The Book of the Maidservant

Author	Henry Fielding
ISBN	0140436227

A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished...

Author	Conn Iggulden
ISBN	0007201788

A seriously astounding piece of historical fiction that left me speechless in many ways.

“We are not here to earn riches with a bow. The wolf does not think of fine things, only that his pack is strong and no other wolf dares to cross his path. That is enough.”

I can’t help but...

Author	Debra Dean
ISBN	0060825316

Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. And while the elderly Russian woman cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—her distant past is preserved: vivid images that rise unbidden of...

Author	Juliet Grey
ISBN	0345523881

A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.

Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne...

Author	Helen Maryles Shankman
ISBN	1501115197

*Finalist for the 2016 Story Prize
*Honorable Mention for the 2017 ALA Sophie Brody Medal for Achievement in Jewish Literature
*A Spring 2016 Discover Great New Writers selection at Barnes & Noble

A radiant debut collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee,...

Author	Peter Robinson
ISBN	0330491644

A faceless corpse is discovered in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks's frustration only grows when the identity of the body is revealed. For it seems that his latest case may be connected...