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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The rehearsal The rehearsal Eleanor Catton A dazzlingly assured and bold novel revolving around a school sex scandal. An exhilarating and provocative novel about the unsimple mess of human desire, at once a tender evocation of its young prota… OL17912893W
Sex with kings Sex with kings Eleanor Herman Chronicles five hundred years of adultery in European monarchy, discussing how royal mistresses influenced every aspect of European history, and profiling notable women and the kings who loved them. OL17928386W
My dear Hamilton My dear Hamilton Stephanie Dray Tells the story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Tells not just as the wronged wife a… OL19736199W
The petticoat men The petticoat men Barbara Ewing The Victorian gossipmongers called them The Petticoat Men. But to young widow Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. It is Mattie who admires their sparkling gowns, makes … OL20979485W
Through the Keyhole Through the Keyhole Susan C. Law 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm OL25732874W