by Thomas B. Costain · Doubleday and Company, Inc
"This novel [is] based on legends of the years following Christ's crucifixion. [It] describes the life of Basil, the artisan who fashioned the silver chalice, a frame meant to hold the ... cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper"--Fiction catalog.
by Herman Wouk · Doubleday
Each decade new readers discover the characters and curious activities aboard the U.S.S. "Caine in this classic tale of pathos, humor, and scope.
by Agnes Sligh Turnbull · Houghton Mifflin
Activities of the 25th year of a Presbyterian country preacher and his family.
by Nicholas Monsarrat · Alfred A. Knopf
Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep.
by Horace McCoy · Appleton-Century-Crofts
Tom Owen, an ex-miner from Coalville, Pennsylvania, becomes a successful surgeon In Pittsburgh. He must choose between two women and consequently, two lifestyles.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
