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The personal librarian / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

This historical novel follows Belle da Costa Greene, J.P. Morgan's personal librarian in early 20th-century New York. While curating a world-class collection, she must conceal her African American identity and pass as white to navigate the city's elite society.

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