Biographical fiction
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La Coleccionista
$22.95 Add to cartUna apasionante novela sobre una de las mujeres más poderosas del mundo del arte y los libros de Nueva York
Gracias a su pasión por los libros y gusto exquisito, Belle da Costa Green se ha vuelto, co
- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 399
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 6070789709
- Language: Spanish
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Marvelous: A Novel of Wonder and Romance in the French Royal Court
$19.99 Add to cart“Enchanting. Molly Greeley has pulled off a piece of magic to tell a dazzling love story about the outcast’s ache to be cared for and belong. This book broke my heart and put it back together again.”-
- Author: Greeley, Molly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0063244101
- Language: English
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Up with the Sun
$18.00 Read moreThrough the curious life of Dick Kallman–a real-life celebrity striver, poisonously charming actor, and eventual murder victim–the unforgiving worlds of postwar showbiz and down-low gay sexuality ar… [more below]
- Author: Mallon, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0525565914
- Language: English
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The Girls in the Picture
$26.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife, a “rich exploration of two Hollywood friends who shaped the movies” (USA Today)–screenwriter Frances Ma… [more below]
- Author: Benjamin, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 110188682X
- Language: English
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The Twentieth Wife
$18.99 Add to cartAn enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India’s most controversial empresses — a woman whose brilliance and determination … [more below]
- Author: Sundaresan, Indu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 18 2003
- ISBN10: 0743428188
- Language: English
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Virgin Earth
$24.00 Add to cartIn this enthralling, freestanding sequel to Earthly Joys, New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory combines a wealth of gardening knowledge with a haunting love story that spans two continen… [more below]
- Series: Tradescant Novels #2
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0743272536
- Language: English
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The Crook Factory
$25.99 Add to cartIt’s the summer of 1942, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion-a babysitting job … [more below]
- Author: Simmons, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0316213454
- Language: English
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Jesus
$18.99 Add to cartWith eloquence and beauty, the award-winning author of Book of the Dun Cow, The Book of God, and Paul: A Novel turns his pen to history’s most compelling figure: Jesus of Nazareth. In vibrant language
- Author: Wangerin Jr, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 15 2005
- ISBN10: 0310270413
- Language: English
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The Terrifying Realm of the Possible: Nearly True Stories
$29.99 Add to cartA daring, hilariously neurotic literary debut from the acclaimed actor and comedian Brett Gelman (Stranger Things, Fleabag).
Enter the wonderfully weird, always uncomfortable, side-splittingly funny wo
- Author: Gelman, Brett
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0063315971
- Language: English
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The Teacher of Warsaw
$26.99 Read moreFor fans of The Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything in Poland irrevocably–except for one man’s capacity to love.
September 1, 1939. Sixty-year-old Janusz
- Author: Escobar, Mario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 0785252177
- Language: English
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In Alexa’s Shoes
$29.99 Add to cartIn Alexa’s Shoes – a dramatic, uplifting true story of a young girl’s struggle to overcome great odds to survive through WWII.
In the autumn of 1940, thirteen-year-old Alexa’s happy life is ripped from
- Author: Alexandra, Rochelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 1640856153
- Language: English
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The Blue Orchard
$19.99 Add to cartOn the eve of the Great Depression, Verna Krone, the child of Irish immigrants, must leave the eighth grade and begin working as a maid to help support her family. Her employer takes inappropriate lib… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Jackson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 12 2010
- ISBN10: 1416592946
- Language: English
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The Three Musketeers
$19.99 Read moreVINTAGE CLASSICS FRENCH SERIES: stunning flapped paperback editions showcasing the bestselling, most acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century
All for one, and one for all!
The young D’Artagna… [more below]- Author: Dumas, Alexandre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1784878421
- Language: English
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MarÃa Callas. Tan Fiera, Tan Frágil / The Life of MarÃa Callas
$24.95 Read moreUna biograf?a novelada de la vida ?ntima de la gran Mar?a Callas, la diva por excelencia.
Descubre la magia detr?s de la leyenda! Pronto, Angelina Jolie dar? vida a la inigualable Mar?a Callas en la- Author: Signorini, Alfonso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 8426425917
- Language: Spanish
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The Last Great Dance on Earth
$23.99 Add to cartThe Last Great Dance on Earth is the triumphant final volume of Sandra Gulland’s beloved trilogy based on the life of Josephine Bonaparte. When the novel opens, Josephine and Napoleon have been marrie… [more below]
- Author: Gulland, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0684856085
- Language: English
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King Jesus
$28.99 Add to cartKing Jesus, long out of print, is one of the most controversial historical novels of all time. In it, Robert Graves has summoned his superb narrative powers, his painstaking scholarship, his wit and
- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Graves, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 1981
- ISBN10: 0374516642
- Language: English
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The Age of Light
$16.99 Add to cartOne of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle
Journey back to 1930’s Paris with this “startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a wom- Author: Scharer, Whitney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 031652414X
- Language: English
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Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles
$52.00 Add to cartMargaret George’s exhaustively researched novel skillfully weaves both historical fact and plausible fiction in bringing the story of Mary Queen of Scots to life.
She was a child crowned a queen….
A- Author: George, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: April 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0312155859
- Language: English
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Paul
$18.99 Add to cartAn intimate portrait of a complex individual through whom God was at work, turning the world upside down. With vivid imagination and scholarly depth, award-winning author Walter Wangerin Jr. weaves to
- Author: Wangerin Jr, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 25 2001
- ISBN10: 0310243165
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard
$14.99 Add to cartBenjamin Frankiln’s Bastard by Sally Cabot is an absorbing and compelling work of literary historical fiction that brings to life a little-known chapter of the American Revolution — the story of Benj
- Author: Cabot, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 0062241931
- Language: English
