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By STAFF
Lancaster
Published Mar 02, 2013 23:49

Suffering from "Downton Abbey" withdrawal? These novels, on the new-book shelf at the Duke Street Library, may help.

1 CROSSING ON THE PARIS, by Dana Gynther. The lives of three women from different generations and classes intersect on a majestic ocean liner traveling from Paris to New York.

2 THE LAST SUMMER, by Judith Kinghorn.
In July 1914, innocent and lovely Clarissa Granville lives with her family in idyllic isolation at Deyning Park, a grand English country house. She's drawn to the housekeeper's handsome son, but their love will be tested by war.

3 PARK LANE, by Frances Osborne.
When Grace Campbell arrives in London in 1914, she's can't find a position as a secretary, so she takes a job as a housemaid and is caught up in lives of the inhabitants of No. 35 Park Lane.

4 LAURA LAMONT'S LIFE IN PICTURES, by Emma Straub.
Fleeing her Wisconsin home in the wake of a tragedy to pursue an acting career in Golden Age Hollywood, Elsa enjoys the heady extravagance of her fame while struggling to be true to herself and her family.

5 HABITS OF THE HOUSE, by Fay Weldon.
As the 1899 social season ends, the Earl of Dilberne has serious financial concerns that affect everyone in his household.

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