Books like 'The Forgotten Palace'

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  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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    mystery  historical  fantasy  war  suspense  length-long
  • Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Ponniyin Selvan is Kalki’s magnum opus based in the 10th century and presents the early life of Raajaraajan and the kings of Chozha Empire. Though written more than 60 years ago this saga is timeless, reeling the readers in its gripping plot which is interwoven with intrigue, conspiracies and romance...
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  • The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley

    The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    CeCe D’Aplièse has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt – so-called by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe and named after the Seven Sisters star cluster – she finds herself at breaking point...
  • Troy by Stephen Fry

    Troy by Stephen Fry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies...
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    ancient times  historical  war  fantasy  humor  audiobook
  • The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper

    The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The final, dramatic installment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy.Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's wolf den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii...
  • Joanna by Katrina D. Hamel

    Joanna by Katrina D. Hamel

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's bound to the infamous Herodian dynasty, but her bold faith will carve her name in the gospel.Joanna must pay the price for her brother's crime. Claimed as a hostage, she's forced from the verdant slopes of her beloved vineyard to serve Herod Antipas' neglected wife. In an opulent palace where Roman culture supersedes the commands of God, Joanna struggles to express her Jewish faith...
  • Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tuya came as a teenaged slave to Potiphar's household, a personal gift from the Pharaoh. Tall and slender, the young girl had eyes that shone like a stream of gold. She knew nothing about her past, except that she had always been a slave...
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    ancient times  christian  historical  fantasy
  • Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In the exotic land of Pharaoh, Tuya, a slave girl, is sold into servitude as a playmate to a wealthy child. Betrayed and cast out as she ascends into womanhood, Tuya finds herself belonging to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard. Yet she soon gives her heart to handsome Joseph, a man sold into slavery by his own brothers...
  • Queen of Ash and Iron by Melanie Karsak

    Queen of Ash and Iron by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fated to lead a rebellion against Rome.Destined to become a legend.Britain, A.D. 47All at once, everything changes.The rebellion of the Northern Iceni under King Caturix results in dire consequences for Boudica. Without Aulus Plautius’s protection, Boudica must face the new, more severe Roman Governor Scapula...
  • Kellynch Dragon Persuasion by Maria Grace

    Kellynch Dragon Persuasion by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Keeping a hibernating dragon should have been a simple thing.Should have been, but it was not. Apparently, nothing involving dragons was ever simple, at least not for Anne Elliot, junior Keeper to dragon Kellynch.With the estate in debt, Anne’s father in denial, and the dragon’s treasure missing, Kellynch’s awakening is shaping up to be nothing short of catastrophe...
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    mystery  fantasy  regency  historical  length-long
  • The Blackthorn Queen by Melanie Karsak

    The Blackthorn Queen by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Britain, AD 38, Princess Cartimandua—Carti—of the Brigantes tribe faces an uncertain future when her father’s sudden death ignites turmoil. Suspicion falls on the Crow People of the Votadini tribe, straining the fragile peace between the factions. But they’re not the only ones bearing a grudge. A tangled web of political games soon unfolds...
  • A Grim Telling by Sabrina Flynn

    A Grim Telling by Sabrina Flynn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WHEN WORDS CAN KILL,SILENCE IS EVERYTHING.Tobias White thought he knew his family, but when his mother drags him from the only home he’s ever known, he realizes he didn’t know the half of it—even his own name.His family is being hunted by an Angel of Death, his brother Grimm is a wanted criminal, and his mother carries a painful secret...
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    mystery  historical  fantasy  length-medium
  • The Daughter of Rome by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Daughter of Rome by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Nero's Rome, Calandra helps her father, a renowned sculptor, complete the most significant commission of his illustrious career. But then a catastrophic fire nearly destroys the imperial city, leaving Calandra reliant on a group of Christians--unusual individuals unlike any she has encountered before...
  • Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you sacrifice to save mankind?The great city of Thyra has fallen and shadows spread across the land. Rowen Mar, the last Truthsayer, is taken before the Shadonae. But the Shadonae are not who she thought they were, and now they want to claim her as their own. Caleb Tala, former assassin and prince, is now a Guardian of mankind...
  • Winter Warriors by David Gemmell

