by Annemarie Selinko · William Morrow and Company
Eugénie Désirée Clary records two love affairs in her diary, one with Napoleon, who jilted her for Josephine, and a second with General Bernadotte, who married her.
by Mika Waltari · Putnam
Historical novel about Constantinople at the time of its fall, in 1452-1453.
by Rumer Godden · Viking Press
Roman om en ung engelsk enke, hvis livsmod og udholdenhed bærer hende frelst igennem genvordigheder i et afsides indisk bjerglandskab i Kashmir
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 Daphne du Maurier · Doubleday and Company, Inc
Eight short stories by DuMaurier.
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 Frances Parkinson Keyes · Julian Messner, Inc
Three generations of a southern family show customs and manners of plantation and river life.
by John Steinbeck · Viking Press
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
