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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
'Original, adept and confident... What can I say, except that I
wish I had written it myself?' -Hilary Mantel May 1907. Young
Stalin - poet, bank-robber, spy - is in London for the 5th Congress
of the Russian Communist Party. As he builds his powerbase in the
party, Stalin manipulates alliances with Lenin, Trotsky, and Rosa
Luxemburg under the eyes of the Czar's secret police. Meanwhile he
is drawn to the fiery Finnish activist Elli Vuokko and risks
everything in a relationship as complicated as it is dangerous.
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "An exquisitely detailed journey through
the harrowing field of medicine in mid-19th century London."-Tracey
Enerson Wood, USA Today bestselling author of The Engineer's Wife
and The War Nurse An unforgettable historical fiction novel about
one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world
believed in her. London, 1845: Raised by the eccentric surgeon Dr.
Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly pandemic, the
orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other
young ladies were raised to busy themselves with needlework and
watercolors, Nora was trained to perfect her suturing and
anatomical illustrations of dissections. Women face dire
consequences if caught practicing medicine, but in Croft's private
clinic Nora is his most trusted-and secret-assistant. That is until
the new surgical resident Dr. Daniel Gibson arrives. Dr. Gibson has
no idea that Horace's bright and quiet young ward is a surgeon more
qualified and ingenuitive than even himself. In order to protect
Dr. Croft and his practice from scandal and collapse Nora must
learn to play a new and uncomfortable role-that of a proper young
lady. But pretense has its limits. Nora cannot turn away and ignore
the suffering of patients, even if it means giving Gibson the power
to ruin everything she's worked for. And when she makes a discovery
that could change the field forever, Nora faces an impossible
choice. Remain invisible and let the men around her take credit for
her work, or step into the light-even if it means being destroyed
by her own legacy. Fans of The Other Einstein and The Paris Library
will relish this riveting and empowering story about one woman's
fight to follow her dreams and build a life-and legacy-beyond what
is expected of her. Praise for The Girl in His Shadow: "A
suspenseful story of a courageous young woman determined to become
a surgeon in repressive Victorian England. Fluidly written,
impeccably researched, The Girl in His Shadow is a memorable
literary gift to be read, reread, and treasured."-Gloria Goldreich,
author of The Paris Children Other Bestselling Historical Fiction
from Sourcebooks Landmark: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie
Benedict The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele
Richardson Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
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William Nicholson
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Intense and enthralling thriller, and a secret that will send shockwaves through the corridors of Westminster . . .
VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist spirited out of the ruins Nazi Europe in search of a new life.
MOSCOW, 1964: A rising star of the British diplomatic service whose job is not what it seems.
LONDON, THE PRESENT DAY: A once promising academic offered an opportunity to seal his place in history.
Their stories, their lives, and the fate of the world, are bound by a single document: THE SCARLET PAPERS
The devastating secrets contained within teased by a brief invitation: Tomorrow 11AM. Take a cab and pay in cash. Tell no one.
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