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The Condor's Feather by Margaret Muir, an historical adventure/suspense tale with romantic elements involving an expedition to South America in 1885, originally out from UK publisher Robert Hale in 2009.
Intrigue and adventure combine with a touch of romance in this unconventional story set in 1885.
With her thirst for adventure, Cynthia Beresford refuses to be constrained by the standards demanded of her by aristocratic Victorian society. She not only rides like a man, but desires other privileges enjoyed by the gentlemen of her era. Searching for excitement, she forgoes the luxuries of life at Huntingley and embarks on a riding expedition across the Pampas of Patagonia.
Though little is known of that inhospitable land, she is undeterred and boards a steamer in Liverpool bound for South America. Accompanying her on the voyage are her father and twin brother, her brother’s friend – a playwright, and her faithful Newfoundland dogs.
On the outward passage, Thia meets a mysterious Welshman, Euan Davies and when the party disembarks from the steamer on the Strait of Magellan, Davies agrees to accompany them on the ride and act as their guide. But after only a week in the saddle, his disturbing secret starts to unravel. Soon Thia’s party find themselves embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a group of dangerous prison escapees.
Beset by Indians, inhospitable terrain, pampas winds and mountain lions, is it possible this mismatched group of travellers can survive their adventure at the tail end of the world?
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Sarah: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt by Joel Gross, a biographical novel about Exactly Whom It Says In The Title (
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An historically detailed account of the life of an actress, based on the true story of Sarah Bernhardt whose career began in Paris during the 1860s and brought her 60 years of world-wide fame.
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Butter in the Well: A Scandinavian Woman's Tale of Life on the Prairie by Linda K. Hubalek, an historical novel about the 19th century Sweden-to-Kansas immigrant experience of Exactly What It Says In The Title, 1st in her eponymous series, originally out from small press Hearth Pub in 1992.
Swedish immigrant Kajsa Svensson Runeberg fights to survive and build a homestead on the Kansas prairie as she and her family faces the trials of weather, disease, accidents, and loneliness.
This historical fiction, written in the form of diary entries dating 1868 to 1888, is based on the actual woman who homesteaded the author's childhood home. True stories gathered on this Swedish family and community show the determination these pioneers had, to face and overcome the conflicts and tragedy that happened in their lives.