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Post by annis » Wed July 25th, 2012, 9:11 pm

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I've about given up on trying to keep all of Cameron's books straight - there are so many of them and they change titles, dates etc. Ugh!!!!!
Yes, and he's such a prolific author! The Tyrant books are particularly tricky as they're all listed under the series name, e.g. Tyrant:Whatever. I find his website not particularly helpful as far as forthcoming books go - the best option seems to be Fantastic Fiction which is usually pretty good when it comes to series listings.

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Post by Divia » Thu July 26th, 2012, 12:53 am

[quote=""princess garnet""]Divia, the backstory and excerpt is posted on her website for your reading pleasure.[/quote]

EEKKK!

Thanks so much for the linnk! :)
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Post by Berengaria » Mon July 30th, 2012, 10:40 pm

Actually, book shopping on August 14th.....The Kingmaker's Daughters, The Second Empress, and The Shadow Queen The books I read always seem to be published on the same day or within a week of one another! Not complaining, though! :p
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Post by boswellbaxter » Mon July 30th, 2012, 11:49 pm

[quote=""annis""]

James had a favourite mistress, Margaret Drummond, who died of food poisoning just before the marriage settlement went through and her death has been the subject of various murder conspiracies, including the one that Henry VIII colluded in her death so as to clear the way for his sister - James and Margaret D being suspected of having undergone a secret wedding.[/quote]

Quite a conspirator, that Henry VIII, seeing as he was 11 years old when Margaret Drummond died in 1502.
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Post by Tanzanite » Fri August 3rd, 2012, 3:43 pm

Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors. US and UK release February 5, 2013.


From the international bestselling author of Beneath a Marble Sky comes a new tale of ancient struggle and triumph.


In the twelfth century, the legendary temple of Angkor Wat was ruled by the benevolent and brilliant military strategist Prince Jayavar. When his land is taken by force, Jayavar narrowly escapes death at the hands of the conquering Cham King Indravarman. As Indravarman rules with an iron fist, Jayavar and his wife establish a secret camp to amass an army, reclaim their kingdom, and free their people. Temple of a Thousand Faces is an unforgettable epic on a grand scale, set against one of the world's most awe-inspiring creations.
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Post by Tanzanite » Fri August 3rd, 2012, 3:45 pm

[quote=""Tanzanite""]The Turncoat by Donna Thorland. US and UK release March 5, 2013.


(from the author's website): They are lovers on opposite sides of a brutal war, with everything at stake and no possibility of retreat. They can trust no one–especially not each other.


Major Lord Peter Tremayne is the last man rebel bluestocking Kate Grey should fall in love with, but when the handsome British viscount commandeers her home, Kate throws caution to the wind and responds to his seduction. She is on the verge of surrender when a spy in her own household seizes the opportunity to steal the military dispatches Tremayne carries, ensuring his disgrace—and implicating Kate in high treason. Painfully awakened to the risks of war, Kate determines to put duty ahead of desire, and offers General Washington her services as an undercover agent in the City of Brotherly Love.


Months later, having narrowly escaped court martial and hanging, Tremayne returns to decadent, British-occupied Philadelphia with no stomach for his current assignment—to capture the woman he believes betrayed him. Nor does he relish the glittering entertainments being held for General Howe’s idle officers. Worse, the glamorous woman in the midst of this social whirl, the fiancée of his own dissolute cousin, is none other than Kate Grey herself. And so begins their dangerous dance, between passion and patriotism, between certain death and the promise of a brave new future together.[/quote]

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Post by Tanzanite » Fri August 3rd, 2012, 3:47 pm

The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer. Non-fiction. US and UK release April 2013

Forget everything you think you know about the most infamous family of the Italian Renaissance. Here in every colorful detail is the real story of the Borgias and their indelible, tumultuous world, written by the gifted author of the acclaimed A World Undone and The Tudors and timed to coincide with the upcoming new season of the celebrated Showtime series, The Borgias.
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Post by Tanzanite » Fri August 3rd, 2012, 3:48 pm

Paris by Edward Rutherfurd. US and UK release April 16, 2013.


From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps through centuries as it weaves the tales of families whose fates are forever entwined with the City of Lights. As he did so brilliantly in London: The Novel and New York:
The Novel, Edward Rutherfurd brings to life the most magical city in the world: Paris.


This breathtaking multigenerational saga takes readers on a journey through thousands of years of glorious Parisian history.
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Post by Tanzanite » Fri August 3rd, 2012, 3:49 pm

A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg by Jeff Shaara. US release May 28, 2013.


New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara returned to the Civil War in 2012 with his riveting account of the Battle of Shiloh, A Blaze of Glory. In this gripping sequel featuring Grant, Pemberton, and more, he moves to the Seige of Vicksburg. This new trilogy is Shaara at his best, writing for his broadest and most avid readership.

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Post by Tanzanite » Fri August 10th, 2012, 6:58 pm

Imperial Legend: The Mysterious Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I by Alexis Troubetzkoy. Non-fiction. US reissue January 1, 2013.

In 1825 Czar Alexander I—a sovereign of untold power and wealth and the vanquisher of Napoleon—died in a remote village near the Crimea. Or did he?

Alexander I, one of Russia’s greatest emperors, beloved of his subjects for his many liberalizing works and reforms domestically, and for his astounding—and unexpected—victory over the presumably invulnerable Napoleon Bonaparte, reigned from 1801 to late 1825. But despite his many glittering successes at home and abroad, his immense power and wealth, the tsar was throughout his life a troubled man. Caught up in the personal and political maelstrom between his domineering grandmother Catherine the Great and his highly neurotic and volatile father Paul I, Alexander came to the throne as a result of a coup mounted against his father in March 1801. Although not an active participant in the plot, and reassured that the plan was to depose and exile the unpopular Paul, not to harm him, Alexander was devastated when the takeover turned violent and his father was assassinated. That cloud under which he acceded to the throne never lifted, and throughout his reign he often confided to family and friends his desire to thrust off the burdens of state and retire to some quiet place to live out the rest of his life.

By 1825, his popularity waning, the health of his wife becoming more fragile by the day, he decided to remove himself and a bare-bones court to Taganrog, a remote town near the Crimea. A few weeks after his arrival there, he suddenly fell ill and died on November 19, 1825. Or did he? Ever since that day, rumors have swarmed that the young and still-vigorous tsar—he was only forty-eight—had staged his death to expiate the sin that refused to leave him, the sin of patricide. The legend has it that his “reincarnation” took the form of a starets, the humble and holy men who wandered throughout nineteenth-century Russia doing good works. That starets, brilliant and uncommonly erudite, was one Feodor Kuzmich. So widespread and persistent was the belief that Tsar Alexander and Feodor Kuzmich were one and the same that the great Leo Tolstoy planned to write a book on the subject. Imperial Legend, with a deft touch and a fresh voice, “solves” one of the most intriguing royal mysteries of the past two centuries.
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