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Around the world in 100 days Around the world in 100 days Gary L. Blackwood When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechan… OL15057798W
Hornblower & the Crisis Hornblower & the Crisis C. S. Forester The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England ... Set in 1805, Hornblower and the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonapa… OL1937762W
Year of Wonders Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks This is the story of a young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the year of 1666, when plague suddenly visits her small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charis… OL2011278W
Sharpe's battle Sharpe's battle Bernard Cornwell As Napoleon threatens to crush Britain on the battlefield, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe leads a ragtag army to exact personal revenge against a French general known for his acts of terror. Sharpe's Battl… OL23290W
The Captive Queen of Scots The Captive Queen of Scots Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert So begins Jean Plaidy’s The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion fall… OL3453483W
The haunting of Charles Dickens The haunting of Charles Dickens Lewis Buzbee Twelve-year-old Meg travels the rooftops and streets of 1862 London, England, in search of her missing brother, Orion, accompanied by a family friend, the famed author Charles Dickens, whose quest is… OL4815435W
The Phoenix and the Carpet The Phoenix and the Carpet Edith Nesbit Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world. OL99539W