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By Follett, Ken2023., Adult, Viking Call No: FIC FOL Edition: First United States edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Kingsbridge Volume: [book 5]Summary Note: "The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters' lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war."--
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c1984., Adult, Buccaneer Books Call No: YA ORC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Sir Percy Blakeney defies the French revolutionaries in order to save innocent men and women from being put to death in the guillotine.
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[2003]., Adult, Penguin Books Call No: YA DIC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Penguin classicsSummary Note: Presents Charles Dickens's 1859 historical novel set in Paris and London during the French Revolution, in which French nobleman Charles Darnay renounces his position in order to save the life of a servant; and contains chronology, timeline, and textual notes.