    Winter Warriors by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Winged demons gather, silent and unseen, above the city of Usa, their talons long and sharp. Their purpose is clear, as is the Upon the deaths of the three kings, the demon riders of the Krayakin will become flesh, free to slake their thirst with human blood - and the stench of evil will cover the land.  Two of the kings are already dead...
  • A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 2 by Spice&Kitty, 냥이와향신료

    A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 2 by Spice&Kitty, 냥이와향신료

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A full-color fantasy comic/webtoon of romance, drama, and second chances. Also known in English as The Fantasie of a Stepmother on the Tapas Media digital platform, this is the story of a beleaguered young noblewoman raising her stepchildren on her own..
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    mystery  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • Dovetail by Karen McQuestion

    Dovetail by Karen McQuestion

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Hello Love comes a spellbinding new novel of enduring love, family secrets, and mysterious death.Joe Arneson’s ordinary life is upended by troubling dreams of himself as a different man in another place and time. It isn’t until he visits his estranged grandmother, Pearl, in her Wisconsin hometown that a startling connection emerges...
  • Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 3 (Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) #3) by Meng Xi Shi

    Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 3 (Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) #3) by Meng Xi Shi

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A RACE AGAINST TIMEAfter the long journey to the Western Khaganate, Cui Buqu and Feng Xiao find their diplomatic efforts stymied when they are accused of murdering a Göktürk prince. Thinking on his feet, Cui Buqu requests a single day to crack the case and clear their names...
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    mystery  fantasy  queer  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • 하루만 네가 되고 싶어 2 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 2] by Sam, 삼

    하루만 네가 되고 싶어 2 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 2] by Sam, 삼

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ‘하네되’ 열풍의 화제작 『하루만 네가 되고 싶어』의 두번째 권. 황태자비 경합을 둘러싼 진실과 프시케의 비밀, 그리고 진정한 적의 정체가 밝혀진다. 프시케의 몸으로 이아로스가 보낸 자객들과 맞서 싸우던 메데이아는 적을 모두 물리치지만 결국 치명상을 입고 쓰러진다. 사경을 헤매던 메데이아는 신의 영역에 들어가 프시케의 과거를 엿보게 되고 진짜 적이 누구인지 깨닫는다. 한편 싸늘하게 식어가는 메데이아 위에 절규하던 프시케의 핏방울이 떨어진 순간 기적처럼 메데이아가 눈을 뜨는데…! 단행본 단독 외전 「지하실에 사는 것」 수록...
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    mystery  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 3 by Spice&Kitty, 냥이와향신료

    A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 3 by Spice&Kitty, 냥이와향신료

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    TRIAL BY FIREThe marchioness Shuri Von Neuschwanstein got the chance to redo the last seven years of her life, and managed to mend her broken relationship with her four stepchildren. Her devotion is tested, however, when the eldest stepchild, Jeremy, commits an act that could be considered treason, and receives a harsh punishment from the Empress...
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    mystery  fantasy  historical  humor  length-medium
  • Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 4 by Aya Kanno

    Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 4 by Aya Kanno

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil...
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    mystery  historical  queer  fantasy  m-m  length-short
  • He Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

    He Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Powerful imagery creates a 'you are there' immersion in the story of the post-Flood world. Kacy Barnett-Gramckow fans raved about her extraordinary job of moving the Flood off the Sunday School flannelgraph board and into life in the Heavens Before...
  • 하루만 네가 되고 싶어 3 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 3] by Sam, 삼

    하루만 네가 되고 싶어 3 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 3] by Sam, 삼

