Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.

Philippa Gregory

Tags: historical-fiction henry-viii anne-boleyn

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I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?

Philippa Gregory

Tags: historical-fiction henry-viii mary-boleyn anne-boleyn

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She had wanted more than she could have.
She had wanted him, and more... she had wanted him to want her.
In the name of something bigger than tradition, bolder than reputation, more important than a silly title.

Sarah MacLean

Tags: romance historical-fiction love-heartache

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He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball.
No. I really don’t.
He assures me if I stay in town long enough I will become a baseball fan. It’s a requirement of living in St. Louis. Everyone is a Cardinal’s fan.
“Loyal,” he tells me. St. Louis is a loyal town.

Gwenn Wright

Tags: historical-fiction baseball sports gothic contemporary ya young-adult-literature cardinals missouri st-louis world-series

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There are some things you never say good-bye to

Elizabeth Berg

Tags: historical-fiction world-war-2

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True vice, my lady, would frighten us all, if it did not wear the mask of virtue. (p.56)

Emery Lee

Tags: romance historical-fiction georgian

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How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the damage is irreparable?

Gwenn Wright

Tags: love loss death historical-fiction grief young-adult-fiction von-strassenberg bluestocking-girl

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This is a story of Africa. A pioneer woman's journey north was merely the beginning.

Jeffrey Whittam

Tags: gold adventure war africa historical-fiction diamonds warriors cecil-rhodes zimbabwe lobengula mashonaland matabele rhodesia shangani

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The British could leave and half India wouldn't notice us leaving just as they didn't notice us arriving. All our reforms of administration might be reforms on the moon for all it has to do with them..

J.G. Farrell

Tags: politics historical-fiction

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All things in Fiji are paid for in blood.

Lance Morcan

Tags: adventure romance historical-fiction action historical-romance south-pacific fiji suva

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