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Historical Romance

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Belvedere Tiburon Library's Staff Picks for Adult Historical Romance Fiction - recent, classics and modern classics

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Far From the Madding Crowd

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Hardy, Thomas

Book - 2015

Gabriel Oak selflessly stands by Bathsheba as she falls victim to her repeated amorous caprices, as unaware as she of the stroke of Fate that will effect their ultimate union. Gabriel Oak selflessly stands by Bathsheba as she falls victim to her repeated amorous caprices, as unaware as she of the stroke of Fate that will effect their ultimate union. Show less

Gabriel Oak selflessly stands by Bathsheba as she falls victim to her repeated amorous caprices, as unaware as she of the stroke of Fate that will effect their ultimate union. Gabriel Oak selflessly stands by Bathsheba as she falls victim to her repeated amorous caprices, as unaware as she of the stroke of Fate that will effect their ultimate union. Show less

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A Room With A View

A Room With A View

by Forster, E. M.

Book - 2007

In early 20th century British society, Lucy Honeychurch struggles against straitlaced Victorian attitudes of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and snobbery unt...Show more In early 20th century British society, Lucy Honeychurch struggles against straitlaced Victorian attitudes of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and snobbery until she visits Florence, Italy, where she falls in love with the socially unsuitable George Emerson. Show less

In early 20th century British society, Lucy Honeychurch struggles against straitlaced Victorian attitudes of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and snobbery unt...Show more In early 20th century British society, Lucy Honeychurch struggles against straitlaced Victorian attitudes of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and snobbery until she visits Florence, Italy, where she falls in love with the socially unsuitable George Emerson. Show less

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Mrs. Mike

Mrs. Mike

by Freedman, Benedict

Book - 1991

Sixteen-year-old Bostonian Katherine Mary O'Fallon arrives in Calgary, Alberta, where she loses her heart completely to a well-respected sergeant in the Canadian Mounted Police. Sixteen-year-old Bostonian Katherine Mary O'Fallon arrives in Calgary, Alberta, where she loses her heart completely to a well-respected sergeant in the Canadian Mounted Police. Show less

Sixteen-year-old Bostonian Katherine Mary O'Fallon arrives in Calgary, Alberta, where she loses her heart completely to a well-respected sergeant in the Canadian Mounted Police. Sixteen-year-old Bostonian Katherine Mary O'Fallon arrives in Calgary, Alberta, where she loses her heart completely to a well-respected sergeant in the Canadian Mounted Police. Show less

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Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

by Du Maurier, Daphne

Book - 2003

Young Mary honors her mother's dying request to join her frightened Aunt and Uncle at foreboding Jamaica Inn, whose dark power will ensnare her in vile, villainous schemes and the love of a handsome, enigmatic stranger. Young Mary honors her mother's dying request to join her frightened Aunt and Uncle at foreboding Jamaica Inn, whose dark power will ensnare her in vile, villainous schemes and the love of a handsome, enigmatic stranger. Show less

Young Mary honors her mother's dying request to join her frightened Aunt and Uncle at foreboding Jamaica Inn, whose dark power will ensnare her in vile, villainous schemes and the love of a handsome, enigmatic stranger. Young Mary honors her mother's dying request to join her frightened Aunt and Uncle at foreboding Jamaica Inn, whose dark power will ensnare her in vile, villainous schemes and the love of a handsome, enigmatic stranger. Show less

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by Lawrence, D. H.

Book - 2001

“Bold, passionate, and erotic, this classic tale of love and discovery pits the paralyzed and callous Clifford Chatterley against his indecisive wife and her persuasive lover.” “Bold, passionate, and erotic, this classic tale of love and discovery pits the paralyzed and callous Clifford Chatterley against his indecisive wife and her persuasive lover.” Show less

“Bold, passionate, and erotic, this classic tale of love and discovery pits the paralyzed and callous Clifford Chatterley against his indecisive wife and her persuasive lover.” “Bold, passionate, and erotic, this classic tale of love and discovery pits the paralyzed and callous Clifford Chatterley against his indecisive wife and her persuasive lover.” Show less

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Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

A Novel

by Gruen, Sara

Book - 2006

Star-crossed lovers in the circus world circa 1932: Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift; Marlena, a beautiful young star of the equestrian act; and her husband August, a charismatic but twisted animal trainer. Star-crossed lovers in the circus world circa 1932: Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift; Marlena, a beautiful young star of the equestrian act; and her husband August, a charismatic but twisted animal trainer. Show less

