Popular Adult Titles: Historical Fiction

Alejandro: El unificador de Grecia ISBN/Cat.# 9684462093
Haefs, Gisbert
Argentina, 1996
462 pages
$24.95
Alexander: Unifier of Greece. A fascinating and compelling dramatization of Alexander the Great's reign, focusing on the leader's strong and influential character. Features vivid and evocative depictions of everyday life in ancient Macedonia.
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Cleopatra: Reina del Nilo ISBN/Cat.# 9684462085
Peyramaure, Michel
Mexico, 1996
333 pages
$20.95
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile. An enthralling novelization of one of ancient Egypt's most infamous personalities.
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Condesa sangrienta, La ISBN/Cat.# 9500816296
Codrescu, Andrei
Argentina, 1996
356 pages
$16.95
The Blood Countess. The intriguing tale of a wealthy, tormented, Hungarian countess and her murderous, modern-day heir who lives in New York. Andrei Codressu is a featured commentator on National Public Radio.
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Corazón de piedra verde, El ISBN/Cat.# 9684460031
Madariaga, Salvador de
Argentina, 1996
832 pages
$24.95
The Heart of Green Stone. A grand, epic novelization of Spain's conquest of the Americas. The entire story, told in gripping detail, of this tragic, historical clash of two worlds, including the chronicles of Moctezuma and Cortés, Cuauhtémoc and Bernal Díaz, and many others. First in the author's four-part Esquiveles y Manriques series (see Guerra en la sangre, Gota de tiempo, and Semental negro, this section).
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**En el valle de los reyes ISBN/Cat.# 9500819635
Holland, Cecelia
Argentina, 1998
254 pages
$13.95
The acclaimed writer bridges thousands of years in her extraordinary historical novel In the Valley of Kings. An engaging story of Ancient Egypt kings and queens is paralleled with the tale of a young archeologist, Howard Carter, who is obsessed with discovering the famous grave of Tuthankhamon. Laminated paperback edition.
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**En nombre de Dios: La cruzada de un Jesuita en tierra americana ISBN/Cat.# 9500713039
Sagastizábal, Patricia
Argentina, 1997
245 pages
$18.95
An interesting narrative of the life story of a 17th century Jesuit Priest sent to convert the natives of Uruguay. In the Name of God: The Crusade of a Jesuit Priest in America artfully explores the Jesuit missionary experience in the New World.
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Gota de tiempo, Una ISBN/Cat.# 968446021X
Madariaga, Salvador de
Argentina, 1996
369 pages
$13.95
A Drop of Time. An intense, historical-romantic saga of the colonization of 16th C. Peru. Third in the author's four-part Esquiveles y Manriques series (see Corazón de piedra verde, Guerra en la sangre, and Semental negro, this section).
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Guerra en la sangre ISBN/Cat.# 9684460228
Madariaga, Salvador de
Argentina, 1996
368 pages
$13.95
War in the Blood. A passionate retelling of the colonization of the Americas in light of the trauma inflicted by the Spanish Conquest. Second in the author's four-part Esquiveles y Manriques series (see Corazón de piedra verde, Gota de tiempo, and Semental negro, this section).
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*Memorias de doña Isabel de Moctezuma (cuando florece el cempasúchitl ISBN/Cat.# 9683913717
Carrillo de Albornoz, José M
Mexico, 1997
309 pages
$12.95
Memories of Doña Isabel of Moctezuma was written by a direct, though distant, relative of Isabel de Moctezuma, who married three Spaniards in succession. Old family documents and stories contribute to this novel about the conquest shown from a variety of perspectives.
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Restauración ISBN/Cat.# 8401463130
Tremain, Rose
Spain, 1996
494 pages
$14.95
Restoration. A tale of intrigue and tribulation set in 17th C. England that follows the adventures of a young, upwardly mobile student of medicine. Adapted to the silver screen in a film starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Meg Ryan.
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Rhadopis: Una cortesana del Antiguo Egipto ISBN/Cat.# 9684462166
Mahfuz, Naguib
Mexico, 1996
254 pages
$18.95
Rhadopis: A Courtier in Ancient Egypt. A gripping story of intrigue and passion. A young pharoah falls head-over-heels in love with the beguilingly beautiful servant girl Rhadopis, but he is the target of a malicious conspiracy on the part of power-hungry clergy.
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Semental negro, El ISBN/Cat.# 9684460236
Madariaga, Salvador de
Argentina, 1996
355 pages
$13.95
The Black Stalion. The story of duels, intrigue, and power-hungry viceroys jockeying for influence over post-colonial South America. The hot-blooded finale to the author's four-part Esquiveles y Manriques series (see Corazón de piedra verde, Guerra en la sangre, and Gota de tiempo this section.)
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Tinísima ISBN/Cat.# 9684113056
Poniatowska, Elena
Mexico, 1998
663 pages
$39.95
A fictitious examination of Tina Modotti by one of Mexico's most renowned writers.
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**Xiucoatzin, serpiente de fuego ISBN/Cat.# 9706610111
Méndez Pérez, Oralia
Mexico, 1998
255 pages
$9.95
Xiucoatzin: Serpent of Fire is an extraordinarily realistic historical novel which plunges the reader into a pre-colonial Mexico. The story is narrated by "la Malinche," a legendary woman who witnessed the conquest and its impact on her people.
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