Hamnet & Judith —O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972- author.

"A thrilling departure: a short, piercing, deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's 11 year old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in 15th century Britain--and the years leading up to the producti...

The brothers of Auschwitz —Adler, Malka, 1946- author.

"Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horrors of the war. But one day in 1944, everything changes. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish village...

Daisy Jones & the Six : a novel —Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.

"A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer -- and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up. Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up i...

The invention of wings —Kidd, Sue Monk.

"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be h...

The Paris orphan —Lester, Natasha, 1973- author.

Manhattan, Paris, 1942: When Jessica May's successful modelling career is abruptly cut short, she is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for Vogue. But when she arrives the army men make her life as diffic...

My mother's secret : based on a true Holocaust story —Witterick, J. L.

We were the lucky ones —Hunter, Georgia, 1978- author.

An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who scatter at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive, and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939, and three generati...

Code name Hélène : a novel —Lawhon, Ariel, author.

"A novel based on the real life story of socialite spy Nancy Wake, about the astonishing woman who killed a Nazi with her bare hands and went on to become one of the most decorated women in WWII"-- Provided by publisher....

The light in hidden places : a novel based on the true story of Stefania Pódgorska —Cameron, Sharon, 1970- author.

Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store in for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish...

Petra —Lambert, Shaena, author.

"Inspired by the life and death of Petra Kelly, the original Green Party leader and political activist who fought for the planet and human rights in 1980s Germany, Shaena Lambert brings us a timely and captivating new no...

Becoming Mrs. Lewis : a novel : the improbable love story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis —Henry, Patti Callahan, author.

"The love story of C.S. Lewis and his wife, Helen Joy Davidman Gresham, was improbable--and seemingly impossible. Their Eros-story led to some of Lewis's greatest works, yet Joy is most commonly known for how she died. B...

We were the lucky ones —Hunter, Georgia, 1978- author.

An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who scatter at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive, and to reunite.

The mystery of Mrs. Christie : a novel —Benedict, Marie, author.

"December 1926: England unleashes the largest manhunt in its history. The object of the search is not an escaped convict or a war criminal, but the missing wife of a WWI hero, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie...

Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear —Mattick, Lindsay.

During World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian rescued a bear cub on his way to Europe and took her to the war.

The queen's secret : a novel of England's World War II queen —Harper, Karen (Karen S.), author.

In this novel of royal secrets and intrigue set during World War II, Karen Harper lifts the veil on one of the worlds most fascinating families, and how its secret weapon of a matriarch maneuvered her way through one of ...

Sword of kings —Cornwell, Bernard, author.

Uhtred of Bebbanburg is a man of his word. An oath bound him to King Alfred. An oath bound him to Ǽthelflaed. And now an oath will wrench him away from the ancestral home he fought so hard to regain. For Uhtred has swor...

Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team —Hooper, Elise, author.

In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the auth...

Mrs. Lincoln's sisters —Chiaverini, Jennifer, author.

In 1875, Elizabeth Todd Edwards is shocked to learn her estranged sister, Mary Todd Lincoln, has tried to take her own life. This event causes Elizabeth to look back on her fraught relationship with her famous sister.

The Arctic fury : a novel —Macallister, Greer, author.

"1855: Virginia Reeve is summoned by an eccentric Brit with a compelling offer. Lady Jane Franklin wants her to lead a dozen women into the Arctic in search of the ships of her husband's lost expedition, and she's willin...

Jackie and Maria : a novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas —Paul, Gill, author.

"Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband. Life in the public eye with an overly ambitious--and unfaithful--man who could hardly be coaxed to return from ...