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  The Map Colorist - A Novel

  Rebecca D'Harlingue

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  In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of the colorists paid to enhance black-and-white maps for a growing number of collectors. Her artistic talent brings her to the attention of the Blaeu printing house, and she begins to color for a rich merchant, Willem de Groot. But Anneke is not content to simply embellish the work of others; she longs to create maps of her own. Cartography, however, is the domain of men—so it is in secret that she borrows the notes her father made on a trip to Africa in 1642 and sets about designing a new map. 
  Anneke hopes to convince the charismatic de Groot to use his influence to persuade Blaeu to include her map in the Atlas Maior, which will be the largest and most expensive publication of the century. But family secrets, infidelity, and murder endanger her dream. Will her map withstand these threats, or will it be forever lost?

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  The Beloved Vagabond

  William John Locke

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  The vagabond, Paragot, a truly eccentric bohemian and a wandering scholar with a mysterious past, adopts a London street urchin (whom he calls Asticot) by purchasing him from his mother for half a crown. Paragot leads Asticot on various adventures through 19th century Europe, eventually arriving in Paris. Here Paragot’s dark romantic past begins to catch up with him. (Summary by Simon Evers)

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  Lysette

  Sylvia Halliday

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  An award-winning author “deftly evokes the era and the pain and lives of her three-dimensional characters” in a romance set during the French Revolution (RT Book Reviews).   Lysette, the Marquise de Ferrance, is left penniless after her husband dies. With nowhere else to turn—and as Paris becomes increasingly dangerous—she ventures across the turbulent French countryside to the safety of her brother’s home.   But when she meets Andre, Comte du Crillon, her plans change. She cares not that he’s married. Using her beauty as her weapon, she sets out to seduce him.   Yet all the while there’s another man in her midst—a man of action and iron will—waiting for the perfect time to take her for himself. For it is in his arms that Lysette is destined to find the sanctuary and true love that she seeks.

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  The Blackpool Highflyer

  Andrew Martin

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  “A compelling thriller” set against the historical backdrop of Edwardian England’s railway system (Daily Mail).   Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, Jim Stringer is happy to have left behind the grime and danger of life in London. But his dreams of beer and pretty women are soon shattered when his high-speed train meets a huge millstone on the line, leading to a passenger’s death . . .    This is an atmospheric mystery of sabotage and suspicion, from an author who “does a stunning job of bringing to life the era when steam locomotives chugged from London through the British countryside” (Booklist).   “A clear winner in literary crime writing . . . Dazzling attention to detail and quality writing.” —Daily Express   “A steamy whodunnit . . . This may well be the best fiction about the railways since Dickens.” —The Independent on Sunday

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  To Love a Sunburnt Country (The...

  Jackie French

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  In war-torn Malaya, Nancy dreams of Australia - and a young man called Michael. 
    
  The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy left school at fourteen to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow. Now sixteen, Nancys family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her sister-in-law Moira and baby nephew Gavin. Yet despite the threat of Japanese invasion, Moira resists, wanting to stay near her husband Ben. 
  But not even Nancy of the Overflow can stop the fall of Singapore and the capture of so many Australian troops. When their ship is bombed, Nancy, Moira and Gavin are reported missing. 
  Back home at Gibbers Creek, Michael refuses to believe the girl he loves has died. As Darwin, Broome and even Sydney are bombed, Australians must fight to save their country. But as Michael and the families of Gibbers Creek discover, there are many ways to love your country, and many ways to fight for it. 
  From one of Australia's most-admired storytellers comes a gripping and unforgettable novel based on true events and little-known people. This is a story about ultimate survival and the deepest kinds of love. 
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  'A book about a love of country that is heartwarming and heartbreaking, and hard to put down.' 
  -- Adelaide Advertiser, 4 stars

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  The Enchanted April

  Elizabeth Von Arnim

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  When four women leave their drab lives behind to go on holiday in Italy, their lives are changed forever by the Mediterranean. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, while part of the same ladies' club, have never spoken. Lady Caroline Dester and the elderly Mrs. Fisher join their holiday so as to mitigate expenses. As these women come together and learn more about themselves than they ever thought possible, they reveal their true personalities and the backdrops of their lives that tend to hinder them. Inspired by the author's own month-long trip to the Italian Riviera, this novel is noted as her most widely-read work.

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