Dragonfly in Amber
Claire 1968 recalls Jacobite Paris with Jamie to stop Culloden.
2,530-word summary · 11 min read
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.
2,271-word summary · 10 min read
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A Farewell to Arms
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
2,502-word summary · 11 min read
The Lost Apothecary
A hidden 1791 apothecary poisons cruel men, and two centuries later an historian uncovers her trail.
2,691-word summary · 12 min read
The Underground Railroad
Cora escapes Georgia on a literal railroad through states of terror and hope.
2,936-word summary · 13 min read
The Other Boleyn Girl
Mary Boleyn tells how she and sister Anne loved Henry VIII and paid for ambition at the Tudor court.
2,396-word summary · 11 min read
The Light Between Oceans
Lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne and Isabel raise a boat baby on Janus Rock and face her true mother on shore.
2,818-word summary · 13 min read
The Giver of Stars
Alice Wright joins Kentucky packhorse librarians with Margery and faces marriage strain and a murder trial.
3,439-word summary · 15 min read
Sarah's Key
In 1942 Paris Sarah locks her brother to save him, then vanishes. Sixty years later journalist Julia traces her, exposing family guilt and silence.
2,591-word summary · 12 min read
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.
2,561-word summary · 11 min read
Orphan Train
Foster teen Molly helps 91-year-old Vivian clear her attic and uncovers a hidden orphan-train childhood.
2,488-word summary · 11 min read
Beloved
Sethe lives with the memory of killing her child to save her from slavery until a young woman named Beloved arrives.
2,586-word summary · 11 min read