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   Soldier of Sidon

   Gene Wolfe · 2006

   A sun-drenched, disorienting journey down the Nile where gods walk among mortals and every sunrise erases the past.

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   I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert

   Eve Bunting

   A quiet, atmospheric journey through time as an ancient soul remembers the vibrant life she once lived.

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   Cleopatra VII, daughter of the Nile

   Kristiana Gregory

   Step into the private, opulent, and dangerous world of a young princess learning to survive the deadly politics of her own family.

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   Cleopatra

   Stacy Schiff

   A razor-sharp, opulent dismantling of myth that resurrects a brilliant political strategist from the shadow of her own legend.

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   • historical erasure
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   Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles

   Margaret George

   A sweeping, tragic immersion into the glittering courts and treacherous politics of a doomed sixteenth-century monarch.

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   Pharaoh's daughter

   Julius Lester · 2000

   A sweeping, introspective journey through ancient sands that reimagines a familiar myth as an intimate crisis of faith and family.

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   Boy of the pyramids

   Ruth Fosdick Jones

   A sun-drenched, classic childhood adventure that turns ancient history into a thrilling playground.

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   The Constant Princess

   Philippa Gregory

   A lush, fiercely intimate portrait of a young woman weaponizing her destiny to survive a treacherous court.

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   The autobiography of Henry VIII

   Margaret George

   A massive, immersive psychological portrait of a notorious king, told from inside the gilded cage of his own mind.

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   • opulent
   • melancholic
   • courtly
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    Coming to birth

    Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye · 1986

    A poignant, historically grounded journey of a young woman finding her footing in a rapidly changing, politically turbulent Kenya.

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    She

    Henry Rider Haggard · 2006

    A grand, eerie descent into an ancient, hidden world ruled by an immortal and terrifyingly alluring queen.

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    Alphabet of thorn

    Patricia A. McKillip

    A quiet, magical mystery about the transformative power of words and the secrets hidden within a royal library.

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