Star-crossed lovers in the circus world circa 1932: Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift; Marlena, a beautiful young star of the equestrian act; and her husband August, a charismatic but twisted animal trainer. Star-crossed lovers in the circus world circa 1932: Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift; Marlena, a beautiful young star of the equestrian act; and her husband August, a charismatic but twisted animal trainer. Show less

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Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies

by Esquivel, Laura

Book - 1992

In early 20th century Mexico, Tita, the youngest of three daughters, falls in love, but Mama will not allow her to marry until she orchestrates the marriage of her eldest daughter and expects Tita to prepare the wedding dinner. In early 20th century Mexico, Tita, the youngest of three daughters, falls in love, but Mama will not allow her to marry until she orchestrates the marriage of her eldest daughter and expects Tita to prepare the wedding dinner. Show less

In early 20th century Mexico, Tita, the youngest of three daughters, falls in love, but Mama will not allow her to marry until she orchestrates the marriage of her eldest daughter and expects Tita to prepare the wedding dinner. In early 20th century Mexico, Tita, the youngest of three daughters, falls in love, but Mama will not allow her to marry until she orchestrates the marriage of her eldest daughter and expects Tita to prepare the wedding dinner. Show less

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The Thorn Birds

The Thorn Birds

by McCullough, Colleen

Book - 1978

A sweeping saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback chronicles three generations of ranchers. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with a haunted priest. A sweeping saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback chronicles three generations of ranchers. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with a haunted priest. Show less

A sweeping saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback chronicles three generations of ranchers. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with a haunted priest. A sweeping saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback chronicles three generations of ranchers. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with a haunted priest. Show less

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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

by Brontë, Emily

Book - 2004

This epic 19th century love story of Catherine and Heathcliff, set in the foreboding, heather-covered, wind-swept Yorkshire moors presents an astonishing metaphysical vision of fate and obsession, passion and revenge. This epic 19th century love story of Catherine and Heathcliff, set in the foreboding, heather-covered, wind-swept Yorkshire moors presents an astonishing metaphysical vision of fate and obsession, passion and revenge. Show less

This epic 19th century love story of Catherine and Heathcliff, set in the foreboding, heather-covered, wind-swept Yorkshire moors presents an astonishing metaphysical vision of fate and obsession, passion and revenge. This epic 19th century love story of Catherine and Heathcliff, set in the foreboding, heather-covered, wind-swept Yorkshire moors presents an astonishing metaphysical vision of fate and obsession, passion and revenge. Show less

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Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind

by Mitchell, Margaret

Book - 2008

After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home, choosing survival and dragging all those she feels responsible for along for the ride. After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home, choosing survival and dragging all those she feels responsible for along for the ride. Show less

After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home, choosing survival and dragging all those she feels responsible for along for the ride. After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home, choosing survival and dragging all those she feels responsible for along for the ride. Show less

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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

by Brontë, Charlotte

Book - 2005

After a difficult childhood, unhappy orphan Jane experiences her life as a governess at Thornfield Hall with its enigmatic master Mr. Rochester to be filled with difficulty, including a shocking revelation on her wedding day. After a difficult childhood, unhappy orphan Jane experiences her life as a governess at Thornfield Hall with its enigmatic master Mr. Rochester to be filled with difficulty, including a shocking revelation on her wedding day. Show less

After a difficult childhood, unhappy orphan Jane experiences her life as a governess at Thornfield Hall with its enigmatic master Mr. Rochester to be filled with difficulty, including a shocking revelation on her wedding day. After a difficult childhood, unhappy orphan Jane experiences her life as a governess at Thornfield Hall with its enigmatic master Mr. Rochester to be filled with difficulty, including a shocking revelation on her wedding day. Show less

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Persuasion

Persuasion

by Austen, Jane

Book - 2001

At nineteen, a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings fell in love with and was engaged to a poor naval officer but allowed herself to be persuaded, again...Show more At nineteen, a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings fell in love with and was engaged to a poor naval officer but allowed herself to be persuaded, against her profoundest instinct, to give him up. Now, at twenty-seven, she is startled to learn that Captain Wentworth has returned to the neighborhood, a rich man and still unwed. Show less

