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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
While planning a dinner party in Paris, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat becomes unnerved by the unexpected arrival of her son, a random encounter with a Turkish terrorist, and the recurring appearance of someone dead for twenty years.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It is April 1900, in the Levant, on the imaginary island of Mingeria-the 29th state of the Ottoman Empire-located in the eastern Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus. Half the population is Muslim, the other half are Orthodox Greeks, and tension is high between the two. When a plague arrives-brought either by Muslim pilgrims returning from the Mecca, or by merchant vessels coming from Alexandria-the island revolts. To stop the epidemic, the Ottoman...
Author
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Laura flies to her parents' homeland for the defence case of her life. Facing trial is Marija Popa, 'the Black Widow'; a constant at her husband's side until the day his people rose up and executed him. Beautiful and beguiling, Marija insists she knew nothing of her husband's dark affairs. For Laura, the case has a personal meaning. Her mother has never spoken of the horrors she witnessed under the old regime, and remains a shadow of the woman she...
Author
Series
Riftwar. Daughter of the empire volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
"Following "Daughter of the Empire" and "Servant of the Empire", this novel brings the trilogy to a finish. Now Mara faces not only the brotherhood of assassins, and the spies of the rival ruling houses, but the Assembly of Magicians, who see her as the ultimate threat to their ancient power."--
Author
Series
Riftwar. Daughter of the empire volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
"Mara of the Arcoma, Ruling Lady of her house, has established herself as a force within the Empire and a deft player of the Game of the Council, the politics of the empire. When she finds a nobleman among a band of slaves from Midkemia, she soon involves him too in her political struggles."--
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Publisher: In a sweeping, erotically charged story that moves gracefully from the intimately personal to the great stage of world history, Anchee Min renders a powerful tale of passion, betrayal, and survival and creates a finely nuanced and always ambiguous portrait of one of the most fascinating, and vilified, women of the twentieth century. Madame Mao is almost universally known as the "white-boned demon"--Ambitious, vindictive, and cruel-whose...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The playboy sheikh's last temptation... Thanks to a recent scandalous expose, the damage to Sheikh Zayn Al-Ghamdi's reputation is threatening his family's future. So when fiercely independent Amalia Christensen has the gall to blackmail him with further ruination, to ensure her innocent brother's freedom, Zayn choses to keep his enemies close...and make Amalia his temporary fiancee! Zayn's only duty is to his country. He can't allow himself any emotional...
Author
Series
Drowning empire (Stewart) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognize her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden...
Author
Series
Emperor series volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawlessly capturing the essence of a land, a people, a legend. Conn Iggulden is just such a writer, bringing to vivid life one of the most fascinating eras in human history. In a true masterpiece of historical fiction, Iggulden takes us on a breathtaking journey through ancient Rome, sweeping us into a realm of tyrants and slaves, of dark intrigues and seething...
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