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    ‘하네되’ 열풍의 화제작 『하루만 네가 되고 싶어』의 단행본 3, 4권이 동시 출간되었다. 새로이 내려온 신탁과 그 내용을 둘러싼 메데이아와 프시케의 분투, 그리고 새로운 인물의 등장이 그려진다. 에페란토의 대신전에 엄청난 파급력의 신탁이 내려왔다는 소식이 퍼진다. 메데이아는 그 내용을 알아내기 위해 프시케의 몸으로 행동에 나선다. 한편 벨리아르 공작은 헤넬 국왕과 메데이아의 결혼을 성사시키기 위해 서두른다. 이에 반발한 프시케는 발코니에서 몸을 던지는데…? 신탁과 함께 새로운 인물의 등장으로 흥미를 고조시킨다. 3권에 연재 24~34화, 4권에 35~46화가 각각 수록되었으며, 권말에는 표지 시안과 남수, 아니영 동료 작가의 축전(3권), 주요 조연들의 캐릭터 시트(4권)가 실렸다...
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    mystery  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • 하루만 네가 되고 싶어 4 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 4] by Sam, 삼

    하루만 네가 되고 싶어 4 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 4] by Sam, 삼

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    ‘하네되’ 열풍의 화제작 『하루만 네가 되고 싶어』의 단행본 3, 4권이 동시 출간되었다. 새로이 내려온 신탁과 그 내용을 둘러싼 메데이아와 프시케의 분투, 그리고 새로운 인물의 등장이 그려진다. 에페란토의 대신전에 엄청난 파급력의 신탁이 내려왔다는 소식이 퍼진다. 메데이아는 그 내용을 알아내기 위해 프시케의 몸으로 행동에 나선다. 한편 벨리아르 공작은 헤넬 국왕과 메데이아의 결혼을 성사시키기 위해 서두른다. 이에 반발한 프시케는 발코니에서 몸을 던지는데…? 신탁과 함께 새로운 인물의 등장으로 흥미를 고조시킨다. 3권에 연재 24~34화, 4권에 35~46화가 각각 수록되었으며, 권말에는 표지 시안과 남수, 아니영 동료 작가의 축전(3권), 주요 조연들의 캐릭터 시트(4권)가 실렸다...
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    mystery  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • The Myths of Ophelia by Nicole Platania

    The Myths of Ophelia by Nicole Platania

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 4 in the Epic Romantic Fantasy series, The Curse of Ophelia...
  • 시크릿 레이디 1 by Anngato, 안가토

    시크릿 레이디 1 by Anngato, 안가토

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    유령을 보는 아이, 윤설우.유령을 보는 공녀, 로젠타인으로 환생하다!이번 생에서는 어떻게든 유령을 모른 척해 왔지만...."당장 내 동생 몸에서 나가!"하나뿐인 동생의 빙의를 풀기 위해 외쳤다.하지만 이 능력을 들킨다면 사형뿐.그렇다면 방법은 하나."샤르투스 황자가 죽을 예정이라지?"이 힘으로 제국의 제2황자, 샤르투스를 구하는 것!"저하께 제 목숨을 걸겠습니다...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  historical  fated-mates
  • The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

    The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In 18th-century England, a widowed confectioner is drawn into a web of love, betrayal, and intrigue and a battle of wits in this masterful historical novel from the author of the “delicious puzzle-box of a novel” (The New York Times) and USA TODAY bestseller The Square of Sevens...
  • Golden Terrace Volume 1 by Cang Wu Bin Bai, E. Danglars

    Golden Terrace Volume 1 by Cang Wu Bin Bai, E. Danglars

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 10 ratings
    It is year twenty-five of the Yuantai Era of the Great Zhou Empire. The renowned Marquis of Jingning, commander of the Beiyan Cavalry, Fu Shen is injured on the battlefield at the northern border. Returning with a broken leg to the capital, Fu Shen learns that the emperor has conferred a marriage for him—with another man...
  • The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy

    The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Britannia, AD 117: Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure, overseeing his wife's estate and doing his best to resist the urge to murder an annoying neighbour – until someone else does it for him...
  • バッカーノ!1931 特急編 The Grand Punk Railroad by Ryohgo Narita, Katsumi Enami

