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  • The Last Sunset of Maurice Begere

    A Hotel Monteleone Mystery • 1897 New Orleans

    by Hamele ...
    In the autumn of 1897, New Orleans stands at the crossroads of commerce, politics, and ambition. Along the crowded levees, fortunes rise and fall with the movement of ships, cargo, and secrets. For Jacques Begere, a respected French-Creole shipping broker, life appears prosperous. His family is admired, his business is thriving, and his young son Maurice is the center of a happy household.Yet ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • A Free Man of Color

    by Barbara Hambly ...
    Series Book 1 - Benjamin January
    A lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures . . . and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal.It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted—by murder.Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • The Phantom of Manhattan

    by Frederick Forsyth ...
    The stunning continuation of the timeless classic The Phantom of the Opera.In The Phantom of Manhattan, acclaimed, bestselling suspense novelist Frederick Forsyth pens a magnificent work of historical fiction, rife with the insights and sounds of turn-of-the-century New York City, while continuing the dramatic saga which began with Gaston Leroux's brilliant novel The Phantom of the Opera...More ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Graveyard Dust

    A Novel of Suspense

    by Barbara Hambly ...
    Series Book 3 - Benjamin January
    Bestselling author Barbara Hambly's A Free Man of Color and Fever Season established Benjamin January as one of mystery's most exciting heroes. Now he returns in a powerful new novel, a sensual mosaic of old New Orleans, where cultures clash and murder can hover around every darkened corner....It is St. John's Eve in the summer of 1834 when Benjamin January—Creole physician and music teacher—is ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Prince's Consort

    Chronicles of Tournai, #1

    by Antonia Aquilante ...
    Series Book 1 - Chronicles of Tournai
    Legends tell of large cats defending the principality of Tournai, but such creatures are only myth.Or are they?Prince Philip inherited the throne of Tournai at a young age, and since then, his life has centered around ruling his country and resisting those pressuring him to do as they want both in matters of governance and those more personal. He's become isolated and lonely. Amory is the second ... Read more

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  • Who Was Marie Antoinette?

    by Dana Meachen Rau, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    From the palaces of Austria to the mirrored halls of Versailles, Marie Antoinette led a charmed life. She was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age 15. By 21 she ascended to the throne and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of masquerade balls, sky-high wigs, and extravagant food. But her taste for excess ruffled many feathers. The poor people of France blamed Marie ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Die Upon a Kiss

    by Barbara Hambly ...
    Series Book 5 - Benjamin January
    In A Free Man of Color and Sold Down the River, Benjamin January guided readers through the seductive maze of New Orleans' darkest quarters. Now January joins the orchestra of the city's top opera house — only to become enmeshed in a web of hate and greed more murderous than any drama onstage.In 1835, the cold February streets glitter with masked revelers in Carnival costumes. An even more ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • A Sitting in St. James

    by Rita Williams-Garcia ...
    Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!7 starred reviews! "Monumental." —Booklist (starred review) * "A marathon masterpiece."—Kirkus (starred review) * "Necessary."—SLJ (starred review) * "Shocking and dramatic."—Shelf Awareness (starred review) * "Mesmerizing, confounding and vividly rendered."—Book Page (starred review) * "Williams-Garcia’s storytelling is magnificent; her voice honest and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • I Am Madame X

    A Novel

    by Gioia Diliberto ...
    An intriguing and absorbing novel about the life of Virginie Gautreau, the subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous portrait Madame X, which scandalized the 1884 Paris Salon—perfect for fans of the bestselling Girl with a Pearl Earring.When John Singer Sargent unveiled *Madame X—*his famous portrait of twenty-three-year-old American beauty Virginie Gautreau—at the 1884 Paris Salon, its subject ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Many Faces of Josephine Baker

    Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy

    by Peggy Caravantes ...
    Series Book 11 - Women of Action
    A complete biographical look at the complex life of a world-famous entertainerWith determination and audacity, Josephine Baker turned her comic and musical abilities into becoming a worldwide icon of the Jazz Age. The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy provides the first in-depth portrait of this remarkable woman for young adults. Author Peggy Caravantes follows Baker's ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climates

    A Novel

    by Andre Maurois ...
    Translated by Adriana Hunter ...
    Written in 1928 by French biographer and novelist Andre Maurois, Climates became a best seller in France and all over Europe. The first 100,000 copies printed of its Russian translation sold out the day they appeared in Moscow bookstores. This magnificently written novel about a double conjugal failure is imbued with subtle yet profound psychological insights of a caliber that arguably rivals ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Libre

    by Barbara Hambly ...
    A short story about free man of color Benjamin January (of the Free Man of Color historical mystery series). In pre-Civil-War New Orleans, musician Benjamin January is tasked by his obnoxious mother to find the missing daughter of one of the city's free colored demi-monde - who may or may not have disappeared voluntarily. But if she was kidnapped, who did it, and how can she be rescued? ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus