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English
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International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
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Clarenceux trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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English
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In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As William's star rises, Richard's onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty. So when a priceless manuscript goes missing,...
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English history novels volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Sir Robert Carey mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
11) Sacred treason
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Series
Clarenceux trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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In 1563, Catholics are hunted by Queen Elizabeths men. William Harley, Clarenceux King of Armes is a Catholic herald in her majestys court and worries that his secret will be discovered. But one night an old friend, Henry Machyn, recklessly breaks curfew to ask Clarenceux to safeguard his volume of "seditious and heretical writings," telling his friend that the "fate of two queens depends on" the project, 13 years in the making. If anything should...
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English
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This Whitbread Award–winning biography and basis for the film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie “reads like Shakespearean drama” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana
In the first full-scale...
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana
In the first full-scale...
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Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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