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“To venture … close [to a lion] on foot … would mean the sudden shattering of any kindly belief that the similarity of the lion and the pussy cat goes much beyond their whiskers. But then, since men still live by the sword, it’s a little optimistic to expect the lion to withdraw his claws, handicapped as he is by his inability to read our better effusions about the immorality of bloodshed.” Beryl Markham: West With the Night

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. Louisa May Alcott: Work

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Sons of Gods -- Mahabharata

by Sharon Maas

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Faithful Traitor: The Story of Margaret Pole

Faithful Traitor: The Story of Margaret Pole

by Samantha Wilcoxson

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Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York

Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York

by Samantha Wilcoxson

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Conceit

by Mary Novik

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