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361) The queen's promise
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Broken Kingdom volume 1
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English
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The enthralling story of two remarkable women caught up in the maelstrom of the English Civil War. February, 1642. With the King and Parliament at loggerheads, England is rushing headlong into a brutal and bloody war. Caught up in the turbulence are two formidable women who face difficult and dangerous times ahead. Forced to abandon her children and leave for foreign shores, the extravagant and unpopular Queen Henrietta Maria discovers that she cannot...
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xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was...
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349 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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Hasta el momento, su búsqueda ha sido un desfile de candidatas descerebradas con las que ni siquiera sería capaz de pasar un par de horas. Justo en el momento en que sus esperanzas empiezan a desvanecerse, la casualidad le brinda a Ellie, una inteligente joven cuya única opción para escapar del hogar familiar también pasa por el altar. La solución parece clara... una unión de conveniencia. Pero Ellie nunca ha imaginado casarse con un extraño,...
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Set in the years leading up the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Dune-which inspired the upcoming feature film from Legendary Pictures- DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES transports readers to the far future on the desert planet Arrakis where Pardot Kynes seeks its secrets. * Meanwhile, a violent coup is planned by the son of Emperor Elrood; an eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters; and a young man named Leto Atreides begins a fateful...
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x, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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English
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Elizabeth Chudleigh lived a privileged life in 18th century England where she was part of the Hanoverian court as maid of honor to the Princess of Wales. Known for her style and wit, Elizabeth delighted and scandalized the press and public. She married twice: in secret to a young heir to an earldom and later to a duke. Eventually charged with bigamy, her trial was Georgian England's greatest courtroom spectacle. Yet what should have been her downfall...
368) The lion in winter
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English
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Christmas of 1183 finds Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine together in the castle at Chinon, where he flaunts his latest mistress while she plots against him with their sons, all the time loving each other to distraction.
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342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
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English
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In this unique illustrated presentation, Gregory and her fellow historians describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty.
371) A brush with death
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307 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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"In the village of Spire, murder is afoot. Rich landowner Alexander, 9th Earl of Greengrass, is caught with his trousers down in the village graveyard before meeting a gruesome end. Luckily Susie Mahl happens to be on hand. With her artist's eye for detail and her curious nature she is soon on the scent of the murderer."--Back cover.
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357, 18 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb. In November 1922, their...
373) Rushed to the altar
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451 pages ; 18 cm
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English
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"Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, needs a prostitute. Not in the usual way, however. His wealthy uncle's will promises to divide his huge fortune among his nephews if each rescues a fallen woman...by marrying her! And since Jasper's estates were already mortgaged to the hilt before he inherited them, when he catches a pretty young prostitute trying to pick his pocket, he immediately makes his proposal. Clarissa Astley is not at all what Jasper...
374) La herencia
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Daringham Hall volume 1
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394 pages ; 22 cm.
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Español
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"Campiña inglesa, en la actualidad. La idílica vida familiar de Daringham Hall da un vuelco inesperado cuando Ben Sterling, un empresario estadounidense de software y perfecto desconocido, se presenta en la mansión clamando ser su heredero. Pronto se descubre que, detrás de esa verdad, se esconde un inquietante espíritu de venganza. Su decisión, sin embargo, se ve alterada por una inoportuna pérdida de memoria y una repentina pasión por Kate,...
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Montague siblings volume 3
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580 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Desperate to escape his father's high expectations and his own grief in the aftermath of his mother's passing, sole heir Adrian Montague embarks on a search for his disowned siblings after discovering that he is not an only child.
Sole heir to his father's estate, Adrian Montague is an up and coming political writer and engaged to an activist who challenges and inspires him. But most young Lords aren't battling the debilitating anxiety Adrian secretly...
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xv, 494 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"For fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, intrigue, and passion. Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits the Cliveden estate. Overlooking the Thames, the mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a...
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455, 27 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands...
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Victorian rebels volume 6
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369 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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He's known only as The Rook. He remembers waking up in a mass grave with rage dissolving his soul. He has no memory of his past. His family. His sins. His name. And when his escape from the grave leaves him collapsed, he is rescued by the most beautiful young woman he's ever laid eyes on. A woman who could maybe, just perhaps, heal the broken parts of him. If only he knew who he was. Lorelai Weatherstroke is comprised of three monumental days in her...
379) One fine duke
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376 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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"Ready: Raised in the countryside by her overprotective uncle, Miss Mina Penny's dream of a triumphant London season is finally here. She determined her perfect match long ago: Rafe Bentley, the wickedest rake of them all. There's only one very large, very unyielding obstacle: Rafe's brother Andrew, the reclusive Duke of Thorndon. Aim: This was supposed to be simple. Duke goes to London. Duke selects suitable bride. Love match? Not a chance. But when...
380) The lady by his side
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Devil's brood trilogy volume 1
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10 CDs (12.5 hrs.) ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Acting as Drake Varisey's surrogate at Lord Ennis' house party, Sebastian Cynster, in the company of Antonia Rawlings, is to meet with Ennis, who has heard something that Drake, having assumed his father's mantle in protecting queen and country, needs to know. The gathering is thrown into chaos, however, when Lord Ennis is murdered -- just before he was to speak with Sebastian. Ennis's last words, gasped to Sebastian, are "Gunpowder. Here." Gunpowder?...
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