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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Jacob Astor Addison is in London, acquiring businesses to add to his theatrical holdings in America--as well as buying an emerald for a young lady back in Boston. He's furious when a she-devil masquerading...
102) We that are left
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, a family estate fraught with secrets. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London--the glitter and glamour of debutante life--while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending university. Into their midst walks Oskar Grunewald, a frequent visitor fascinated by the house but alternately tormented and ignored by the Melville children. Oskar seeks refuge in Ellinghurst's enormous library....
103) Habits of the house
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert's wife Isobel, who orders...
104) A grave matter
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven. Returning to her childhood home, Kiera hopes her beloved brother, Trevor, and the merriment of the Hogmanay Ball will distract her. But when a caretaker is murdered and a grave is disturbed at nearby Dryburgh Abbey, Kiera is once more thrust into the cold grasp of death. While Kiera knows that aiding in another inquiry will only further tarnish her...
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 516 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and kids, Dre's efforts to enlighten are exhausting. Forced to...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
458 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Manchester 1809. When budding young criminal Mary Jebb swindles Michael Croxton's brother with a blank pound note, he chases her into the night and sets in motion a train of sinister events. Condemned to seven years of transportation to Australia, Mary sends him a 'Penny Heart'--a token of her vow of revenge. Two years later, Michael marries naive young Grace Moore. Although initially overjoyed at the union, Grace quickly realizes that her husband...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 415 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a half century of British upper-class life through the eyes of Nicholas Jenkins, from the 1920s to the 1960s. See how friendship, adultery, ambition, and failure play out in London's social, political, and artistic scenes.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Death by Any Other Name is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in the English countryside. The elegant Lady Montfort and her redoubtable housekeeper Mrs. Jackson's services are called upon after a cook is framed and dismissed for poisoning a guest of the Hyde Rose Society. Promising to help her regain her job and her dignity, the pair trek out to the countryside to investigate a murder of concealed passions and secret desires. There, they are to...
110) Made in Manhattan
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Violet Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Raised in the privileged world of Upper East Side Manhattan, she always says the right things, wears the right clothes, and never rocks the boat. Violet would do anything for the people closest to her, especially her beloved grandmother. So when she asks Violet to teach the newly-discovered grandson of her friend how to fit in with New York City's elite, Violet immediately agrees. Her goal? To get...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiii, 378 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston's North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she's determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression. However, Maeve also has a dangerous fondness for strange men and bootleg gin--a rebellious appetite that soon finds her spiraling downward,...
112) The new countess
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Language
English
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Description
"England, 1903. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne and the entire grand estate, with its hundred rooms, are busy planning for a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra just a few months a way. Preparations are elaborate and exhaustive: the menus and fashions must be just so, and so must James, the new heir and son of Arthur Dilberne and Chicago heiress, Minnie O'Brien. But there are problems. Little James is being reared to Lady Isobel's tastes,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 387 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alicia is a tech giant, wealthy beyond compare. Kelly is a stay-at-home mother and Stanford legacy. Maren makes three: single, broke, and out of place among the rich and elite. All their daughters are natural choices for Stanford: except the school can only recommend one student. As the competition heats up, an attempt is made on one of the girl's lives and the community spirals into panic. Now the mothers have to decide if one of them is capable...
114) A heart most worthy
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1918 Boston, three seamstresses dare to dream of a better life. Drawn together amid the opulence of Madame Fortier's gown shop, fiery Julietta pursues love recklessly, shy Annamaria falls for the wrong man, and Luciana - whose past endangers them all - catches the eye of the son of the shop's most important client. Their destinies intertwined, each harboring a secret from their families and each other, will they be found worthy of the love they...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone and it's fallen on her to save her family from the guillotine. A chance encounter with Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious and charismatic young military prodigy, provides her answer. When her beloved sister Julie marries his brother Joseph, Desiree and Napoleon's futures become irrevocably linked. Quickly...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The hero of Christine Falls, Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgue to find his brother-in-law tampering with the records on a young woman's corpse. The next morning, when his hangover has worn off, Quirke reluctantly begins looking into the woman's history. He discovers a plot that spans two continents, implicates the Catholic Church, and may just involve members...
117) Silent in the grave
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Only from New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn, go back to where it all began with the original Lady Julia Grey historical mystery series.
"Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave."
These ominous words are the last threat that Sir Edward Grey receives from his killer. Before he can show them to Nicholas Brisbane, the private inquiry agent he has retained for his protection, he collapses and dies at his London...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD-video (369 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three critically-acclaimed British romances featuring talented casts. In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility. In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle. In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.
119) The wild rose
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
623 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1914, with World War I approaching, polar explorer Seamus Finnegan tries to forget Willa, a passionate mountain climber, as he marries a beautiful young woman back home in England.
120) The Embers: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A skilled director and screenwriter, Hyatt Bass creates a tale of both regret and rebirth in this debut novel. Emily Ascher's impending marriage forces a family shattered by tragedy and guilt to examine feelings long at rest. Everything changed when Emily's brother died-but what really happened on that cold winter night-and why does her father continue to blame himself for her brother's death?