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"Endangered in revolutionary France, lacemaker Vivienne Rivard flees to Philadelphia, only to face similar peril from revolutionary sympathizers. Militiaman Liam Delaney just wants to cultivate his hard-won farm near the French settlement of Azilum. When he meets Vivienne, they will be drawn together in surprising ways to fight for the peace and safety for which they long"-- Provided by publisher.
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The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire, but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? From the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Maria comes a “rollicking drama” (Good Housekeeping) that is “intimate and entertaining” (Associated Press).
“Both a gripping, fictionalized biography of an intriguing...
“Both a gripping, fictionalized biography of an intriguing...
3) Scarlet
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2023.
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English
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"The first book in a rollicking new historical-fantasy series that reinvents the French Revolution with vampires as the aristocrats, in a lively retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel from the author of the beloved Invisible Library series. It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires are a normal part of society across Europe--usually rich and aristocratic, they have slaked the guillotines thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet...
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Scarlet Pimpernel volume 3
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English
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A suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, the daring Scarlet Pimpernel bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. Meanwhile, Sir Percy Blakeney and his estranged wife Marguerite St. Just are caught up in a nefarious scheme to uncover the Scarlet Pimpernel's true identity.
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English
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"A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who flees to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution. Sylvie de Rosiers, the biracial daughter of a rich planter in 1791 Saint-Domingue, is both a lady born to privilege and a damning reminder of her father's infidelity with an enslaved...
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Irish trilogy volume 1
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2004, c1979
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English
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