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- Devil's daughter : the Ravenels meet the Wallflowers / by Kleypas, Lisa,author.;
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- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Nobility;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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- The house of Lincoln : a novel / by Horan, Nancy,author.;
"An unprecedented view of Lincoln's Springfield from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Loving Frank. Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with a sweeping historical novel, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's ascendance from rumpled lawyer to U.S. president to the Great Emancipator through the eyes of a young asylum-seeker who arrives in Lincoln's home of Springfield from Madeira, Portugal. Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, fourteen-year-old Ana Ferreira lands a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hostess duties borne by the wife of a rising political star. Ana bears witness to the evolution of Lincoln's views on equality and the Union and observes in full complexity the psyche and pain of his bold, polarizing wife, Mary. Along with her African American friend Cal, Ana encounters the presence of the underground railroad in town and experiences personally how slavery is tearing apart her adopted country. Culminating in an eyewitness account of the little-known Springfield race riot of 1908, The House of Lincoln takes readers on a journey through the historic changes that reshaped America and that continue to reverberate today"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Women household employees;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- John A. : the man who made us. by Gwyn, Richard,1934-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), Sir, 1815-1891; Prime ministers;
- © c2007., Random House Canada,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / by Hurston, Zora Neale,author.; Plant, Deborah G.,1956-editor,writer of introduction.; Walker, Alice,1944-writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-171).- Subjects: Biographies.; Lewis, Cudjo.; Clotilda (Ship); Slaves; West Africans; Slavery; Slave trade; Slave trade;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade / by Durkin, Hannah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Clotilda (Ship); African Americans; Enslaved persons; Enslaved persons; Human trafficking; Slave trade; West Africans;
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- The Iberian flame / by Stockwin, Julian,author.;
1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Joseph, on the throne of Spain. Meanwhile, Nicholas Renzi, the Lord Farndon, undertakes a deadly mission to stir up partisan unrest to disrupt this Napoleonic alliance with Spain. Thrust into the crucible of the uprising, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is dismayed to come up against an old foe from his past - now his superior and commander - who is determined to break him. Kydd will soon face the greatest decision of his professional career. Bonaparte, incensed by the reverses suffered to his honour, gathers together a crushing force and marches at speed into Spain. After several bloody encounters the greatly outnumbered British expedition have no option other than make a fighting retreat to the coast. Only the Navy can save them. But the flame of insurrection has been lit -- and the Peninsular War has begun.- Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Historical fiction.; Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character); Peninsular War, 1807-1814; Seafaring life;
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- The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / by Copeland, Edward.; McMaster, Juliet.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.- Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Women and literature;
- © 1997., Cambridge University Press,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A most dangerous profession / by Hawkins, Karen.;
LSC- Subjects: Love stories.; Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Kidnapping; Brothers; Heirlooms;
- © c2011., Pocket Books,
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- Daughters of Nantucket / by Gerstenblatt, Julie,author.;
"Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique circumstances. With their menfolk away at sea, often for years at a time, women here know a rare independence--and the challenges that go with it. Eliza Macy is struggling to conceal her financial trouble as she waits for her whaling captain husband to return from a voyage. In desperation, she turns against her progressive ideals and targets Meg Wright, a pregnant free Black woman trying to relocate her store to Main Street. Meanwhile, astronomer Maria Mitchell loves running Nantucket's Atheneum and spending her nights observing the stars, yet she fears revealing the secret wishes of her heart. On a sweltering July night, a massive fire breaks out in town, quickly kindled by the densely packed wooden buildings. With everything they possess now threatened, these three very different women are forced to reevaluate their priorities and decide what to save, what to let go and what kind of life to rebuild from the ashes of the past"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Fires; Women;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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- 1848 : year of revolution / by Rapport, Michael.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-446) and index.LSC- Subjects: Revolutions;
- © 2009, c2008., Basic Books,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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