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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
Adria Locke Langley
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THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND FATHER SMITH
Bruce Marshall
THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND FATHER SMITH
by Bruce Marshall · Houghton Mifflin
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This is the story of Father Smith, priest in a Scottish city.
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CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE
Samuel Shellaburger
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THE BLACK ROSE
Thomas B. Costain
THE BLACK ROSE
by Thomas B. Costain · Doubleday
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Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China. With his friend Tristam, he fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol Empire, and returns famous, to find that he must choose between the first love he thought lost and the exotic flower that he found in the East.
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COMMODORE HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
COMMODORE HORNBLOWER
by C. S. Forester · Little, Brown
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The book is part of the famous Hornblower saga by C. S. Forester
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THE WHITE TOWER
James Ramsey Ullman
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THE WINE OF SAN LORENZO
Herbert Gorman
THE WINE OF SAN LORENZO
by Herbert Gorman · Farrar & Rinehart
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Novel of the time of the Mexican War. It opens with the battle of the Alamo and ends shortly after the surrender of Santa Anna's forces.
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THAT GIRL FROM MEMPHIS
Wilbur Daniel Steele
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