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"In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is a house divided. The triumphant Bourbons flaunt their victory with lavish parties, while Bonapartists seek revenge only to be captured and executed. Amid the turmoil, British attache and Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, discover that his murdered half-sister, Princess Tatiana Kirsanova, may have borne a child--a secret she took to the grave"--Back cover.

As a struggle for control of Noble House, the most powerful English trading company in the Orient, takes place in 1862, Lord Toranaga Yoshi is trying to usher Japan into the modern age.

Lucy Snowe makes her way by teaching, as she unhappily watches John Bretton's infatuation for the flirt, Ginevra Fanshawe. She then falls in love with and transforms the professor, Monsieur Paul Emanuel.

A historical novel, drawing from records of actual events and people to chronicle the realities of World War I in France and Belgium as experienced by ordinary soldiers and the generals who plotted battle strategy.

Seeking some excitement in her life, Kitty Fane embarks on an adulterous affair with the handsome Charles Townsend, but when her husband finds out he forces her to accompany him to a cholera epidemic in China.

Ted Mundy, former student radical and Cold War spy for the British, is living a quiet life as co-principal of an English-language school and tour guide in Germany when he is contacted by an old friend and colleague who tries to persuade Ted to accept a too-good-to-be-true offer from a mysterious philanthropist who is putting up $500,000 to turn the school into a vehicle for promoting international peace and understanding in the post-9/11 world.

When a British teacher accepts a position on a Greek island he soon becomes embroiled in a confusing maze of death, violence, and erotic encounters.

Catherine Carreg longs to escape her monotonous life in Wales, and, with the help of her friend Deio, runs away to London, where she volunteers as a nurse and is thrown into a living nightmare amid the chaos of war.

A collection of comic strips and graphic stories featuring the adventures of British Special Agent 007, James Bond.

Personal shopper Becky Bloomwood's life reaches the peak of perfection when her entrepreneurial boyfriend Luke proposes, but the couple sees trouble looming on the horizon when both their mothers try to seize control of the wedding plans.