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These new works of historical fiction can be found either in the New Fiction area near the circulation desk or in the fiction stacks under the author's last name.
Allende, Isabel
Zorro
Creates an origin for the legend of Zorro, the famous Robin Hood of eighteenth-century California.Bell, Madison Smartt
The Stone That the Builder Refused
The final novel in Bell's trilogy about Toussaint Louverture and the slave revolt he led against French rule in the early nineteenth century.De Bernieres, Louis
Birds Without Wings
Using a village in southwest Turkey as a microcosm, this novel offers a view of this region during the early twentieth century, a tumultuous period marking the end of the old regime.Ephron, Amy
One Sunday Morning
In New York and Paris in the 1920s, four well-heeled, socially connected women friends personally experience the interwar period's conflict between old social mores and new ones as scandal threatens to ruin the reputation of one of the women.Goldman, Francisco
The Divine Husband
A love match between a young woman and Jose Marti, the nineteenth-century writer and martyred leader of the Cuban struggle for independence, is the catalyst for this tale dramatizing the fate of one Central American country.Hickey, Elizabeth
The Painted Kiss
Hickey takes us back to fin-de-siecle Vienna and the lives of artist Gustav Klimt and his mistress, Emilie Floge.
Hicks, Robert
The Widow of the South
Carrie McGavock, an actual historical figure, witnesses the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, during the Civil War. The brewing of the battle, its events, and the wound-healing time afterward are told by Hicks not only from Carrie's perspective but also from the point of view of Mariah, Carrie's slave-turned-friend.Just, Ward
An Unfinished Season
In the era of the Korean War, a teenage boy's summer awakens him to real life and the real injustices of life as his sphere of knowledge expands beyond his suburban home to a sleazy downtown newspaper office.Kostova, Elizabeth
The Historian
Takes the reader on a search for the truth behind the myth of Dracula, a search that crosses continents as well as generations.Ozick, Cynthia
Heir to the Glimmering World
In this novel set in 1933, the author unleashes a kaleidoscopic array of complex entanglements all centered on members of a German Jewish family who have escaped the Nazis and settled in New York City.Roth, Philip
The Plot Against America
Roth has aviation hero Charles Lindbergh winning the 1940 presidential election over FDR, and the results are viewed through the eyes of the American Jewish community.Robinson, Marilynne
Gilead
Robinson's novel sees the elderly Reverend John Ames recount the life, times, and legacy of his abolitionist grandfather. In the process, a century of American history is explored in detail.This Reader's Advisory service, available through the iCONN digital library, includes 100,000 titles, more than 58,000 plot summaries, recommended reading lists and biographical information. Genres include inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction.
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