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Series
Harlequin historicals ; 583
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
After six long years as a Captain in the army, Collin returns to find why is beloved Rose had wrote and told him she released him from the betrothal. He went to the Inn her family owned to find that a distant relative now owned it after the death of her father and brother. Collin traces Rose to a Manor that is falling apart under the disgruntled Lady Dilbeck. Collin brings back Christmas and repairs as the new Steward of Dilbeck as he tries to win...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Britain, early tenth century AD: a time of change. There are new raids by the Vikings from Ireland, and turmoil among the Saxons over the leadership of Mercia. A younger generation is taking over. AEthelred, the ruler of Mercia, is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. The West Saxons want their king, but Uhtred has long supported Athelflaed, sister to King Edward of Wessex and widow of Aethelred. Widely loved and respected, Athelflaed has all the...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
Set in postwar Malaya during the turmoil of independence, the colonialists pulling out are personified by Victor Crabbe and his wife, who maintain a steady backward progress to annihilation in this culture which they never learn to understand.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Emma Donoghue vividly brings to life stories inspired by her discoveries of fascinating, hidden scraps of the past. Here an engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, surgical case notes, theological pamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed out into rollicking, full-bodied fictions.
Whether she's spinning the tale of an English soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, a Victorian surgeon's attempts...
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Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
Three novels in one! Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho joins the British Royal Navy as a young midshipman. Follow his adventures as he undergoes a severe initiation into the dangerous world of the great sailing warships!
1. Richard Bolitho: Midshipman
1772: a young Richard Bolitho joins the 74-gun Gorgon. Naive and untested, Bolitho must learn the ways of the navy quickly if he is to survive.
2. Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger
1773:
14) Moll Flanders
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.1 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Description
Moll Flanders has claims to being the first English novel. It is the tale of 'the Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent.' Racy, ironic,...
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Hornblower ; 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"After two hard years on blockade at Brest, Captain Hornblower has relinquished the helm of the Hotspur." --