DESIREE
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 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 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 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
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