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Renaissance Venice, mid-nineteenth-century Egypt or 1950s Brooklyn... immerse yourself in another time and place with one of these selections that bring the past to life.

 Wolf Hall : a novel by Mantel, Hilary, 1952-   Wolf Hall : a novel
Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercur ...
 
 Bring up the bodies : a novel by Mantel, Hilary, 1952-   Bring up the bodies : a novel
Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
"The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall ...
 
 Enchantments : a novel by Harrison, Kathryn.   Enchantments : a novel
Harrison, Kathryn.
Rasputin's daughter, Masha, is sent to live with the royal family after her father's death. Tsarina ...
 
 Pure by Miller, Andrew, 1961-   Pure
Miller, Andrew, 1961-
Engineer Jean-Baptiste Baratte is tasked with emptying an overflowing cemetery in Paris in 1785, wor ...
 
 I, Claudius : from the autobiography of Tiberius C ... by Graves, Robert, 1895-1985   I, Claudius : from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born 10 B.C., mu ...
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
 
 The queen's vow : a novel of Isabella of Castile by Gortner, C. W.   The queen's vow : a novel of Isabella of Castile
Gortner, C. W.
"Isabella of Castile, the intelligent and fiery Spanish queen best remembered today for funding the ...
 
 Abundance : a novel of Marie Antoinette by Naslund, Sena Jeter.   Abundance : a novel of Marie Antoinette
Naslund, Sena Jeter.
"As her world of unprecedented royal splendor crumbles, Marie Antoinette matures into a heroine of i ...
 
 The twelve rooms of the Nile by Shomer, Enid.   The twelve rooms of the Nile
Shomer, Enid.
A tale inspired by their 1850 journey up the Nile imagines shared encounters between Florence Nighti ...
 
 The book of madness and cures : a novel by O'Melveny, Regina.   The book of madness and cures : a novel
O'Melveny, Regina.
Gabriella Mondini is a rarity in 16th century Venice: a woman who practices medicine. Her father, a ...
 
 Siddhartha by Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.   Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
"This classic of twentieth-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in ...
 
 Under the eagle : a tale of military adventure and ... by Scarrow, Simon.   Under the eagle : a tale of military adventure and reckless heroism with th ...
Scarrow, Simon.
A crack Roman legion invades Britain in this brazen tale of military adventure, political intrigue a ...
 
 The Orchardist : a novel by Coplin, Amanda.   The Orchardist : a novel
Coplin, Amanda.
At the turn of the 20th century in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a gentle solitary orcha ...
 
 River of smoke by Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-   River of smoke
Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
Amid a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, three vessels, and the diverse occupants within, converge on Ca ...
 
 Partitions : a novel by Majmudar, Amit.   Partitions : a novel
Majmudar, Amit.
As India is rent into two nations, communal violence breaks out on both sides of the new border and ...
 
 The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great by Stachniak, Eva, 1952-   The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great
Stachniak, Eva, 1952-
An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever ...
 
 The secret history of Costaguana by Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-   The secret history of Costaguana
Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-
A tale inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" follows the story of Colombian-born José Altamirano, w ...
 
 Ragtime by Doctorow, E. L., 1931-   Ragtime
Doctorow, E. L., 1931-
Doctorow's big bestseller, made into a major movie and now repackaged, was first published in mass m ...
 
 Changó's beads and two-tone shoes by Kennedy, William, 1928-   Changó's beads and two-tone shoes
Kennedy, William, 1928-
His life radically changed by an encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba, journalist Daniel Quinn em ...
 
 The Buddha in the attic by Otsuka, Julie, 1962-   The Buddha in the attic
Otsuka, Julie, 1962-
Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century Sa ...
 
 Brooklyn : a novel by Tóibín, Colm, 1955-   Brooklyn : a novel
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and ...
 
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