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Emperor 1: The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2009-06-22 | Author:Conn Iggulden

They could hear the roar of Rome long before they reached the gates. The sound was like the sea, a formless, crashing wave that engulfed them as they halted at ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
18 The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'brian
mobi |eng | 1996-06-29 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER SIX The grief and anxiety did not die away, but of necessity they receded, and as the Bellona worked her way, tack upon tack, round the Saints to regain ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Sharpe 19 Sharpe's Revenge by Bernard Cornwell
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 9 Captain Peter d'Alembord sat in the drawing-room of the Cork Street house and felt acutely uncomfortable. It was not that d'Alembord was unused to luxury, indeed he had ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
26_Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 2002-04-28 | Author:Terry Pratchett

Tick There was not, surprisingly, a great deal of blood. The head rolled into the snow, and the body slowly toppled forward. “Now you killed—” Lobsang began. “Just a second,” ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
Sharpe 03 Sharpe's Fortress by Bernard Cornwell
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 6 Sharpe knew he was in an ox cart. He could tell that from the jolting motion and from the terrible squeal of the ungreased axles. The ox carts ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
24 River God by Wilbur Smith
mobi |eng | 2007-05-14 | Author:Wilbur Smith

WE ENTERED THROUGH THE MAIN DOORWAY to the audience hall of the grand vizier's palace. Pharaoh paused at the threshold. Although the wound from Rasfer's sword was slight, I had ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense February 9,2015 )
13 The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O'brian
mobi |eng | 1989-03-30 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER SIX It was quite true: within two days of being immersed in eastern ways, climate, food, languages, faces, expressions, and forms of civility Fox was a different man, a ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Sharpe 17 Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwell
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

They went north in the moon-drenched night. They slanted westwards to where they could see hills and trees, the cover sought by all infantrymen in trouble. They walked fast, pushing ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
The Flashman Papers 01 - Flashman
mobi |eng | 2011-04-20 | Author:George Macdonald Fraser

Notes 1 Lord Brougham's speech in May, 1839, "lashed the Queen … with unsparing severity" (Greville) and caused great controversy. 2 Lady Flora Hastings, Maid of Honour to the Duchess ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Blood of the South by Clare Alys
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-01-02 | Author:Clare, Alys [Clare, Alys]

I paused. I was watching Hrype closely – as closely as he frequently watches me – and I sensed that he was deliberately masking his thoughts. ‘Really?’ he asked mildly. ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Shadow of the Raven by Harris Tessa
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-12-28 | Author:Harris, Tessa [Harris, Tessa]

Later that afternoon Lady Lydia Farrell glided into the drawing room. Her back straight and her eyes bright and alert, she seemed to have regained the health that had deserted ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Egypt by Nick Drake
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-12-05 | Author:Nick Drake [Drake, Nick]

The interior of the palace was spectacularly lit by many torches that burned smokily. But a heavy gloom dominated. At the end of a long, high passageway, carved wooden doors ...
( Category: Historical February 8,2015 )
The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-02-14 | Author:Barbara Cleverly [Cleverly, Barbara]

Chapter Twelve THEY SAT FOR a moment in the car on the Governor’s gravelled driveway as Naurung stepped out and opened the door. ‘Beautiful!’ said Joe. ‘Beautiful garden!’ He looked ...
( Category: Historical February 5,2015 )
Ye Gods! by Tom Holt
mobi, epub |eng | 1992-01-01 | Author:Tom Holt

In the newly-restored quiet of his study, Gelos was communicating with Prometheus. As usual, it wasn’t easy - the thoughtwaves are horribly congested these days, and if you aren’t careful ...
( Category: Paranormal & Urban February 3,2015 )
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, but It Helps by Tom Holt
mobi |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Tom Holt

CHAPTER ELEVEN Cassie Clay picked up the phone, put it to her ear, reached out for the keypad and hesitated. A promise was a promise. Furthermore - well, furthermore, she ...
( Category: Humorous February 3,2015 )

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