fiction & history that stay with you
Explore captivating fiction and history books that leave a lasting impact. Discover timeless reads that stay with you long after the last page.
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Mirabilis
by Susann Cokal
It's a defiant act of generosity - when she was twelve years old, her sainted mother, the two priests suspected of being her father, and …
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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
The New York Times bestselling luminous tale about art and human experience that is as breathtaking as any Vermeer painting “A little gem of a …
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The Royal Physician's Visit
by Per Olov Enquist
Set in Denmark in the 1760s, "The Royal Physician's Visit" magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee, a German doctor …
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Music & Silence
by Anne Redmon
This is the story of a young English lutenist named Peter Claire who, in 1629, arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's …
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Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine …