Home > Literature & Fiction > British & Irish > Historical
Historical
A Parliament of Spies by Cassandra Clark
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-12-20 | Author:Cassandra Clark [Clark, Cassandra]

As they went inside to find the refectory he explained what the fighting was about. ‘It’s over Mayor Brembre’s desire to protect the city traders.’ At the mention of Brembre ...
( Category: Historical February 3,2015 )
City of Hope by Kate Kerrigan
epub |eng | 2013-05-13 | Author:Kate Kerrigan

I told Bridie I was entertaining the men exclusively the following night (she was “scandalized!”) and gave her money to keep everyone out of the house until at least nine ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage February 3,2015 )
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-01 | Author:Simone St. James

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO “Sleeves,” said Matron. Martha, Nina, Boney, and I stood before her in a line. As one we held out our arms, clothed in the long sleeves we’d fastened ...
( Category: Ghosts February 3,2015 )
Sinfully Ever After (Book Club Belles Society) by Jayne Fresina
epub |eng | 2014-12-01 | Author:Jayne Fresina [Fresina, Jayne]

Sixteen As they raced along the road, she tried wresting the reins from his hands, to take control of the horse, yelling at him that he would kill them both ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
The Lord Bishop's Clerk by Sarah Hawkswood
epub |eng | 2014-10-13 | Author:Sarah Hawkswood

Hugh Bradecote returned to the guest hall after personally checking the guards set to duty. He went first to Messire FitzHugh’s chamber, which was nearest the entrance. He knocked, but ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
The Path of the Wicked by Caro Peacock
epub |eng | 2013-01-24 | Author:Caro Peacock [Caro Peacock]

TWELVE Tabby joined me as I walked up the drive. ‘What was that thing between them?’ I had to think about it for a moment. ‘Tendresse. Meaning Rodney Kemble liked ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-07-16 | Author:Damon Galgut

* * * At work, he was answerable to a Miss Victoria Grant Duff, the head of the Wounded and Missing Department. She was perhaps a decade older than Morgan, ...
( Category: Biographical January 29,2015 )
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-09 | Author:Kamila Shamsie [Shamsie, Kamila]

The letter from her mother was addressed in black ink. Someone had died, again. Viv sat down in the garden chair, reaching overhead to pull down on a branch of ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
The Eye of the Abyss
epub |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Marshall Browne

21 ANOTHER NIGHT TO MAKE cold bones. Precisely at 6.30 pm Schmidt arrived at the nominated corner. Senior Detective Dressler wasn’t there, nor did a quick scan of the platz ...
( Category: Espionage January 29,2015 )
The Mask of Ra by Paul Doherty
epub |eng | 2012-09-24 | Author:Paul Doherty [Doherty, Paul]

Isis: principal goddess of Egypt, often depicted as a young woman with the hieroglyph for a throne. CHAPTER 9 Amerotke left Omendap and went out of the hall, down into ...
( Category: Crime January 29,2015 )
The Fateful Day by Rosemary Rowe
epub |eng | 2014-08-17 | Author:Rosemary Rowe

FIFTEEN My presence in the guardroom caused little interest today, though usually there was at least one octio to stare. Now all eyes were on the flamboyant messenger from the ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Lord Havelock's List by Annie Burrows
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Annie Burrows

Chapter Nine She didn’t know what woke her, but the moment she did so, she knew she was alone. And the place where her husband had been was cold. She ...
( Category: Viking January 29,2015 )
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-05 | Author:Hazel Gaynor

Harry ran from cabin to cabin, pounding on the doors until they were opened and telling the occupants that they needed to put on their life jackets and make their ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Gwendolen by Diana Souhami
epub |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Diana Souhami

Gwendolen You had your Jewish wedding with your new-found Jewish friends. I was to hear about it from Hans Meyrick and Sir Hugo. Mordecai Lapidoth witnessed the betrothal of his ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Martine Bailey

XXV Villa Montechino Being Lent, March 1773 Biddy Leigh, her journal * * * Viperine wine To make a potent brew to prolong life and promote vitality drown several vipers ...
( Category: Suspense January 29,2015 )

First Prev [32] [33] [34] [35] 36 [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] Next Last