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The Fields Laid Waste
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Rose Of York by Sandra Worth
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Shattered Crowns: The Scapegoats
The first in a trilogy of novels about the royalties in the First World War
Most Beautiful Princess - A novel based on the life of Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia
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A Lifelong Passion
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Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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Queen Victoria's Family by Charlotte Zeepvat
An Uncommon Woman by Hannah Pakula
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