British & Irish
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-01-10 | Author:Tessa Harris [Harris, Tessa]

Chapter 30 Bibby Motte winced suddenly and made an odd hissing sound as she sucked in air through her clenched teeth. A ruby-red droplet of blood was blooming on her ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Rush

31 I didn’t go to the Theatre myself. I went home instead, sat down among the morning’s breadcrumbs and bits of bacon and stared at the wall, two feet from ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Vita Sackville-West

Perhaps Vita’s most celebrated book, about history, house, and herself, concerns her dearly loved and hard-lost Knole. Her relation to her colorful ancestors infuses the book with nostalgia and beauty. ...
( Category: Women March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Chadwick

CHAPTER 21 Annais looked down at her husband. The fight was over and Gerbert’s expression wore peace instead of the ravages of pain and fever. His brow was smooth; his ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-06-08 | Author:Sackville-West, Vita [Sackville-West, Vita]

Perhaps Vita’s most celebrated book, about history, house, and herself, concerns her dearly loved and hard-lost Knole. Her relation to her colorful ancestors infuses the book with nostalgia and beauty. ...
( Category: British & Irish March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Elliot Perlman

CHAPTER 19 In the morning I awoke to find myself alone in bed once more. My wife, who knew the bed in all its moods, was up with a purpose. ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Angelica Garnett

7 At Home in Sussex Meanwhile life at Charleston continued, bathed it seemed in the glow of a perpetual summer. The household fell into two halves: on the one hand ...
( Category: Movements & Periods March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Rhys Bowen

Nineteen I blinked as a bright light shone down on me. I sat up, heart thudding, only to see that it was the morning sun, shining directly into my face. ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-02-10 | Author:Scott, Paul [Scott, Paul]

Chapter Nine WHEN HE SLIPPED out of the hotel half-an-hour later it was in a spirit more of desperation than of lingering rebellion. Used though he was to bad Monday ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-02-01 | Author:Sophia James

Chapter Ten Señora Antonia Herrera y Salazar briskly tied the ribbons of her new bonnet beneath her chin and bent to reassure the old woman before her, tucked warmly into ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | 1958-03-13 | Author:H E Bates

CHAPTER 13 LOOKING up from the boat he saw Pierre lying flat on the jetty in the same attitude as he had left him in the afternoon, and above him ...
( Category: Military March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-11 | Author:Penelope Wilcock

The Nineteenth Day On this day sleet fell, riding wildly on a cruel wind. Every man shivered, so cold to the bone that he could hardly get to sleep at ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-13 | Author:Fraser McAlpine

WHAT TO SAY: “Remember the year it rained and Cliff Richard led the crowd in a singsong?” WHAT NOT TO SAY (ANY MORE): “Come on, Tim!” Grade-B Swearwords If you ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 14,2016 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Melvyn Bragg [Bragg, Melvyn]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR ‘So why would he want to do a thing like that, Mr. Hawesley?’ William did not want to be drawn. Sadie’s energy always felt like an assault. He ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-22 | Author:Justine Elyot [Elyot, Justine]

Rachael balked, but the cleft between her thighs lit up as if electrified, knowing what she wanted before her head caught up. She untied the knot, leaning awkwardly on one ...
( Category: Contemporary March 14,2016 )