Historical Fiction 1910s-2000s

Historical fiction books set sometime between 1910 and 2010
 

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1. The Christie affair

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Author:
Gramont, Nina de
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3.5 stars
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"London, 1925. In a world of townhomes and tennis matches, socialites and shooting parties, Miss Nan O'Dea became Archie Christie's mistress, luring him away from his devoted and well-known wife, Agatha Christie. The question is, why? Why destroy another woman's marriage, why hatch a plot years in the making, and why murder? How was Nan O'Dea so intricately tied to those eleven mysterious days that Agatha Christie went missing?"--

2. The forest of vanishing stars

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Author:
Harmel, Kristin
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4.3 stars
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A "coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis--until a secret from her past threatens everything"--

3. The last garden in England

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Author:
Kelly, Julia, 1986-
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3.8 stars
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A "tale of five women in three eras, whose lives are tied together by one very special garden"--

4. Malibu rising: a novel

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Author:
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
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4 stars
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"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s [this book] follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young."--

5. The Paris library: a novel

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Author:
Skeslien Charles, Janet
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4 stars
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"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear--including her beloved library ... Montana, 1983. Odile's solitary...