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• The Eagle & the Wolf

  Doherty, Gordon, 1978-

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  Flavius Aetius, a noble Roman son, is an outsider in a savage land. He has been banished, given as hostage to the barbaric Huns and sent to the edge of the world.

• The Barman of the Ritz

  Collin, Philippe, 1975-

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  Based on the true story of a Jewish barman/spy who served the Nazis in the Ritz Paris during occupation – for fans of Anthony Doerr and Amor Towles.

• Dodge City

  deWitt, Patrick, 1975-

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  A rollicking novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fueled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada. It’s 1967 in Los Angeles and Lee Clarke has received his draft notice, calling him up to fight in the Vietnam War.

• Stolen Things

  Howell, A.M.

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  Isolated and unheard, this is a claustrophobic, dark, and moving portrait of a woman who must decide how far she's willing to go to protect her child and her home. For fans of Stacey Halls, Lizzie Pook, and Laura Purcell.

• Captain of Venice

  Cameron, Christian

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  The next instalment in the Chivalry series.Following William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and criminal, and to redemption with the Knights of Saint John,

• The Queen's Sister

  McGrath, Carol, 1950-

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  Set in 1537, the story of Elizabeth Seymour – sister of Henry VIII’s third queen Jane – who flees court for Yorkshire to forge her own independent life, only to be drawn back into Tudor intrigue through her marriage to Gregory Cromwell.

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  Heavy Water

  Stephenson, Neal, 1959-

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  The second installment in the Bomb Light series - a gripping tale set on the eve of World War II, as nations race to find and control an elusive substance critical to building atomic weapons.

• Lost Kingdom of Daughters

  Randel, Weina Dai

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  The Moso people follow a matriarchal tradition but a woman's passions for two American brothers causes a clash between tradition and modernity.

• QUEEN OF LOMBARD STREET

  KLEYPAS, LISA

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  A trailblazing female economist who's determined to build Britain's first women's bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found family she's created.

• Julia

  Moore, Heather B.

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  Before she stepped into the spotlight as a master of French cooking, Julia Child navigated the shadows as a WWII intelligence officer.