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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Sagas
This novel by a New York Times-bestselling author follows three
"bold, courageous, and entertaining" women through the tumult of
the French Revolution (Booklist). For Claire Lacombe and Pauline
Leon, two poor women of eighteenth-century France, the lofty ideals
of the coming revolution could not seem more abstract. But when
Claire sees the gaping disparity between the poverty she has known
and the lavish lives of aristocrats as her theater group performs
in their homes, and Pauline witnesses the execution of local bread
riot leaders, both are driven to join the uprising. They, along
with upper-class women like Madame Manon Roland, who ghostwrites
speeches for her politician husband and runs a Parisian salon where
revolutionaries gather, will play critical roles in the French
people's bloody battle for liberty and equality. Based on a true
story, author Marge Piercy's thrilling and scrupulously researched
account shines with emotional depth and strikingly animated action.
By interweaving their tales with the exploits of men whose names
have become synonymous with the revolution, like Robespierre and
Danton, Piercy reveals how the contributions of these courageous
women may be lesser known, but no less important. Rich in detail
and broad in scope, City of Darkness, City of Light is a riveting
portrayal of an extraordinary era and the women who helped shape an
important chapter in history.
An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author.
YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
"Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.
How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer.
This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived."
From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
Pre-order the BRAND NEW instalment in the bestselling Mulberry Lane
series!With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub, The Pig & Whistle
undergoing renovation, proprietors Peggy and Able Ronoscki leave
the chaos behind and head off on a trip of a lifetime to America.
But disaster hits and Peggy finds herself in a critical condition
in hospital. Meanwhile, business is booming for young entrepreneurs
Fay Ronoscki and Maggie Rowan with their new restaurant and
catering empire. It seems neither has time for love. But when fate
throws a famous global singing sensation and glamourous racing car
driver into the girls paths, falling in love with Jace and Greg
seems beyond their control. Cupid has struck. Life is made up of
laughter, love and tears. What is next for the folk of Mulberry
Lane - can they find the happiness they all so crave? Another
passionate tearjerker from Rosie Clarke in the Mulberry Lane
series.
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Fate of the Dwarf Lords
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D. P. Prior; Contributions by Anton Kokarev; Cover design or artwork by Valmore Daniels
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Let bestselling author Lindsey Hutchinson take you back in time to
the Victorian Black Country, for a tale of love, hardship and
fighting against the odds to succeed.Life is tough for Ella
Bancroft. After her father, Thomas, is wheelchair-bound by an
accident at the tube works, the responsibility for keeping a roof
over their head falls to Ella. Ella's mother died when she was ten,
and her sister Sally lives with her no-good, work-shy husband Eddy,
so is no help at all. If she and her father are to keep the
bailiffs from the door, then Ella must earn a living. But Ella is
resourceful as well as creative, and soon discovers she has a gift
for millinery. Setting up shop in the front room of their two-up,
two-down home in Silver Street, Walsall, Ella and Thomas work hard
to establish a thriving business. Before long, the fashionable
ladies of the Black Country are lining up to wear one of Ella's
beautiful creations, and finally Ella dares to hope for a life with
love, friendship and family. Meeting the man she longs to marry
should be a turning point for Ella, but life's twists and turns can
be cruel. As the winter grows colder, events seem to conspire to
test Ella's spirit. And by the time spring is approaching, will the
hat girl of Silver Street triumph, or will Ella have to admit
defeat as all her dreams are tested. The Queen of the Black Country
sagas is back with a heart-breaking, unforgettable, page-turning
story of love, life and battling against the odds. Perfect for fans
of Val Wood and Lyn Andrews. Praise for Lindsey Hutchinson: 'A
great story with a great mix of characters, well written and keeps
you hooked with each page turn!' Sarah Davies, NetGalley 'A
wonderful read ... The author writes so well, it's a really hard
novel to put down!' Grace Smith, NetGalley. 'Make sure to read this
book where you won't be disturbed because once it gets going, you
won't want to put it down' Andrea Ruiz, NetGalley 'A very poignant,
feel-good-factor novel' Shelia Easson, NetGalley 'Excellent story!'
Stephanie Collins, NetGalley 'The story will linger in your mind
long after you finish it' The Avid Reader
From internationally acclaimed author Anne Enright comes a
shattering novel set in a small town on Ireland's Atlantic coast.
The Green Road is a tale of family and fracture, compassion and
selfishness-a book about the gaps in the human heart and how we
strive to fill them. Spanning thirty years, The Green Road tells
the story of Rosaleen, matriarch of the Madigans, a family on the
cusp of either coming together or falling irreparably apart. As
they grow up, Rosaleen's four children leave the west of Ireland
for lives they could have never imagined in Dublin, New York, and
Mali, West Africa. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful
mother announces that she's decided to sell the house and divide
the proceeds. Her adult children come back for a last Christmas,
with the feeling that their childhoods are being erased, their
personal history bought and sold. A profoundly moving work about a
family's desperate attempt to recover the relationships they've
lost and forge the ones they never had, The Green Road is Enright's
most mature, accomplished, and unforgettable novel to date.
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Burntcoat
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