Historical Fiction
Wolf Hall
The rise of Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith's son, through the dangerous court of Henry VIII, told in intimate, present-tense prose.
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
In 1327, a Franciscan friar and his young novice investigate a string of deaths in a secretive Italian abbey with a labyrinthine library.
- Themes
- FaithCuriosityPower
- Length
- 450+ pages
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