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Dance with death / by Thomas, Will,1958-author.;
"In June of 1893, the future Nicholas II travels to London for a royal wedding, bringing with him his private security force ... Rumored to be the target of a professional assassin known only as La Sylphide, and the subject of conspiracies against his life by his own family who covet his future throne, Nicholas is protected by not only private security, but the professional forces of both England and Russia. All of these measures prove inadequate when Prince George of England is attacked by an armed anarchist who mistakes him for Nicholas. As a result, Barker and Llewelyn are brought in to help track down the assassin and others who might conspire against the life of the tsesarevich"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Barker, Cyrus (Fictitious character); Llewelyn, Thomas (Fictitious character); Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Assassins; Attempted assassination; Murder; Private investigators; Private security services;
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Gabriële / by Berest, Anne,1979-author.; Berest, Claire,author.; Kover, Tina A.,translator.; translation of:Berest, Anne,1979-Gabriële.English.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350).The year is 1908, the height of the Belle Époque, and a brilliant, young French woman named Gabriële, newly graduated from the most elite music school in Europe, meets a volcanic Spanish artist named Francis. Following a whirlwind romance, they marry and fall headlong into a Paris that is experimenting with new forms of living, thinking, and creating. Soon after marrying Francis, Gabriële meets Marcel, another young artist, five years her junior. Soon, Francis, Marcel, and Gabriële are all involved in a fervent affair that will change the course of art history and redefine the avant-garde.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Buffet-Picabia, Gabrielle; Artists; Dadaism; Interpersonal relations; Jewish families; Musicians; Women musicians;
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The Cape doctor : a novel / by Levy, E. J.(Ellen J.),author.;
Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Jonathan Mirandus Perry's journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon embraced the new-found freedom of living life as a man. From brilliant medical student in Edinburgh and London to eligible bachelor and quick-tempered physician in Cape Town, Dr. Perry thrived. When he befriended the aristocratic Cape Governor, the doctor rose to the pinnacle of society, before the two were publicly accused of a homosexual affair that scandalized the colonies and nearly cost them their lives.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Transgender fiction.; Physicians; Transgender men;
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The teacher of Warsaw : a novel / by Escobar, Mario,1971-author.; Abernathy, Gretchen,translator.; translation of:Escobar, Mario,1971-Maestro.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."International bestselling author Mario Escobar captures the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of kindness in this moving novel based on the true story of a brave Polish teacher who cared for hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the author of 'The Other Alcott'.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fraser, Louise Stokes, 1913-1978; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Stephens, Helen, 1918-1994; Runners (Sports); Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;
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Learned by heart / by Donoghue, Emma,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister's five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen. Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling, and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world's greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the age"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Novels.; Lister, Anne, 1791-1840; Raine, Eliza, 1791-1860; Boarding schools; Mental illness; Racially mixed people;
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The life of Herod the Great [text (large print)] : a novel / by Hurston, Zora Neale,author.; Plant, Deborah G.,1956-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references."A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great -- not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C.; Kings and rulers;
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Deadly day in Tombstone / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
Enticed by the richest poker tournament the West has ever seen, a horde of cheating and ruthless card players is gathering at Tombstone, Arizona. Lawman John Slaughter already has his hands full when a local Romeo takes off with a rancher's daughter and draws the ire of her father and a blood-thirsty posse. Back in town, a murder shatters the poker tournament, with a beautiful Englishwoman as the prime suspect. John Horton Slaughter has been to hell and back as a soldier, rancher and Texas Ranger, and this just might be his toughest day yet. To set things straight he'll need every bullet he can muster, aim straight, and shoot to kill. And kill again...
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Slaughter, John H. (John Horton), 1841-1922;
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Me-- Jane / by McDonnell, Patrick,1956-;
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.LSC
Subjects: Goodall, Jane, 1934-; Nature study; Toys;
© 2011., Little, Brown,
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The embroidered book / by Heartfield, Kate,author.;
1768: Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her sister Antoine is sent to France, and in the mirrored corridors of Versailles they rename her Marie Antoinette. The sisters are alone, but they are not powerless. When they were only children, they discovered a book of spells -- spells that work, with dark and unpredictable consequences. In a time of vicious court politics, of discovery and dizzying change, they use the book to take control of their lives. But every spell requires a sacrifice. And as love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiralling into revolution.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814; Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793; Magic; Queens; Sisters;
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