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A Welsh Witch by Allen Raine
epub |eng | 2013-02-21 | Author:Allen Raine

CHAPTER XVI GLAISH-Y-DAIL On the side of a rocky hill, overlooking one of the most romantic valleys in Glamorganshire, stood the residence (for we dare not call it the house) ...
( Category: Wales January 20,2023 )
Sligo Folk Tales by Joe McGowan
epub |eng | 2015-06-15 | Author:Joe McGowan [McGowan, Joe]

Originally, harvest celebrations were held here to celebrate the pagan goddess Áine; they have continued to recent times as a Christian festival. Here then we have this most remarkable well, ...
( Category: Ireland January 20,2023 )
In Sunny Spain with Pilarica and Rafael by Katharine Lee Bates
epub |eng | 2021-05-19 | Author:Katharine Lee Bates [Bates, Katharine Lee]

But she has little pride, For the coarsest of her petticoats She wears on the outside.” Then Grandfather, not to be outdone, held up to general view a scarlet pepper ...
( Category: Europe January 20,2023 )
The Canal Boat Girl by Sheila Everett
epub |eng | | Author:Sheila Everett

TWENTY-ONE Here they were, tying up Pili Pala under Drago’s direction, for all days, dreaded or looked forward to, come round inevitably, don’t they, and it was late afternoon on ...
( Category: Wales January 20,2023 )
Gypsy Baron by Mary Daheim
epub |eng | 2017-01-04 | Author:Mary Daheim

Chapter Ten The Elector Frederick was training a new gyrfalcon, and having little success. The young German prince slipped the hood from the bird’s eyes, but could not get it ...
( Category: United Kingdom January 20,2023 )
The Poland Trilogy by James Conroyd Martin
epub |eng | 2022-12-05 | Author:James Conroyd Martin

Jan brought out from his trunk his old army raiment, the day uniform and the one for dress. He had no idea whether the Polish uniform would be used or ...
( Category: Baltic States January 18,2023 )
Anglo-Saxon Boy by Tony Bradman
epub |eng | 2017-03-02 | Author:Tony Bradman [Bradman, Tony]

TWELVE BROKEN HEARTS A GREAT ROAR of approval greeted the announcement, and men banged their fists on the tables that ran in two lines down the length of the hall, ...
( Category: England January 17,2023 )
A Revolution of Hearts by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen
epub |eng | 2020-09-28 | Author:Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen

Chapter 18 It was midnight, and still Dacia could not get Miss Grant’s disapproving glare out of her mind. What if her outside-the-ordinary actions had made Miss Grant question Dacia’s ...
( Category: France January 17,2023 )
Chinese dreams in Romantic England The life and times of Thomas Manning by Edward Weech
epub | | | Author:Edward Weech

From the centre A. at the distance A. B. Describe the circle B. C. D. At the distance B. A. from B. the centre The round A. C. E. to ...
( Category: Georgian Era (1714-1837) January 17,2023 )
The Final Year of Anne Boleyn by Natalie Grueninger
epub | | | Author:Natalie Grueninger

But forasmuch as the place where they be, the name thereof and kind of pains there, also be to us uncertain by Scripture; therefore this with all other things we ...
( Category: England January 17,2023 )
A Night of Flames by Matthew Harffy
epub |eng | | Author:Matthew Harffy [Harffy, Matthew]

Thirty The good weather held and as the sun fell to the horizon behind us, there was no land to be seen in any direction. The sea in our wake ...
( Category: Middle Ages (449-1066) January 16,2023 )
The Siege of Loyalty House by Jessie Childs
epub |eng | 2022-05-18 | Author:Jessie Childs [Childs, Jessie]

Most of the marked passages relate to general wounds, followed by ‘bloody flux’ (dysentery), spitting blood, bleeding, ulcers (a manifestation of smallpox), ‘laske’ (diarrhoea) and ‘women’s courses’, which suggests the ...
( Category: England January 15,2023 )
The Women of the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon
epub |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:The Countess of Carnarvon [Carnarvon, The Countess of]

4 From Honeymoon to Highclere On Christmas Day 1922, Porchey and Catherine sailed for India from Tilbury Docks, arriving in Bombay some ten days later. They had spent five months ...
( Category: 20th Century January 15,2023 )
Diplomatic Gifts by Paul Brummell
epub |eng | 2022-04-04 | Author:Paul Brummell [Brummell, Paul]

1850 SARAH FORBES BONETTA A GIFT FROM GHEZO, KING OF DAHOMEY, TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FREDERICK E. FORBES, ROYAL NAVY Palm Cottage, Gillingham, home from 1855 to 1861 of Sarah Forbes ...
( Category: Europe January 15,2023 )
Finding Your Scottish Ancestors by Kirsty F Wilkinson
epub |eng | | Author:Kirsty F Wilkinson

EXPERT TIP By following the steps of the GPS, identifying relevant records, analysing and citing our sources, correlating evidence and writing a well-reasoned conclusion, we can ensure that our research ...
( Category: Europe January 13,2023 )

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