    バッカーノ!1931 特急編 The Grand Punk Railroad by Ryohgo Narita, Katsumi Enami

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    大陸横断特急のクレイジーな夜が明ける、そして――第9回 電撃ゲーム小説大賞で<金賞>を受賞した、成田良悟の受賞後第1作『バッカーノ! 1931...
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    mystery  historical  fantasy  length-medium
  • Titans of War by Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

    Titans of War by Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brand-new Ancient Egyptian epic from the master of adventure, Wilbur Smith. Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series.AN UNSTOPPABLE ENEMY. A CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR SALVATION...
  • 하루만 네가 되고 싶어 5 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 5] by Sam, 삼

    하루만 네가 되고 싶어 5 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 5] by Sam, 삼

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    “신탁대로 공녀께서는 아버님을 죽이실 겁니까?”메데이아를 둘러싼 불온한 소문이 제국 전역에 퍼지고, 벨리아르 공작가에는 위기감이 감돈다. 신탁의 실현을 막기 위해 공작가에 혈혈단신 쳐들어온 페르온에게 메데이아는 ‘어떤’ 동맹을 제안한다. 페르온은 수락하는 조건으로 ‘자신을 이기라’며 대련을 요구하는데…? 연재 47~57화 및 단행본 표지 선화, 동료 작가의 축전이 수록되었다...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • For the Gods' Sake by Rory L. Scott

    For the Gods' Sake by Rory L. Scott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    For the Gods' Sake is a fake dating, reluctant allies fantasy romance novel. It is the third book in the Tempt the Gods series and can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended to read the recap at the beginning of the book.A god and a princess. Working together.The Greek and Roman gods have co-existed for over two thousand years until the unthinkable happens...
  • Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw

    Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ariantes is a Sarmatian, a barbarian warrior-prince, uprooted from his home and customs and thrust into the honorless lands of the Romans. The victims of a wartime pact struck with the emperor Marcus Aurelius to ensure the future of Sarmatia, Ariantes and his troop of accomplished horsemen are sent to Hadrian's Wall...
  • A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom...
  • Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King

    Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King’s seminal debut features the man who inspired the world’s oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction.On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar’s reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii...
  • The Engagement of Marielle Clarac (Manga) Volume (The Tales of Marielle Clarac (Manga) #1) by Haruka Momo

    The Engagement of Marielle Clarac (Manga) Volume (The Tales of Marielle Clarac (Manga) #1) by Haruka Momo

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    As a plain, unassuming noble’s daughter, Marielle doesn’t stand out in high society. Imagine her surprise when she receives a marriage proposal from the sought-after Simeon, second-in-command of the Royal Order of Knights! Simeon, the heir to an earldom, is highly accomplished in scholarly and military arts—and he’s gorgeous...
  • The Pasha of Cuisine: A Novel by Saygun Ersin

    The Pasha of Cuisine: A Novel by Saygun Ersin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A deliciously sweeping, satisfyingly succulent novel full of passion, intrigue, history, politics, astrology, medicine, and the magic of a perfect meal.A Pasha of Cuisine is a rare talent in Ottoman lore. Only two, maybe three are born with such a gift every few centuries...
  • The Trickster's Heart: A Story of Hermes and Hercules by Molly Tullis

    The Trickster's Heart: A Story of Hermes and Hercules by Molly Tullis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Across the Greek world, Hermes is known as the trickster. After centuries, he's leaned into the title and ignored the unfair reputation that comes with it. Hercules, the mortal hero, has already gained a fearsome reputation of his own. When he needs help to finish his last labor and gain immortality, there's only one god who will be able to help...
  • 참아주세요, 대공 1 [Cham-ajuseyo, Daegong 1] (Finding Camellia (Novel) #1) by Soye Jin, 진소예

    참아주세요, 대공 1 [Cham-ajuseyo, Daegong 1] (Finding Camellia (Novel) #1) by Soye Jin, 진소예

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
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    · 11 ratings
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    · 10 ratings
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    · 10 ratings
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    · 9 ratings
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    · 9 ratings
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    Categorized as:
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    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    mystery  historical  fantasy  suspense  length-long
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