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The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart
Arthurian legend comes to life as Merlin embarks on a quest to use his magical powers to protect the young king.
This novel covers the time from Merlin's sixth year until he becomes a young man. The Romans have recently left Britain , which is now divided into a number of kingdoms loosely united under a High ... (Wikipedia)
The Corinthian
by Georgette Heyer
A young heiress runs away from her arranged marriage and disguises herself as a boy, encountering adventure and romance along the way.
Sir Richard Wyndham, an accomplished Corinthian, is being forced into marriage by his family, who want him to have an heir. Depressed by the life laid out before him, he nevertheless agrees to this ... (Wikipedia)
Frederica
by Georgette Heyer
Frederica Merriville and her siblings navigate the London marriage market with the help of the charming Lord Alverstoke.
Frederica Merriville has long been in charge of her younger siblings. Since her parents' death, she has taken it upon herself to make sure that her beautiful sister Charis is well married, believing ... (Wikipedia)
The Hollow Hills
by Mary Stewart
A young man's quest to restore peace to a magical kingdom and become its rightful leader.
Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is ... (Goodreads)
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
A thrilling mystery of secrets and hidden identities, with a hero on a quest for the truth.
Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, encounters and gives directions to a mysterious and distressed woman dressed entirely in white, lost in London; he is later informed by policemen that she has ... (Wikipedia)
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier
A young woman's unraveling of dark secrets in a remote and mysterious Cornish inn.
Mary Yellan, 23 years old, was brought up on a farm in Helford . After her mother's death, Mary goes to live with her only surviving relative: her mother's sister, Patience Merlyn, in a coaching inn ... (Wikipedia)
The Grand Sophy
by Georgette Heyer
An unconventional young woman's spirited adventure to restore order and joy to her new family.
For the past several years Sophia Stanton-Lacy (known as Sophy to everyone) has lived away from England, following her diplomat father Sir Horace around Europe while the Napoleonic Wars raged on. Now ... (Wikipedia)
The Blue Castle
by L.M. Montgomery
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, learning to take control of her life and find true happiness.
Valancy Stirling is twenty-nine, unmarried (and thus considered an " old maid "), and has lived her entire life with her nagging mother and gossip-minded extended family who actively discourage ... (Wikipedia)
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
A young girl embarks on an epic adventure, discovering courage, strength, and her true identity.
This is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who becomes Harimad-sol, King's Rider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, which no woman had wielded since the legendary Lady Aerin ... (Wikipedia)
And Only to Deceive
by Tasha Alexander
Newly widowed Emily discovers her late husband's secrets and becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of deception and betrayal in Victorian England.
From gifted new writer Tasha Alexander comes a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, ... (Goodreads)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy
A daring rescue mission of victims of the French Revolution, under the disguise of a mysterious hero.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792, during the early stages of the French Revolution . Marguerite St. Just, a beautiful French actress, is the wife of wealthy English fop Sir Percy Blakeney, a ... (Wikipedia)
Daddy-Long-Legs
by Jean Webster
A young girl's coming-of-age story, learning to navigate the world of adulthood.
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage . The children were completely dependent on charity and had to wear other people's cast-off clothes. Jerusha's unusual ... (Wikipedia)
Evelina
by Frances Burney
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, navigating the world of high society.
The novel opens with a distressed letter from Lady Howard to her longtime acquaintance, the Reverend Arthur Villars, in which she reports that Mme (Madame) Duval, the grandmother of Villars' ward , ... (Wikipedia)
The Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale
A young princess must overcome great obstacles to reclaim her rightful throne.
When crown princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee was born, she did not open her eyes until her aunt held her. The woman became her nursemaid and constant companion, nicknaming her Ani and telling ... (Wikipedia)
Bellwether
by Connie Willis
A humorous and light-hearted tale of a scientist's quest to uncover the secrets behind a mysterious phenomenon.
Connie Willis has won more Hugo and Nebula awards than any other science fiction author. Now, with her trademark wit and inventiveness, she explores the intimate relationship between science, pop ... (Goodreads)
The Mountain Between Us
by Charles Martin
Stranded in the snow-covered wilderness, two strangers must work together to survive.
