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Alchemy of a blackbird : a novel / by McMillan, Claire,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Fleeing the Nazis, painter Remedios Varo and her poet lover await exit papers from a safe house on the Riviera and take refuge in a mysterious bookshop that opens up a world of occult learning that sparks creative genius.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011; Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963; Female friendship; Tarot; Women painters;
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The Saint Laurent muse : a novel / by Gortner, C. W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The Paris runways of the 70s comes to wild and splashy life in this novel of fashion's "it girl" Loulou de la Falaise and her life partying and designing with Yves St Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, and Halston. Nightlife! Gowns! Cocaine! Glamour!"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; La Falaise, Loulou de; Fashion designers; Fashion;
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Fire in the sky : World War I / by Ward, David,1967-;
After just weeks of training as a pilot, Paul Townend heads to England to fight the Germans in The Great War.LSC
Subjects: War stories.; Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Richthofen, Manfred, Freiherr von, 1892-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
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Queen of the mist / by Cauchi, Caroline,1973-author.;
A gripping new historical novel inspired by a true story, 'Queen of the Mist' tells the story of Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor, the bravest woman you've never heard of and the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - over a decade before any male daredevil had the balls to do the same. From the author of 'Mrs Van Gogh'.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Taylor, Annie Edson, 1838-1921; Barrels; Daredevils; Women daredevils;
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The first actress : a novel of Sarah Bernhardt / by Gortner, C. W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.From her beginnings as the daughter of a courtesan to her extraordinary transformation into the most celebrated actress of her era, Sarah Bernhardt is brought to life by an author praised for his historical novels featuring famous women.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923,; Actresses;
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A well-behaved woman [sound recording] : a novel of the Vanderbilts / by Fowler, Therese,author.; Kreinik, Barrie,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Barrie Kreinik.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographical fiction.; Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933; Vanderbilt family; Socialites;
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The maniac / by Labatut, Benjamín,1980-author.;
"A story centered around one of the great geniuses of the modern age, the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the uncanny circuit of his mind deep into our own time's most haunting dilemmas"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957; Mathematicians;
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The Windsor knot : a novel / by Bennett, S. J.(Sophia J.),author.;
"The first book in a highly original and clever new crime series featuring Queen Elizabeth II as an amateur detective who solves crimes in secret and behind the scenes, in between her royal duties"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-; Murder;
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The girl in the green dress : a mystery featuring Zelda Fitzgerald / by Fredericks, Mariah,author.;
"From the author of The Lindbergh Nanny comes an evocative mystery about the 1920 murder of the gambler Joseph Elwell, featuring New Yorker writer Morris Markey and Zelda Fitzgerald"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Elwell, J. B. (Joseph Bowne), 1874-1920; Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948; Markey, Morris, 1899-1950; Murder;
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Three sisters, three queens / by Gregory, Philippa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Margaret, Queen, consort of James IV, King of Scotland, 1489-1541; Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496-1533; Queens; Sisters;
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