Joseph Roth's 'The Radetzky March' shows the Trotta family's fading life, a sad story of an empire about to fall, where duty and tradition are as strong as the coming war.
Betrayed in revolutionary Egypt, a master thief seeks revenge on his former wife, henchman, and a hypocritical mentor, leading to a desperate flight from the law and blurring the lines between victim and villain.
In a world shattered by war, a young Jewish girl finds refuge and courage in unexpected places in Nazi-occupied France, changing the grandson of the boy who once tormented her.
From a screaming librarian in London to a tomb in Kashmir and a shadowy Vatican assassin, a Jesuit priest's fragmented visions unravel a global conspiracy tied to Christ, the Mahabharata, and an impending Armageddon.
A spirited socialite's letters chronicle her unexpected transformation from reluctant orphanage manager to compassionate reformer, clashing with a cynical Scottish doctor and navigating a complicated engagement, all while challenging the staid expectations of early 20th-century society.
A determined Baltimore lawyer risks his career to unravel the sinister truth behind Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death, using the author's own detective stories as a guide to expose a shadowy world of political intrigue and a real-life Dupin.
In a Victorian London museum filled with ancient curses, a young girl secretly uses Egyptian magic to protect her unaware father and the British Empire from a newly found, dangerous artifact.
A spirited Jewish girl leaves her traditional New York home for the dazzling, yet ultimately heartbreaking, world of summer stock theater and a passionate, destructive affair with its charismatic director.
An orphaned girl in 19th-century Vienna, raised by eccentric professors, embarks on a journey to a crumbling Austrian castle with a mysterious woman claiming to be her long-lost mother, only to uncover a web of secrets, stolen jewels, and a hidden identity tied to a legendary Russian emerald.
A rifle-toting teen, complicit in her father's death, navigates the treacherous Stark River in rural Michigan, an odyssey of survival and self-discovery as she hunts for her vanished mother and confronts the true cost of her choices.
From the smoky back alleys of London to the perilous, snow-laden streets of a fictional European principality, Jim Taylor must protect his long-lost friend Adelaide as she navigates a dangerous path from enslaved orphan to imperiled crown princess of Razkavia.
As Nazism rises, the correspondence between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his former German business partner changes from friendship to a dance of ideology, betrayal, and a desperate, poetic act of revenge.
Join Jack and Annie as the Magic Tree House whisks them away to 1906 San Francisco, where they must use their wits to survive a devastating earthquake and help a librarian save precious books, all while navigating a city on the brink of collapse.
In 15th-century Spain, a young Marrano woman named Estrella faces the Inquisition, uncovering family secrets of Kabbalah and a love that defies persecution, only to confront a betrayal that threatens to shatter her world.
In cholera-ridden 1831 Sunderland, a desperate teen mother pawns her body in a rented gown to save her infant, only to become entangled with a disgraced doctor and the city's dark secrets.
In ancient Egypt, a young orphan battles his villainous half-brother and uncovers a tomb-robbing plot to claim his rightful place as a master goldsmith.
After the 9/11 attacks, three New York teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—find their lives entwined, forming unexpected bonds amid the city's recovery and their own developing grief and strength.
A quick-witted, disabled serving girl must brave the Sultan's wrath and the labyrinthine streets of Persia to find the missing ending to a story, or risk the Shahrazad's life.
On a 1928 voyage to colonial Bombay, an overwhelmed chaperone shepherds three young women—a naive bride-to-be, a determined virgin, and a disturbed schoolboy—each carrying secrets and hopes into an India far more complex than their English dreams.
In gaslit Victorian London, opium-addled writer Thomas De Quincey must clear his name when brutal murders, mirroring his own macabre essay, terrorize the city and make him the prime suspect.
A modern teen finds a skeleton, uncovering a century-old murder. Her journey connects with a 1921 Tulsa boy's fight for justice during racial violence, making both face their past and present.
