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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Traveling behind the Iron Curtain, James Bond must convince the Russians, including a beautiful Soviet psychiatric analyst, that he is a double agent to infiltrate a group planning a major act of terrorism, which, if successful, will destabilize relations between the East and West.
Author
Series
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Squire's son Felix has married a girl who is hiding several secrets - one of them in particular could undo her new life. Charlotte, who arrived from Germany on the Kindertransport during the war, is now happily married to farmer Billy. But for her too, the dangerous past is coming back, in the shape of fellow refugee, bad boy Harry. The war may have ended, but for some people, troubles are only just beginning.
25) The lighthouse
Author
Series
Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called on to solve a sensitive high profile case on Combe Island off the Cornish coast of England at a time when Dalgliesh is dealing with his uncertain future with Emma Lavenham.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Acting as the "son" her father never had, Gwenhwyfar, when called upon to serve another purpose by the Ladies of the Well, bows to circumstances to become Arthur's queen--only to find herself facing temptation and treachery, intrigue and betrayal, but also love and redemption.
27) Deadline
Author
Series
Jack Noble volume 11
Publisher
CreateSpace
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Jack Noble faces off with Frank Skinner inside a building filled with ghosts. Skinner is judge, jury, and executioner, and he's prepared to carry out a death sentence. There's only one way out. Jack has to break all the rules. One final job to complete. One final life to take. One final deadline."--Publisher description.
28) The last Tudor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen. Seventeen-year-old Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When...
Author
Series
Avalon series volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Diana L. Paxson expands Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved and bestselling Avalon series in a dramatic new installment. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon, the prequel to The Forest House, tells the story of the Roman conquest of Britain and the origin of the Forest House that preceded the return to Avalon.Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon follows the journey of Boudica, a Celtic princess, and Lhiannon, a priestess who is Boudica's mentor...
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Language
English
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I am now a condemned traitor... I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir's enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey-"the Nine Days' Queen"-a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright, but as bitter cold weather forces her racing birds indoors in November 1941, Olive is assigned to a new role in the war effort - escorting none other than Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming on his visit to the Brickendonbury Manor spy training center......
33) Noble betrayal
Author
Series
Jack Noble volume 7
Publisher
Liquid Mind Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Jack Noble is on a plane, heading across the Atlantic to perform one last job. A favor for an old friend, he tells himself. Anything to put off an early retirement for a few weeks longer. Shortly after setting foot in London, Jack discovers that not all is what it seems. His presence did not go unnoticed by Great Britain's intelligence community. Worse, he finds that he's not the only one after his target . And those same people are after him. Jack...
34) Breaking cover
Author
Series
Liz Carlyle series volume 9
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
While working for MI5's counter-espionage division, Liz Carlyle must hunt down a Russian spy whose unknown intentions are likely a threat to national security.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house -- Elizabeth of York -- to unify a country divided by years of war. But his bride is still in love with his slain enemy, Richard III -- and her mother and half of England dream of a missing heir, sent into the unknown by the White Queen. While the new monarchy can win power, it cannot win hearts in an England that plots...
36) The forest house
Author
Series
Avalon series volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
A love story during the Roman occupation of Britain in the 1st Century. The protagonists are a Druid girl in training to be a priestess, and a Roman officer pacifying her country. Love unites them, religion and politics separate them.
Author
Series
Mitford murders (Jessica Fellowes) volume 6
Mitford murders mystery volume 06
Mitford murders mystery volume 6
Mitford murders mystery volume 06
Mitford murders mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes's The Mitford Secret is the sixth and final intriguing installment in the Mitford Murders series. It's 1941, and the Mitford household is splintered by the vicissitudes of war. To bring the clan together-maybe for one last time, Deborah invites them to Chatsworth for Christmas, along with a selection of society's most impressive and glamorous guests, as well as old family...
38) Her secret war
Author
Publisher
Avon, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A moment that ruins her life. On 1st June 1941, Germany drops bombs on neutral Dublin and Sarah Gillespie loses her family and home that fateful night. Days later, the man she loves leaves Ireland to enlist in the RAF. A decision that changes her life. With nothing to keep her in Ireland and a burning desire to help the war effort, Sarah seeks refuge with relatives in Hampshire, England. But before long, Sarah's family history catches up with her....
Author
Series
Avalon series volume 6
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Author
Series
Jack Noble volume 10
Publisher
CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Even a drifter has to stop once in a while... Jack Noble has crossed the country, never staying too long in one spot. He's not running or hiding. He's buying time. Simply living until the day he can disappear and provide his daughter with a normal life. But when his Jeep dies outside a small Texas town, he finds a reason to stick around for a couple days. An old friend. Someone he thought was gone from his life forever. It quickly becomes evident...
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