At nineteen, a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings fell in love with and was engaged to a poor naval officer but allowed herself to be persuaded, again...Show more At nineteen, a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings fell in love with and was engaged to a poor naval officer but allowed herself to be persuaded, against her profoundest instinct, to give him up. Now, at twenty-seven, she is startled to learn that Captain Wentworth has returned to the neighborhood, a rich man and still unwed. Show less

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Love and Summer

Love and Summer

by Trevor, William

Book - 2009

In the mid-1950s, Ellie Dillahan, the naive young wife of an older farmer, is content until her dormant emotions are awakened by a charming but feckless bachelor who has plans to soon leave Ireland. In the mid-1950s, Ellie Dillahan, the naive young wife of an older farmer, is content until her dormant emotions are awakened by a charming but feckless bachelor who has plans to soon leave Ireland. Show less

In the mid-1950s, Ellie Dillahan, the naive young wife of an older farmer, is content until her dormant emotions are awakened by a charming but feckless bachelor who has plans to soon leave Ireland. In the mid-1950s, Ellie Dillahan, the naive young wife of an older farmer, is content until her dormant emotions are awakened by a charming but feckless bachelor who has plans to soon leave Ireland. Show less

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn

A Novel

by Tóibín, Colm

Book - 2009

From a small Irish town in the early 1950s, dutiful daughter, doting sister, and aspiring bookkeeper Eilis Lacey departs for Brooklyn, NY, where, beset by...Show more From a small Irish town in the early 1950s, dutiful daughter, doting sister, and aspiring bookkeeper Eilis Lacey departs for Brooklyn, NY, where, beset by acute and threatening loneliness, she gradually embraces new freedoms at work and school and in love. Show less

From a small Irish town in the early 1950s, dutiful daughter, doting sister, and aspiring bookkeeper Eilis Lacey departs for Brooklyn, NY, where, beset by...Show more From a small Irish town in the early 1950s, dutiful daughter, doting sister, and aspiring bookkeeper Eilis Lacey departs for Brooklyn, NY, where, beset by acute and threatening loneliness, she gradually embraces new freedoms at work and school and in love. Show less

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Villa America

Villa America

A Novel

by Klaussmann, Liza

Book - 2015

A tale based on the real-life inspirations for Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night finds expats Sara and Gerald Murphy sharing freewheeling days, hosting parties and hiding heartbreaking secrets in the 1920s French Riviera. A tale based on the real-life inspirations for Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night finds expats Sara and Gerald Murphy sharing freewheeling days, hosting parties and hiding heartbreaking secrets in the 1920s French Riviera. Show less

A tale based on the real-life inspirations for Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night finds expats Sara and Gerald Murphy sharing freewheeling days, hosting parties and hiding heartbreaking secrets in the 1920s French Riviera. A tale based on the real-life inspirations for Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night finds expats Sara and Gerald Murphy sharing freewheeling days, hosting parties and hiding heartbreaking secrets in the 1920s French Riviera. Show less

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I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle

by Smith, Dodie

Book - 2003

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, with whom she lives in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle, strives to hone her writing...Show more Seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, with whom she lives in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle, strives to hone her writing skills with sharply funny entries about the changes that take place within the castle's walls and her own first love. Show less

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, with whom she lives in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle, strives to hone her writing...Show more Seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, with whom she lives in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle, strives to hone her writing skills with sharply funny entries about the changes that take place within the castle's walls and her own first love. Show less

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The History of Love

The History of Love

by Krauss, Nicole

Book - 2005

In the Polish village of his youth, Leo Gursky fell in love and wrote a book...Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. In the Polish village of his youth, Leo Gursky fell in love and wrote a book...Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. Show less

In the Polish village of his youth, Leo Gursky fell in love and wrote a book...Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. In the Polish village of his youth, Leo Gursky fell in love and wrote a book...Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. Show less

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The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

A Novel

by Niffenegger, Audrey

Book - 2003

The compelling love story of artist Clare and her husband, Henry, a librarian at the Newberry Library who has an ailment called Chrono-Displaced Person (C...Show more The compelling love story of artist Clare and her husband, Henry, a librarian at the Newberry Library who has an ailment called Chrono-Displaced Person (CDP), which without his control removes him to the past or the future under stressful circumstances. Show less

