The drama of the birth of modern Mexico and the tragedy of Emperor Maximilian and his lovely, mad wife Carlota, as seen by young Sally Lorimer, sister of the Empress's doctor. A Literary Guild Selection....
THE WRONG VICTIM The bomb had been meant for Emperor Napoleon III -- a savage blow for the liberty of Italy -- but only the innocent suffered and died. One of the injured was the American girl, Jenny Cameron -- and the bomb was only the first and...
Fiery romance in the midst of worldwide conflict In the tumultuous aftermath of the Russian Revolution, with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, dedicated men and determined women struggle with opposing ideologies and dangerous passions...
he year is 1942. london is battered but unsubdued while Paris lies at the proud feet of her conquerors, and the moment of truth has come for Britain's new American allies. Should they spearhead an invasion of metropolitan France, or, as Mr. Churchill...
The superb saga of the Estrada family, set in California in the century between the United States war with Mexico and the one of Pearl Harbor. In 1866 Luis Estrada, a Spanish rancher, goes to war against the American invaders of California, while ...
A FLOWER AT THE BARRICADES 1871 was the year of the Paris Commune, 20,000 were to die defending revolutionary Paris at the barricades, and in the slow starvation of a city under siege. For beautiful Babette, artist’s model, it was a time of d...
French Revolution in the year of the Terror. Enthralling saga, introducing the young Napoleon. Spirited heroine Marie Fontaine, niece of a Parisian apothecary, keeps her head during the French Revolution while all about her are literally losing th...
From Catherine Gavin, acclaimed author of A Light Woman, The Glory Road and Dawn of Splendour, comes the unforgettable story of Napoleon, Josephine, and the young woman who witnessed their passion. Marie Fontaine's life is inextricably entwined with ...