What’s new at Jacksonville Public Library:<\/p>\n
“Henry Tudor Must Die”<\/strong> by Jillian Laine: One queen exiled. Another headed for the gallows. Both hungry for revenge. England’s most infamous queens unite in vengeance against Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn is going to die, and neither her cleverness nor her witchery can save her. So when her late rival, Catalina de Arag\u00f3n, miraculously appears in her cell at the Tower of London on the eve of her execution, very much alive and offering a daring escape plan, no one is more surprised than Anne. Lina doesn’t have Anne’s magic \u2014 but she has just as much hate for England’s wretched king. Severed from her daughter and stripped of all her influence, Lina breathes only for the Hellebore Sisterhood, a clandestine and powerful society with a vested interest in keeping both queens alive \u2014 and using their particular skills to advance womankind. Anne and Lina’s old rivalries pale in comparison to a common enemy. And they’re not alone: Anna von Kleve, Kat Howard and even Catherine Parr all have their own bones to pick with the king. One by one, they capture their pawns, infiltrating the court, and eliminating the men who plotted against them. Always inching closer to their true target. And they want his head.<\/p>\n “Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women who Ignited the American Revolution”<\/strong> by Denise Kiernan: We think we know the history and the figures of the American Revolution \u2014 the founding fathers and the great leaders \u2014 but we’ve only been told half of the story. Spanning from early colonial resistance through the founding of the United States, “Obstinate Daughters” widens the lens through which we’ve observed the American Revolution by recognizing the women who played a vital part in the fight for our independence. Because without these heroic individuals, armies would not have been funded, bullets not forged, and declarations not signed. Without the stories of these brave humans, history is simply incomplete. In “Obstinate Daughters,” readers will meet the woman who picked up a musket and took matters into her own hands; the Cherokee leader who warned settlements of impending attacks; the young women whose ingenuity funded the fight in the South; the newspaper and tavern keepers who kept a fledgling nation informed and motivated; and the woman who fought for her own independence, in a battle within the revolution, to end slavery. The under-sung roles of these characters serve as a touchstone for all of us who feel our contributions go unnoticed.<\/p>\n “The Mastermind”<\/strong>: In a sedate Massachusetts suburb, circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.<\/p>\n “Hazelthorn”<\/strong> by C.G. Drews: Evander has lived like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn estate since he was taken in by his reclusive billionaire guardian, Byron\u00a0Lennox-Hall, as a child. For his safety,\u00a0Evander has been given three ironclad rules to follow: He can never leave the estate. He can never go into the gardens. And, most importantly, he can never again be left alone with Byron’s charming, underachieving grandson, Laurie. That last rule has been in place since Laurie tried to kill\u00a0Evander seven years ago and, yet, somehow Evander still is obsessed with him. When Byron suddenly dies,\u00a0Evander inherits Hazelthorn’s immense gothic mansion and acres of sprawling grounds, along with the entirety of the Lennox-Hall family’s vast wealth. But Evander’s sure his guardian was murdered, and Laurie may be the only one who can help him find the killer before they come for Evander next. Perhaps even more concerning is how the overgrown garden is refusing to stay behind its walls, slipping its vines and spores deeper into the house with each passing day. As the family’s dark secrets unravel alongside the growing horror of their terribly alive, bloodthirsty garden, Evander needs to find out what he’s really inheriting before the garden demands to be fed once more.<\/p>\n Come hear how Andrew Carnegie\u2019s philanthropic interests centered on education and world peace led to the establishment of public libraries, including Jacksonville Public Library.\u00a0HFK Presents actor Terry Lynch will portray Andrew Carnegie in a live program at 6 p.m. Aug. 26. Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What’s new at Jacksonville Public Library: “Henry Tudor Must Die” by Jillian Laine: One queen exiled. 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