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Top Sellers in Historical Category
Historical Category
| The Big Sleep |
| Description | When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.
"Chandler [writes] like a slumming angel and invest[s] the ... |
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| Lowest collectible price | $8.00 |
| Lowest new price | $5.95 |
| Lowest used price | $1.72 |
| Manufacturer | Vintage |
| Categories | General AAS General 20th Century Classics Paperback Hard-Boiled Historical Printed Books |
| Maisie Dobbs |
| Description | Hailed by NPR’s Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths. Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own ... |
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| Lowest collectible price | $15.00 |
| Lowest new price | $4.80 |
| Lowest used price | $1.22 |
| Manufacturer | Penguin Books |
| Categories | General AAS Historical Women Sleuths General Paperback Printed Books |
| My Name Is Red |
| Description | From one of the most important and acclaimed writers at work today, a thrilling new novel—part murder mystery, part love story—set amid the perils of religious repression in sixteenth-century Istanbul.
When the Sultan commissions a great book to celebrate his royal self and his extensive dominion, he directs Enishte Effendi to assemble a ... |
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| Lowest collectible price | $26.94 |
| Lowest new price | $7.00 |
| Lowest used price | $2.60 |
| Manufacturer | Knopf |
| Categories | Turkey Contemporary Literary General General AAS Historical Hardcover Printed Books |
| The Janissary Tree: A Novel |
| Description | Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel It is 1836. Europe is modernizing and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim, a man both ... |
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| Lowest new price | $3.01 |
| Lowest used price | $1.07 |
| Manufacturer | Picador |
| Categories | General AAS Historical Contemporary General Paperback Printed Books |
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