Monday, July 27, 2009

A visual preview of the fall season, part three

I'm late in getting this final group of covers posted. The good news about my tardiness, though, is that many of these titles will be available in the very near future. See parts one and two here and here. Part one of my spring 2010 preview coming soon!


In 1815 Paris, a medical student from Edinburgh gets drawn into an underworld of outlaws and émigrés after a beautiful woman steals his coral specimens. Spiegel & Grau, September; also Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK), Jan 2010.

Edghill (Queenmaker, Wisdom's Daughter) reinterprets another biblical tale from the feminine perspective. I was fortunate to read an early copy of Delilah and think it's her best yet. St. Martin's, November.



The conclusion of the authors' Colette trilogy, a family saga set in the West Indies during the early 19th century. This series is addictive, and I'll be indulging myself as soon as my copy arrives. Avon A, November.


Catalan novelist Rosales's fourth novel, set in the contemporary art world and at the royal court of 18th-century Barcelona, centers on a manuscript telling of a lost masterpiece by the Venetian painter Tiepolo. Carlos Ruiz Zafón gave it a great blurb. Alma Books, October.


Jarrettsville
takes place in northern Maryland just after the Civil War, and looks deeply into the reasons behind the inexplicable killing of a Union hero by his fiancée. Based on a true story from the author's family history. Counterpoint, October.


A multigenerational epic of Canada, done up in the style of Michener and Rutherfurd, and inspired by the life of David Thompson, an early 19th-century Welsh immigrant who became Canada's greatest cartographer. I love the cover. Viking Canada, November.


Third in Gedge's King's Man trilogy, which follows the life of the renowned seer, Huy, in the last years of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty. This volume begins as Huy becomes scribe and counselor to the young pharaoh, Amunhotep III. Penguin Canada, forthcoming [publication delayed, per publisher]



In the Aizu mountains of Japan in the late 19th century, a young peasant girl falls desperately in love with a samurai warrior, only to learn that the world she inhabits has no place for love. Alma, October, and available in the UK now.


An author known for her historical mysteries set in ancient Rome turns to the English Civil War and Commonwealth, a setting she calls her first love in historical fiction. Century, September.


Canadian novelist Holeman has written three historical novels for adults, all part of her Indian trilogy set in 19th-century India and Afghanistan. Her latest, about a woman in search of her missing fiancé, takes place in 1930s Marrakech. McArthur & Co (Canada) and Headline Review (UK), October.


A debut novel about a mysterious young woman named Rachel and the passion she and Vincent van Gogh shared. If you're not already a regular to Sheramy's blog, give it a visit for insights into the writing process as well as Van Gogh's life and art. Avon A, October.


In the third in her Languedoc trilogy, a man and woman haunted by loss in the Great War meet in the Pyrenees in 1928 and begin unraveling a tragic mystery extending back centuries. Orion, October.

10 comments:

  1. thank you for these roundups -- very interesting and useful, too

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  2. Thanks for your comments, Rosina, and for linking to this set of posts. There sure are a lot of literary daughters out there.

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  3. Anonymous3:57 PM

    The Coral Thief stands out to me, especially -- sounds like a really interesting read! Plus, I love the cover art... gets me every time!

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  4. Ok I looked over the choices again and Jarrettsville caught my attention... a little.

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  5. Okay. I need to read Kate Mosse's other two books so I can justify buying the new one. It looks really interesting!

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  6. I LOVE Sheramy's cover --- can't wait to read it.

    Also pleased to see so many Canadian authors.

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  7. Thanks, Lucy -- I went looking for Canadian novels to include, having been to Ontario twice in the last year and seen many wonderful-sounding books that never make it south of the border. I did a fair amount of shopping there, of course! Pauline Gedge is no longer published in the US, but should be.

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  8. More books to add to my list! I've got Linda Holeman's first two books--I see I need to catch up on some reading before her third one comes out! I read Kate Mosse's first book, didn't read the second but am curious about the third since it is set during WWI. Thanks for posting photos!

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  9. Hi Sarah,
    Thanks for the shout-out!

    Good stuff coming out this fall. I didn't know Lindsey Davis had a non-Roman book.

    [Glad you like the cover, Lucy!]

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  10. Wow, these look great! Thank you for sharing this!

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