On a stormy winter night, Dr. Ben Payne and writer Ashley Knox are stuck in Salt Lake City International Airport when their flights are canceled. Both are eager to reach their destinations—Ben has ... (Wikipedia)
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie
A detective investigates a murder aboard a luxury cruise ship, uncovering hidden secrets.
Agatha Christie's most daring travel mystery. The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, ... (Goodreads)
Silent in the Grave
by Deanna Raybourn
A Victorian-era mystery novel involving a determined female sleuth to unmask a murderer.
"LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED, AND LET THEM BE SILENT IN THE GRAVE." These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward ... (Goodreads)
The Clockmaker's Daughter
by Kate Morton
A story of love, loss, and mystery spanning over a century, centered around Birchwood Manor and the clockmaker's daughter.
My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon ... (Goodreads)
A Red Herring Without Mustard
by Alan Bradley
A young girl investigates a mysterious murder in a quaint English village.
Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with another beguiling novel starring the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce. The precocious chemist with a passion for ... (Goodreads)
Peter and the Starcatchers
by Dave Barry
A prequel to Peter Pan, following Peter and Molly as they protect a magical substance from pirates.
In 19th century London, an orphaned boy named Peter and fellow orphans James, Thomas, Prentiss, and Tubby Ted are shipped out on the decrepit Never Land , under the command of First Mate Slank and ... (Wikipedia)
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
A grand adventure across time and space, filled with romance, danger and mystery.
Voyager opens on the battlefield at Culloden , where Jamie Fraser finds himself gravely wounded and his rival Jack Randall dead. Jamie is carried to a nearby farmhouse where 18 Highland soldiers have ... (Wikipedia)
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
An unconventional family living in a crumbling castle navigate life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.
The novel takes place between April and October in a single year in the 1930s. The Mortmain family is genteel, poor, and eccentric. Cassandra's father is a writer suffering from writer's block who ... (Wikipedia)
The Blessing Way
by Tony Hillerman
Navajo Tribal Policeman investigates a murder and discovers a web of secrets.
Anthropologist Bergen McKee comes to the Navajo Reservation to research tales of witches , visiting his college friend, Joe Leaphorn. Leaphorn is a Navajo Tribal Police lieutenant. A young man, Luis ... (Wikipedia)
Dragonfly in Amber
by Diana Gabaldon
Romantic adventure through history as two time travelers fight to change their destiny.
Claire Randall has returned to her own time, where she has been living for 20 years with her husband Frank. Following his death, she brings her daughter, Brianna, to the home of the Randalls' old ... (Wikipedia)
Sarum: The Novel of England
by Edward Rutherfurd
Epic saga tracing the history of an English landscape from prehistoric times to the present day.
Sarum: The Novel of England - a novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapestry weaves a compelling saga of five families—the Wilsons, the Masons, the family of ... (Goodreads)
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie
A young woman's thrilling adventure of espionage and intrigue, uncovering a deadly secret.
Nadina, a dancer in Paris, receives a visit from Count Sergius Paulovitch. Both are in the service of "the Colonel", an international agent provocateur and criminal. "The Colonel" is retiring, ... (Wikipedia)
Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
A lady's maid and her mistress are locked in a tower for seven years. The maid's journal tells of their struggles and eventual escape.
Dashti, a mucker from steppes of the Eight Realms, begins a diary as she looks for a job after her mother dies of illness. Eventually, she finds and accepts a position as the new maid of Lady Saren, ... (Wikipedia)
Daughter of the Forest
by Juliet Marillier
Sorcha, a young woman, must complete an impossible task to save her brothers from a curse. She faces danger, love, and sacrifice in ancient Ireland.
Sorcha, the youngest child of Irish Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, loses her mother at childbirth, and is raised almost entirely by her six older brothers. She is more or less ignored by her father. When ... (Wikipedia)
The Woman in Black
by Susan Hill
A Victorian lawyer is tasked with investigating a mysterious and frightening ghost.
The novel is narrated by Arthur Kipps, the young lawyer who formerly worked for Mr. Bentley. One Christmas Eve he is at home with his wife Esme and four stepchildren, who are sharing ghost stories. ... (Wikipedia)
