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While tending to his father's business affairs, John Lempriere, a young scholar, discovers a 150-year-old conspiracy that has kept his family from its share of the fabulously wealthy East India Company. But as John begins to untangle the years of mystery and deceit, people begin to die, in ways that mirror the very myths he is researching.

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When Isabella is betrothed to the Marquis of Mantua, all her ambitions seem to come true -- until Beatrice marries Ludovico, the powerful Duke of Milan. Once close, the sisters are now fierce rivals, for Ludovico's affections but also for the larger prize, to be immortalized by Milan's court painter, Leonardo da Vinci.

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Don Giovanni di Tenario, lives on in the memory of his servant Leporello. In Leporello's tale, the Don escapes his summons to Hell and master and servant travel through the courts and casinos, lodging houses and brothels of eighteenth-century Europe. Their journey ends with Don Giovanni returning to his family estates - and a terrible inheritance.

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The U.S. Civil War was a time of unprecedented loss and lasting heartache. In this book, the post-war paths of two veterans are explored and readers are given a glimpse at the struggles and triumphs involved in rebuilding lives after everything seems lost.

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The U.S. Civil War was a time of devastating loss and hardship, not just for the soldiers who fought, but for their families as well. In Life After the Civil War, readers will hear detailed accounts of how four different people from varying walks of life were affected by the war and what they did to survive and thrive in the often savage aftermath it left behind.

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Out of print for more than a decade, a new edition of this stunning psychological novel captures the oppressive strength of family love as Harriett, taught since childhood that good behavior is essential, sacrifices her own dreams and desires, with devastating consquences for herself and those who

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In this collection of finely crafted historical and contemporary stories, Vreeland transports readers through time, from Paris in the 1840s, to present-day California, allowing them to witness the inspiration behind--and in some cases the creation--of great works of art.

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In 397 BC, in Susa, the opulent capital of the Persian empire, where the Jews are living in exile, young Lilah is destined for a happy life: she is due to marry Antinoes, a great Persian warrior well known at the king's court. But her beloved brother Ezra, with whom she has been close since childhood, is opposed to this marriage with a foreigner.

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Torn between duty to her family and a last chance at love...

Busy bringing up her motherless brothers and sisters, romance is the last thing on Lily Thorpes mind.

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Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.

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A young woman, Natalie Meadows, jumps from Blackfriars Bridge, escaping from the horror she had just witnessed. But she is rescued and feels duty-bound to find out who murdered her best friend, the music hall star Nellie Warwick - and why.

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Includes discussion questions and excerpt from The broken girls (pages 325-337).

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WINNER of the 2017 The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award

A stunning novel of friendship, fraud and betrayal within a compelling literary rivalry.

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France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers. From the gentle persuasions of Madame de Mailley to her overtly ambitious sister, Madame Vintimille, France stands by and watches a King ruled by his women...

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A bestselling author returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved paintings in history: Renoirs "Luncheon of the Boating Party."

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Amid glorious celebrations their father becomes Pope, and shortly after Lucrezia is married - but as Borgias the lives of the Pope's children are destined to be marred by scandal and tragedy, and it's a fate that Lucrezia cannot hope to escape ...