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Jean Plaidy by The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-08-28 | Author:The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York [York, The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of]

I do not know how I managed to suppress my excitement during that day. I was with Isabel in the afternoon. We sat over our needlework as we often did. ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
The Pirates! by Gideon Defoe
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-11-10 | Author:Gideon Defoe

Nine I Ride with the Bandit King! After a game of chess that the Pirate Captain later told the pirates he deliberately let Ahab win because he still felt guilty ...
( Category: Humorous April 5,2015 )
The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Frank Delaney

PART FOUR The Pursuit of the Past 76 We got clean away. Old joke about a dog chasing a car: What does he do with it when he catches it? ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage April 5,2015 )
The Tattoo Artist A Novel by Jill Ciment
mobi |eng | 2005-08-15 | Author:Jill Ciment

CHAPTER THIRTEEN ll that remained of my drawings the next morning was a dusting of ash on Philip’s skin, except for two remarkably intact images—the black ship on his chest ...
( Category: Canadian April 5,2015 )
Jane and the Damned by Janet Mullany
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-11-12 | Author:Janet Mullany

Chapter 12 “I am happy to announce a complete cure, Mrs. Austen. Your daughter is well again.” Jane watched in fascination as Luke, sitting next to her mother on the ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-02-02 | Author:Helen Dunmore

Chapter Eight THERE WAS A place for his head between her chin and her breast. They lay for a long time like that, slowly returning to themselves. Perhaps they’d been ...
( Category: Ghosts April 5,2015 )
The New Countess by Fay Weldon
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Fay Weldon

Part 2 What Happened Next …in Minnie’s Life Minnie marvelled at how quickly things could change. Three weeks after her flight from Dilberne Court, she stood in her stockinged feet ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Shadow Princess by Indu Sundaresan
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-23 | Author:Indu Sundaresan

Sixteen The whole kingdom wears the appearance of a fertile and highly cultivated garden. Villages and hamlets are frequently seen through the luxuriant foliage. . . . The whole ground ...
( Category: Indian April 5,2015 )
Queen's Bounty by Fiona Buckley
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-08-01 | Author:Fiona Buckley

TWELVE Enter Margaret Emory My name is Margaret Emory, as I’ve said. Until yesterday, I lived with my parents at Greenlease Farm, a mile or two the other side of ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Lion Heart A Novel (Justin Cartwright) by Justin Cartwright
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Justin Cartwright

On Sunday, as I was leaving for Oxford in the Porsche, Venetia came down to see me off, near the magnolia tree. I apologised for my behaviour the other night. ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
Talus and the Frozen King by Graham Edwards
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-01 | Author:Graham Edwards

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 'Tharn tells me you have questions,' said Cabarrath, seating himself by the fire. He moved his long limbs with economy and grace. His face was sad and open. ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion by Janet Mullany
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-03 | Author:Janet Mullany

Chapter 14 Raphael held open the carriage door, bowing, and Jane stepped inside, remembering only just in time to bend her head and save her ostrich feathers. He stepped inside ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Park Lane by Frances Osborne
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-06-11 | Author:Frances Osborne

14 BEA IS HOOKED, LACED AND PINNED, WITH A SATIN puddle train trailing behind her. As she twists to look in the glass, the beaded tassels on the long end ...
( Category: Military April 5,2015 )
The Courtesan's Lover by Gabrielle Kimm
mobi |eng | 2012-02-23 | Author:Gabrielle Kimm

Twenty-five Smoke was starting to wisp out around the carved larchwood jut of the fireplace hood. Luca looked across at Luigi and drew in a long breath. The old man’s ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Rescue for a Queen by Fiona Buckley
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Fiona Buckley

FOURTEEN The Third Wine Cellar Anne Percy had once been – indeed, theoretically still was – the Countess of Northumberland. She was accustomed to houses with great halls approached through ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )

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