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421) Queenie of Norwich
Author
Publisher
LK Wilde
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
People say you get one life, but I've lived three. I was born Ellen Hardy in 1900, dragged up in Queen Caroline's Yard, Norwich.There was nothing royal about our yard, and Mum was no queen. At six years old Mum sold me. I became Nellie Westrop, roaming the country in a showman's wagon, learning the art of the fair. And I've been the infamous Queenie of Norwich, moving up in the world by any means, legal or not. I've been heartbroken, abandoned, bought...
Author
Publisher
John S. Bodkin, Jr.?
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Briarhill to Brooklyn, is a novel, grounded in facts, in which Jack Bodkin tells the story of his Irish Catholic family's 1848 migration from County Galway, Ireland, to Brooklyn, New York, in the era of the Irish Potato Famine. Was it the prospect of starvation, the snows of Black '47, or the fear of typhus that made the Bodkins leave? Or was it the dream of America's freedom and opportunity that drove the family from Galway onto a ship? Their destination...
423) The generals
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In the turbulent aftermath of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte is accused of treachery and corruption. As he leads his men in a series of victorious battles, however, he carves out a reputation in Italy and Egypt as an inspired leader. But revolt is afoot and Napoleon rushes back to France to lead his country. He must bring order to the political unrest at home and find peace or victory over England--and Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke...
424) Pendragon
Author
Series
Dark age trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is AD 367. The frozen forest beyond Hadrian’s Wall is a foreign land, a place where demons and witches and the old gods live on. Only when the child of a friend is snatched will Lucanus, known as the Wolf and leader of elite unit called the Arcani, venture alone into this treacherous world - a territory ruled over by a barbarian horde - in order to bring the boy back home. What he finds there beyond the wall will echo down the years. A secret...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead. 1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppy's castle home, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving the island she inherited from her grandparents and reviving their vintage candy shop. Until the day a girl...
426) Young bloods
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Simon Scarrow brings to vivid life the astonishing stories of two heroes of European history: Arthur Wesley, destined to become the Duke of Wellington, and Napoleon Bonaparte--the Corsican who made himself Emperor of France. Arthur Wesley was born and bred to be a leader. Denied permission to marry his beloved, he throws himself into serving his country. As a red-coated British officer Arthur is amongst the first heading for battle against the French...
427) Wolves of winter
Author
Series
Essex dogs trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at Crécy, six soldiers known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting-and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais. King Edward has vowed no Englishman will leave France 'til this city falls. To get home, they must survive a merciless winter in a lawless camp deadlier than any battlefield. Obsessed with tracking down...
428) Last port of call
Author
Series
Queenstown volume 1
Publisher
Jean Grainger
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland. April 1912. Twelve-year-old Harp Delaney is an unusual child, quiet and intelligent far beyond her years. She would rather spend her days in the library of the grand Georgian house that she sees as her home than playing on the streets with other children. Her mother, Rose, is the reserved and ladylike housekeeper at the Cliff House. She behaves not as a servant should, but as someone who belongs at the ancestral home...
429) Fire season: a novel
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For the citizens of Spokane Falls, the fire of 1889 that destroyed their frontier boomtown was no disaster; it was an opportunity. Barton Heydale, manager of the only bank in Spokane Falls, is on the verge of ending his short, unpopular life. But when his city goes up in flames, he sees an ember of hope shimmering on the horizon. As citizens flock to the bank, he realizes he can command the power he craves-and it's not by following the rules. When...
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