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  The Marquis of Carabas

  Rafael Sabatini

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  A master swordsman travels to dangerous, Revolution-era France to claim his inheritance, in this swashbuckling adventure by the author Captain Blood.The French Revolution is well underway. Countless French nobles are escaping from the horrible violence and traveling to England for refuge. Meanwhile, Quentin de Morlaix, master swordsman, runs a popular fencing school in London. He may have been raised in England since he was a baby, but his French blood gives him some sympathy for these emigrés. His concern for France ends there, until he receives a surprise from a lawyer. Quentin is a noble and he has six months to claim a sizable inheritance from a brother he never knew about. To claim his fortune, however, Quentin must travel into the heart of the French Revolution, a land of chaos, mystery, suspense, and certain death.

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  Hagar's Daughter A Story of...

  Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

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  Hagar's Daughter was first published serially in "The Colored American Magazine" in 1901-1902 by Pauline E. Hopkins, a prominent African-American novelist, journalist, historian, and playwright. The book was described as "a powerful narrative of love and intrigue, founded on events which happened in the exciting times immediately following the assassination of President Lincoln: a story of the Republic in the power of Southern caste prejudice toward the Negro." (From the January, 1901, issue of "The Colored American Magazine")In another of her works, the author explained the nature and purpose of her literary efforts: "But, after all, it is the simple, homely tale, unassumingly told, which cements the bond of brotherhood among all classes and all complexions. Fiction is of great value to any people as a preserver of manners and customs—religious, political and social. It is a record of growth and development from generation to generation. No one will do this for us; we must ourselves develop the men and women who will faithfully portray the inmost thoughts and feelings of the Negro with all the fire and romance which lie dormant in our history, and, as yet, unrecognized by writers of the Anglo-Saxon race." (From the Preface, Contending Forces, 1900) (Summary by lubee930)

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  Death by Séance- Book 2 in the...

  Marsha Whitney

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  A raging storm, a seance to calm plantation workers’ fears, and the death of a family member fling Sadie into a dangerous investigation. As the storm rages outside, Sadie leads a séance to calm her friends’ superstitious workers. But when a family member is murdered, she becomes entangled in a dangerous investigation. With the killer still on the loose and time running out, will Sadie be able to stop them before it's too late?

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  Fatal Forgery

  Susan Grossey

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  It’s 1824 in London and all financial crime leads straight to the scaffold. So why does Henry Fauntleroy steal everything from his own bank – and why does he confess so readily to his crime? 
  World-weary magistrates’ constable Sam Plank knows only too well that Regency London is not all romance, society balls and dashing dukes. Sent to arrest Henry Fauntleroy, Constable Plank is determined to find out why the banker has risked his reputation, his banking house – and his neck. 
  The case makes its way through the Regency justice system, exercising the finest legal minds of their generation and dividing London society into the banker’s supporters and detractors. And Sam Plank desperately races against time to find the answers that can save Fauntleroy’s life. 
  Fatal Forgery is the first book in an historical crime series set in London in the 1820s. If you like your Regency reading with some shadow and reality, then you’ll love walking alongside Constable Sam Plank.

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  A Divided Duty - Divided by war;...

  Ben Vizard

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  1939. 
  Declared unfit for active service after the Great War, Richard Hansen feels rudderless and out of place. But when the unthinkable happens and the shadow of a new conflict looms, he is thrust into enemy territory once again for a final, covert mission.  
  Devastated and mourning her own catastrophic losses, his wife Emily is alone and adrift in a once-idyllic marriage grown cold and distant. When one day a surprise visitor comes calling she is faced with a choice that may grant her the very thing she has always longed for… or lead her into terrible danger.  
  As Europe goes to war a second time and Richard and Emily’s paths are wrenched apart, each must confront the ghosts of their own past, battling forces both seen and unseen as their lifelong love is tested to its limits - by duty, grief, time, and betrayal. 

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  So Big

  Edna Ferber

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  Author Edna Ferber described the story of SO BIG as being about a "material man, son of his earth-grubbing, idealistic mother." Left an orphan at 19 years old in the late 1880s, Selina Peake needs to support herself. She leaves the city life she has known to become a teacher in the farming community of High Prairie, IL. Her father had told her that life is an adventure, and one should make the most of it. 
  Selina sees beauty everywhere, including in the fields of cabbages. She has a natural curiosity about farming and oversteps the woman's traditional role by having the audacity to ask the men questions. She soon marries Pervus DeJong, a farmer. Selina eagerly offers suggestions for operational improvements, but Pervus ignores her, preferring to use the unprofitable farming methods employed by his father. 
  Though she suffers many hardships, Selina always remembers the importance of beauty, and she admires those who exercise their creative talents. She tries to instill these views in her son Dirk and fights with her husband over the need for their child to get a full education. Once Dirk finishes college and starts work, will he retain Selina's values? 
  SO BIG was the first book to have the rare distinction of being the best-selling book of the year and win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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