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The Virgin in the Ice_ The Sixt - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: In the winter of 1139, raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester, among them an orphaned boy and his beautiful 18-year-old sister. Traveling with a y... -
The Siege of Krishnapur - J. G. Farrell
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly... -
The Shallow Seas - Dawn Farnham
In this sequel to "The Red Thread", the sexy Regency-style romance set in the exotic East, Charlotte Macleod is nineteen, pregnant, and alone in 1842. She is fleeing a scandalous l... -
The Secret Lives of People in L - Simon Van Booy
From Publishers WeeklyA breadth of experience and setting distinguishes this somber first collection of 18 very short stories by New York-based Van Booy. "Little Birds" is narrated... -
The Secret Crown - Chris Kuzneski
SUMMARY: Bavaria, 1886 King Ludwig II, infamous for his eccentric behavior, is declared insane by his government and removed from his throne. A day later, Ludwig's corpse washes up... -
The Reservoir - John Milliken Thompson
On an early spring morning in Richmond, Virginia, in the year 1885, a young pregnant woman is found floating in the city reservoir. It appears that she has committed suicide, but t... -
The Prestige - Christopher Priest
SUMMARY: In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as the... -
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva, Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">When The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1891... -
The Penguin Book of French Poet - Various
The period 1820-1950, from Lamartine to Char, is a particularly rich field for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course, generous selections from the... -
The Narrative of Sojourner Trut - Sojourner Truth
SUMMARY: The subject of this biography- SOJOURNER TRUTH- as she now calls herself-but whose name originally was Isabella-was born- as near as she can now calculate between the year...