Historical Fiction
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:J. Anderson Coats

MY FATHER is having winter firewood loaded into our rearyard. Cartload after cartload, and all I can hear is clumping hooves and blasphemy and the clatter of wood on wood. ...
( Category: Prejudice & Racism April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jennifer Allison

After recovering from their shock, Gilda’s spy recruits seemed to decide that the face on their video screens must be part of the surveillance test—something intentionally created by the Spy ...
( Category: United States April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jill Rubalcaba

"Proof that he is a traitor. I fear for Caesar." "If the spies couldn't help you, how can we?" Damon asked. "Cicero is a lawyer. My informants tell me he ...
( Category: General April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-02-27 | Author:Jennifer Gold

Chapter 8 Toronto, Canada 2007 “Come in, guys.” Dr. McLeod is waiting for them when they arrive. They’re a few minutes late; finding parking proved to be a challenge today. ...
( Category: Holocaust April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-20 | Author:Julia Golding

1Struck through by the censor. SCENE 3 . . . BACKSTAGE ‘Are you all right, Cat?’ Pedro found me in the auditorium, replacing the candles in one of the chandeliers. ...
( Category: Historical Fiction April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-05-24 | Author:Jennifer Bradbury

Chapter Fiffeen “Honestly, Agnes, you eat like your brother,” Mother complained. “If we weren’t in such an infernal hurry,” I said around a mouthful of bread, “I could slow down ...
( Category: Europe April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jonathan Stroud

16 SVEIN BECAME DISSATISFIED WITH the appearance of his House, which was little more than a few dilapidated cottages set amid the fields. 'We can do better than this,' he ...
( Category: Medieval April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Joan W. Blos

Sunday, May 22, 1831 On this day, in Boston, they married. I will not call her Mother. Thursday, May 26, 1831 She is less tall than I expected—smaller, even, than ...
( Category: United States April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Jeff Stone

CHAPTER 15 ShaoShu yawned as he stood in front of Tonglong and Lei many hours later. He was covered from head to toe with smoke and gunpowder stains, but he ...
( Category: Historical Fiction April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jane Yolen

21 The Price of Honor “YOU CANNOT THINK to let them go like that,” Kay said, when he heard. “It is like something out of a minstrel’s story. A year ...
( Category: Medieval April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Julie Berry

CHAPTER 15 Wednesday morning dawned clear and bright, and Smooth Kitty announced over tea and toast that they would do laundry and housecleaning that morning. “What would Mama say to ...
( Category: Europe April 4,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-09-08 | Author:Paul Stewart [Stewart, Paul]

I turned to see two figures emerging from a rundown sail yard. As they drew closer, I could see they had swordsticks of their own – one with a pewter ...
( Category: Spine-Chilling Horror April 4,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-24 | Author:Lynne Reid Banks [Banks, Lynne Reid]

Marcus was overjoyed when he was told that Aurelia was coming. He'd never entertained her at his house before, and he had his servants and slaves running around in circles, ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations April 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-04-01 | Author:Paul Stewart [Stewart, Paul]

Back in my attic rooms, I collapsed into my old armchair and studied the Daily Chronicle. I must admit, my hands were shaking as I scanned the column of small ...
( Category: Spine-Chilling Horror April 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 1999-03-27 | Author:Richard Platt [Platt, Richard]

The fish swam right up to the man and over his hand. Suddenly the silence ended, and all was splashing as the man hurled the flapping fish on to the ...
( Category: Historical Fiction March 28,2015 )