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The Black Snow: A Novel by Paul Lynch
epub |eng | 2015-05-11 | Author:Paul Lynch

That rain came with a venomous slant to cut a man wide open. The wind circled and outburst as it pleased, took the sloping rain and ran with it in ...
( Category: Historical June 12,2015 )
The Serpent's Tooth by Alex Rutherford
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-03-09 | Author:Alex Rutherford

‘I summoned you at this late hour because the news is too grave to keep until tomorrow.’ Shah Jahan looked round at his counsellors, whose sleepy faces and hastily pulled ...
( Category: Historical June 12,2015 )
Total War Rome: Destroy Carthage by David Gibbins
epub, azw |eng | | Author:David Gibbins

11 The messenger who had dismounted from his horse hurried towards them, putting his right hand on his chest in salute. He was a man Fabius knew and trusted, Quintus ...
( Category: Military June 12,2015 )
Maggie by Marie Maxwell
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-12-08 | Author:Marie Maxwell

Eleven ‘Well, someone’s been in there; I know they have. The money from the cash box was in the drawer in the old biscuit tin from the hotel. I didn’t ...
( Category: Family Saga June 12,2015 )
The Sacred River by Wendy Wallace
epub |eng | | Author:Wendy Wallace

THIRTY-THREE The crew had cleared the luncheon table and the three passengers were lingering over coffee, Eyre smoking a cigar and Effie Simpson retelling the story of their wedding day ...
( Category: Historical June 12,2015 )
The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter
epub |eng | 2015-03-09 | Author:M.J. Carter

The thought of going on a raja’s shikar—and a tiger hunt at that—overthrew all thoughts of Jubbulpore and even of Mountstuart. I reread his description of stalking the beasts in ...
( Category: Historical June 12,2015 )
The Legacy of Grazia dei Rossi by Jacqueline Park
epub |eng, eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:Jacqueline Park

From: Danilo del Medigo at Maltepe To: Judah del Medigo at Topkapi Palace Date: June 14, 1534 Dear Papa: Just when I had begun to believe that I was doomed ...
( Category: Jewish June 11,2015 )
Highland Soldiers 1: The Enemy by J.L. Jarvis
epub |eng | 2014-05-23 | Author:J.L. Jarvis [Jarvis, J.L.]

* * * A fortnight later the prisoners’ fate was announced to the guards of Greyfriars. Alex, Hughie and Charlie brought the news to Callum shortly after. “We’re still looking ...
( Category: Scottish June 11,2015 )
Covenant with Death by Harris John
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-03 | Author:Harris, John [Harris, John]

he said ‘In flippin’ mud what’s four foot deep, If I’m not ’ere when you awake, Just scrape me out wiv a garden rake.’ He finished with a fervent ‘Amen’ ...
( Category: War June 11,2015 )
The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-02-18 | Author:Katharine McMahon

Date of sailing, September 22, 1924. 150 children. Aged 8 and above. Placements, various, domestic, agricultural Fee PS13.00 per child. Submissions by August 11, 1924. Agency Barnardo's, in association with ...
( Category: Historical June 11,2015 )
Sharpe's Waterloo: Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815 by Bernard Cornwell
mobi |eng | 2000-12-01 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 11 “Not a day for cricket, eh, Sharpe?” Lieutenant-Colonel Ford shouted the jocular greeting, though his expression was hardly welcoming. The Colonel, with Major Vine beside him, crouched in ...
( Category: Military June 11,2015 )
The Fallen Angels by Bernard Cornwell & Susannah Kells
mobi, epub |eng | 1984-06-10 | Author:Bernard Cornwell & Susannah Kells

She sipped champagne, she danced. The Bishop insisted on a minuet, raising his feet as though he was a carthorse and clumping them down in a travesty of the dance’s ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense June 11,2015 )
The Bloody Ground (Starbuck Chronicles) by Bernard Cornwell
mobi |eng | 1996-11-21 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

THE NORTHERN ARMY groped cautiously into the deserted Maryland farmlands, where General McClellan left nothing to chance. He watched his flanks, secured his communications, and advanced his forward units at ...
( Category: Military June 11,2015 )
The Rose Rent: The Thirteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-08-15 | Author:Ellis Peters

Chapter Eight YOU BROUGHT ME here,” she said, “now get me hence as best you can.” In the narrow, bare room which had once been Hynde’s counting-house, the small flame ...
( Category: Historical June 11,2015 )
New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-11-10 | Author:Edward Rutherfurd

“Lots of people have taken up bathing recently,” said Gretchen. “Doctors say salt water’s bad for the skin,” Mary objected. “We won’t go in for long,” Gretchen promised. There were ...
( Category: Family Saga June 11,2015 )

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