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The autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

a novel
2011
A fictionalized account of the life of Marcy Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump, who, at only two feet, eight inches tall, used her height to become a legend, joining P.T. Barnum's circus, marrying superstar General Tom Thumb, and living in the spotlight, while trying to protect her similarly sized sister, Minnie.

The queen's man

a medieval mystery
1996
Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high cleric, becomes invaluable to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine when he delivers a letter to her with information about the fate of her first-born son, Richard Lionheart, England's king.

The women

a novel
2009
A fictional account of the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright as seen through the experiences of the four women who loved him.

Lady Jane

1985
The story of a young girl who was forced to assume the throne of England against her will in 1553 at the death of her cousin Edward VI.

Queen of swords

1997
Princess Melisende of Outremer, the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem, is forced to marry Count Fulk of France who will become king in her place after her father's death. A strong woman, Melisende does not submit to Fulk for long. Assisted by her life-long companions Lady Richildis and Sir Bertrand Melisende rules the exotic land of Outremer.

In the time of the poisoned Queen

1998
Nicholas Segalla, a time-traveling scholar and diplomat, steps into the mystery surrounding the predicted, and eagerly awaited demise of England's Queen Mary in 1558.

Johanna

a novel of the van Gogh family
1995
A biographical novel of Vincent van Gogh's widowed sister-in-law who saved the painter's work from destruction and devoted her life to promoting them.

The master's cat

the story of Charles Dickens as told by his cat
1999

Innocent traitor

a novel of Lady Jane Grey
2006
An historical fiction depicting the life and reign of Lady Jane Grey, who finds herself in the middle of civil unrest that plagued the House of Tudor during the sixteenth century.

Chang and Eng

a novel
2001
Chronicles the lives of Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese twins who were joined at the chest.

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