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English
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First published in 1958, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.
2) I, Claudius: from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born B.C. 10, murdered and deified A.D. 54
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English
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (1907)
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This historic saga, the fourth in James Fenimore Cooper's series of Leatherstocking" tales, capture the drama of the struggle between the French and the English, with their respective Indian allies, for a contested North American wilderness during the French and Indian Wars. The Pathfinder (Kevin Dillon) is pitted against the unforgiving elements amidst an atmosphere of political treachery.
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in lat eighteenth century France during the darkest days of the French revolution. An Engllishman, called the Scarlet Pimpernel, and his followers adopt secret identities and outwit the French Republicians while saving the aristocrats from the bloodshed of the Reign of Terror.
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Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Captain Christopher Phelan has been corresponding with the beautiful golden-haired Prudence Mercer while he was away fighting in the Crimean War. What he doesn't know, however, is that the woman who wrote to him is actually Prudence's best friend, Beatrix Hathaway. Upon his return home to Hampshire, it becomes clear that Christopher's experiences in war have changed him.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 53
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.