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Murder on High Holborn by Susanna Gregory
epub |eng | 2014-01-02 | Author:Susanna Gregory [Gregory, Susanna]

Chapter 8 The Tothill Street house was empty when Chaloner arrived home, and there was a scribbled message from Hannah saying she would be home late and that the servants ...
( Category: Historical January 17,2015 )
The Body in the Thames by Susanna Gregory
epub |eng | 2011-01-20 | Author:Susanna Gregory [Gregory, Susanna]

The warden who answered the gate was an obese, grim-faced man with rotten teeth that might have been responsible for his surly temper. He spat on the floor as Wiseman ...
( Category: Historical January 17,2015 )
The Complete Oscar Wilde Collection (95 total works)
azw |eng | 2009-03-30 | Author:Wilde, Oscar [Wilde, Oscar]

One of the greatest difficulties with which the modern historian has to contend is the enormous complexity of the facts which come under his notice: D'Alembert's suggestion that at the ...
( Category: British & Irish January 17,2015 )
Enemy in Sight by Alexander Kent
epub |eng | 1970-01-01 | Author:Alexander Kent [Kent, Alexander]

Without looking at his watch Bolitho knew it was close on noon. The sun which had been in his face since early dawn now blazed down from directly overhead with ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser
epub |eng | 1973-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

* * * I've been in a good few sieges in my time, from full-dress affairs like Cawnpore, Lucknow, and the Pekin nonsense a few years ago, to more domestic ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
Prayer for the Ship by Douglas Reeman
epub |eng | 1958-01-01 | Author:Douglas Reeman [Reeman, Douglas]

I’m so very sorry about the way I treated you when we last met, but I now know that we both understand. If you still want to see me, I ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
Flashman on the March by George MacDonald Fraser
epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

Any doubts I might have had about the military bandobast of the Wollo Gallas were banished entirely in the next few hours when I conferred with their commanders. They were ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
epub, mobi |eng | 1969-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

I screamed as he swung the whip, and leaped as it struck me. God, I never knew such pain; it was like a fiery razor. He laughed and swung again ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
In Distant Waters by Richard Woodman
epub, mobi |eng | 1988-01-02 | Author:Richard Woodman [Woodman, Richard]

In Distant Waters file:///C:/DOCUME~1/abc/LOCALS~1/Temp/7zO26.tmp/Richard%20W... 'Infernal machines…' Drinkwater heard someone whisper, half-admiringly, and smiled grimly when he realised it was Derrick, caught up in the stirring excitement of this insanity. 'Bearing ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
Signal-Close Action! by Alexander Kent
epub |eng | 1974-01-02 | Author:Alexander Kent [Kent, Alexander]

11 The Letter 'WILL that be all for now, sir?' Moffitt, the clerk, regarded Bolitho gloomily, his weedy frame angled to the deck. 'Yes. Thank you.' Bolitho leaned back in ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
The Bomb Vessel by Richard Woodman
epub, mobi |eng | 1984-01-01 | Author:Richard Woodman [Woodman, Richard]

Drinkwater watched the brig beating up from the east with the alarm signal flying from her foremasthead. She reminded him of Hellebore and would pass close under Virago's stern as ...
( Category: Crime January 16,2015 )
The Corvette by Richard Woodman
epub, mobi |eng | 1985-01-01 | Author:Richard Woodman [Woodman, Richard]

Greatly refreshed from an uninterrupted sleep of almost twelve hours, wrote Drinkwater in his journal, I woke to the strong impression that my life had been spared by providence … ...
( Category: Crime January 16,2015 )
Hild: A Novel by Griffith Nicola
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2013-11-11 | Author:Griffith, Nicola [Griffith, Nicola]

15 IN YORK, the first day of Blodmonath dawned unseasonably mild. High, bright clouds coated the sky as evenly as egg foam. Larks and starlings gathered in flocks on the ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Mary Balogh [Balogh, Mary]

14 “DO you suppose, Smith,” Duncan asked while his valet was helping him into his coat the following morning and ensuring that his shirt and waistcoat beneath it did not ...
( Category: Regency January 14,2015 )
A Counterfeit Betrothal / the Notorious Rake
epub |eng | 1992-06-02 | Author:Mary Balogh [Balogh, Mary]

Lord Francis might as well be sitting inside the carriage instead of riding his horse, Olivia thought. For much of the journey Sophia had had the window down, her betrothed ...
( Category: Historical January 14,2015 )

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