Carol Wallace
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English
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"As one of the bestselling stories of all time, Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has captivated and enthralled millions around the world--both in print and on the big screen. Now Lew's great-great-granddaughter has taken the old-fashioned prose of this classic novel and breathed new life into it for today's audience. The story follows Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman whose childhood friend Messala betrays him. Accused of trying to murder...
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English
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Leaving Van Gogh is Carol Wallace's first historical novel and it has created quite a buzz among genre luminaries. In this meticulously researched, heartrending story, Wallace re-creates the final fateful days of legendary painter Vincent Van Gogh-who, at the age of 37, shot himself long before his paintings became recognized as some of the world's greatest works of art.
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English
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In 1895, nine American girls married peers of the British realm. It was the peak year of a social phenomenon that began when the entrenched members of old New York snubbed these "new money" families after the Civil War, sending them off to England in quest of class. MacColl presents a rich tapestry of essays, sidebars, fact-filled boxes, and lively anecdotes to chronicle the era respresnted by Downton Abbey and Upstairs, downstairs.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
©2004
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English
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"Everybody loves a wedding, and in All Dressed in White, Carol McD. Wallace celebrates the delicious history and the eternal allure of our favorite rite of passage. In the past 150 years the wedding has gone from discreet private ceremony to elaborate public event, yet the fundamentals remain the same - weddings are the only social events in America where matters of money, sex, and class are brought to the fore. The growth of the middle class and...
10) The wrong house
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1994
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English
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A tongue-in-cheek look at the problems of the very rich. It is peopled by self-centered characters of whom Francis Drummond is an example. She can't get over her anger at her heartless husband for buying the wrong house. It reminds her of a Swiss chalet.