The compelling love story of artist Clare and her husband, Henry, a librarian at the Newberry Library who has an ailment called Chrono-Displaced Person (C...Show more The compelling love story of artist Clare and her husband, Henry, a librarian at the Newberry Library who has an ailment called Chrono-Displaced Person (CDP), which without his control removes him to the past or the future under stressful circumstances. Show less

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

A Novel

by Ford, Jamie

Book - 2009

“Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.” “Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.” Show less

“Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.” “Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.” Show less

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Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

by Guterson, David

Book - 1994

Shortly after World War II, all of the Washington state island's inhabitants are gripped by the murder trial of a Japanese American fisherman, but none mo...Show more Shortly after World War II, all of the Washington state island's inhabitants are gripped by the murder trial of a Japanese American fisherman, but none more so than Ishmael Chambers, a local reporter, and the defendant’s wife and Ishmael's former lover. Show less

Shortly after World War II, all of the Washington state island's inhabitants are gripped by the murder trial of a Japanese American fisherman, but none mo...Show more Shortly after World War II, all of the Washington state island's inhabitants are gripped by the murder trial of a Japanese American fisherman, but none more so than Ishmael Chambers, a local reporter, and the defendant’s wife and Ishmael's former lover. Show less

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Three Sisters, Three Queens

Three Sisters, Three Queens

by Gregory, Philippa

Book - 2016

United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, recogn...Show more United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, recognize each other as allies and rivals in the treacherous world of court and national politics as romance, scandal, war, and religion inextricably unite them. (One of many Tudor novels) Show less

United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, recogn...Show more United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, recognize each other as allies and rivals in the treacherous world of court and national politics as romance, scandal, war, and religion inextricably unite them. (One of many Tudor novels) Show less

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The Hollow Hills

The Hollow Hills

by Stewart, Mary

Book - 2003

The time of destiny is at hand when Arthur must claim the fabled sword Caliburn to become the true High King of Britain, with his queen Guinevere at his side. (Book 2 in The Crystal Cave series) The time of destiny is at hand when Arthur must claim the fabled sword Caliburn to become the true High King of Britain, with his queen Guinevere at his side. (Book 2 in The Crystal Cave series) Show less

The time of destiny is at hand when Arthur must claim the fabled sword Caliburn to become the true High King of Britain, with his queen Guinevere at his side. (Book 2 in The Crystal Cave series) The time of destiny is at hand when Arthur must claim the fabled sword Caliburn to become the true High King of Britain, with his queen Guinevere at his side. (Book 2 in The Crystal Cave series) Show less

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Outlander

Outlander

by Gabaldon, Diana

Book - 2005

The first novel in a long, popular adventure series featuring a resourceful time-traveling World War II nurse who finds herself in 1743 amidst Scottish in...Show more The first novel in a long, popular adventure series featuring a resourceful time-traveling World War II nurse who finds herself in 1743 amidst Scottish insurgents, one of whom she must wed and grows to love, despite the existence of her 20th century husband and the opportunity to return to him. Show less

The first novel in a long, popular adventure series featuring a resourceful time-traveling World War II nurse who finds herself in 1743 amidst Scottish in...Show more The first novel in a long, popular adventure series featuring a resourceful time-traveling World War II nurse who finds herself in 1743 amidst Scottish insurgents, one of whom she must wed and grows to love, despite the existence of her 20th century husband and the opportunity to return to him. Show less

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Lionheart

Lionheart

by Penman, Sharon Kay

Book - 2011

The prolific author continues to chronicle the exploits of the wildly dysfunctional Plantagenet clan, here turning her attention to the often misunderstood Richard Coeur de Lion (“The Lionheart”), legendary son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The prolific author continues to chronicle the exploits of the wildly dysfunctional Plantagenet clan, here turning her attention to the often misunderstood Richard Coeur de Lion (“The Lionheart”), legendary son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Show less

The prolific author continues to chronicle the exploits of the wildly dysfunctional Plantagenet clan, here turning her attention to the often misunderstood Richard Coeur de Lion (“The Lionheart”), legendary son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The prolific author continues to chronicle the exploits of the wildly dysfunctional Plantagenet clan, here turning her attention to the often misunderstood Richard Coeur de Lion (“The Lionheart”), legendary son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Show less

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