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  The Apothecary's Daughter

  by Julie Klassen

  Lilly Haswell remembers everything -- whether she wants to, or not....As Lilly toils in her father's apothecary shop, preparing herbs and remedies by rote, she is haunted by memories of her mother's disappearance. Villagers whisper the tale, but her father refuses to discuss it. All the while, she dreams of the world beyond -- of travel and adventure and romance.When a relative offers to host... (more)
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  Tides of war

  by S. K. Tillyard

  An epic romantic novel of the Peninsular War from the acclaimed historian, author of Aristocrats . A brilliant debut by a wonderful historian, Tides of War is a sweeping, romantic, panoramic historical novel, set in Regency London and in Spain during the Peninsular War, which shows again the narrative talent of Aristocrats, as well as Tillyards's genius for period, atmosphere, character and description. At... (more)