... |
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The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel
Kathleen Kent - Little, Brown and Co.
Format: Large print book
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Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter... |
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Euphoria
Lily King - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30's caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives.English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field... |
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The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution
Bryn Turnbull - MIRA; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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"Powerful and haunting . . . an intimate and unforgettable tale that transports the reader to the heart of Imperial Russia." - Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling authorof The Most Beautiful Girl in CubaThis sweeping noveltakes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial... |
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Almost Famous Women: Stories
Megan Mayhew Bergman - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Birds of a Lesser Paradise, a dazzling new collection that explores the lives of unforgettable women in history.The fascinating characters in Megan Mayhew Bergman's new stories are defined by their creative impulses, fierce independence, and sometimes reckless... |
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The Age of Desire: A Novel
Jennie Fields - Pamela Dorman Books; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of The Paris Wife, a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendshipThey say behind every great man is a woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann—her governess turned literary secretary, and her mothering,... |
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The Secrets of Mary Bowser
Lois Leveen - William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Book
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Masterfully written, The Secrets of Mary Bowser shines a new light onto our countrys darkest history.Brunonia Barry, bestselling author of The Lace Reader Packed with drama, intrigue, love, loss, and most of all, the resilience of a remarkable heroine.What a treat!Kelly OConnor McNees,... |
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Something Worth Doing
Jane Kirkpatrick - Revell
Format: Paperback
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In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working,... |
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Victoria: A Novel
Daisy Goodwin - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Victoria is an absolutely captivating novel of youth, love, and the often painful transition from immaturity to adulthood. Daisy Goodwin breathes new life into Victoria's story, and does so with sensitivity, verve, and wit." - AMANDA FOREMANDrawing... |
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The Other Alcott: A Novel
Elise Hooper - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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A People Magazine and POPSUGAR pick! "[May's] adventures illuminate the world of intrepid female artists in the late 1800s [ ... ] The Other Alcott comes alive in its development of the relationship between Louisa and May." --The New York TimesElise Hooper's debut novel conjures... |
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Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife: A Novel
Alison Weir - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Having sent his much-beloved but deceitful young wife Katheryn Howard to her beheading, King Henry fixes his lonely eyes on a more mature woman, thirty-year-old, twice-widowed Katharine Parr. She, however, is in love with Sir Thomas Seymour, brother to the late Queen Jane. Aware of his rival,... |
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The Last Ballad: A Novel
WILEY CASH - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated A Land More Kind Than Home and This Dark Road to Mercy returns with this eagerly awaited new novel, set in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina in 1929 and inspired by actual events. The chronicle of an ordinary woman's struggle... |
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Caroline: Little House, Revisited
SARAH MILLER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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In this novel authorized by Little House Heritage Trust, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before--Caroline... |
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The Sweetest Fruits: A Novel
Monique Truong - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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An ingenious retelling of a celebrated writer's migratory life through the voices of the three women who knew him best, and who testify to their own remarkable journeys, from the acclaimed author of The Book of SaltA Greek woman tells of how she willed herself out of her father's... |
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Saint Mazie: A Novel
Jami Attenberg - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty--even when Prohibition kicks in--and Mazie never turns down a night on the town. But her high spirits... |
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The Last Collection: A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel
Jeanne Mackin - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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An American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this captivating novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American.Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition... |
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Antoinette's Sister
Diana Giovinazzo - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"You are the queen. You are the queen that Antoinette wanted to be." Austria 1767: Maria Carolina Charlotte - tenth daughter and one of sixteen children of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria - knows her position as a Habsburg archduchess will inevitably force her to leave her home,... |
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The Removes: A Novel
TATJANA SOLI - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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As the first wave of pioneers travel westward to settle the American frontier, two women discover their inner strength when their lives are irrevocably changed by the hardship of the wild west in The Removes, a historical novel from New York Times bestselling and award-winning... |
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The Paris Bookseller
Kerri Maher - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the prominent... |
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Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love
Mary Calvi - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A novel about heiress Mary Philipse's relationship with George Washington, based on historical accounts, letters, and personal journals."Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." -- George WashingtonDid unrequited... |
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The Second Mrs. Astor: A Novel of the Titanic
Shana Abé - Kensington
Format: Paperback
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Madeleine Force was a beautiful teenaged debutante suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into fame simply for falling in love with a famous man nearly three decades her senior. From their scandalous courtship to their catastrophic honeymoon aboard the Titanic - a tragedy that made them the most... |
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything -- everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's... |
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Lady Clementine: A Novel
Marie Benedict - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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New from Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room! An incredible novel that focuses on one of the people who had the most influence during World War I and World War II: Clementine Churchill. |
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