Buccaneer: The Early Life and Crimes of Philip Rake (The Molucca Star Quartet #1)
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Bristol, 1713. When Philip Rake, pickpocket, smuggler and scoundrel is arrested and thrown in jail,...
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Cabbages & Kings
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Hero. Honourable Thief. Lovable Rogue. Scoundrel. Blackguard. Everyone’s heard of Robin Hood...
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The Dartington Bride (Daughters of Devon #2)
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1571, and the beautiful, headstrong daughter of a French Count marries the son of the Vice Admiral...
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The Lost Women of Mill Street
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1864: As Sherman’s army marches toward Atlanta, a cotton mill commandeered by the Confederacy lies...
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Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life of Writing
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010 at the age of seventy-four, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has...
The Haunting of Henry Twist
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London, 1926: Henry Twist's heavily pregnant wife leaves home to meet a friend. On the way, she is...
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Rose Macaulay, Gender, and Modernity
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This book is the first collection on the British author Rose Macaulay (1881-1958). The essays...
The House of Fiction: From Pemberley to Brideshead, Great British Houses in Literature and Life
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Houses in literature have captured readers' imaginations for centuries, from Gothic castles to...
The Forgotten Kingdom (The Lost Queen Trilogy #2)
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AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have...
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Against the Loveless World
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Nahr has been confined to the Cube: nine square metres of glossy grey cinderblock, devoid of time,...
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