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17 - A Prayer for the Damned by Peter Tremayne
epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Peter Tremayne [Tremayne, Peter]

CHAPTER TWELVE The squeal of a hunting horn came faintly through the gloom of the dark oak trees of the forest and the surrounding thick brush. Gormán bent forward in ...
( Category: Historical November 13,2014 )
20 - The Dove of Death by Peter Tremayne
epub |eng | 2010-11-01 | Author:Peter Tremayne [Tremayne, Peter]

Chapter Eleven ‘I am sorry…I am sorry…I am sorry…’ Fidelma’s voice echoed as if in a cave far, far away. Eadulf found himself fighting against the black oppressive current, swimming ...
( Category: Historical November 13,2014 )
21- Chalice of Blood by Peter Tremayne
epub |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Peter Tremayne [Tremayne, Peter]

CHAPTER TWELVE Fidelma found Brother Seachlann in the bróinbherg treating a member of the brethren who glanced up shame-faced as she entered. ‘Am I disturbing you, Brother Seachlann?’ The physician ...
( Category: Historical November 13,2014 )
22- Behold a Pale Horse by Peter Tremayne
epub |eng | 2011-07-07 | Author:Peter Tremayne [Tremayne, Peter]

CHAPTER ELEVEN T he head of the woman had been almost severed from her body by several blows to the neck from a sharp-edged implement such as a sword. Fidelma ...
( Category: Historical November 13,2014 )
Small Island by Andrea Levy
epub, azw3, mobi, pdf |eng | 2012-11-12 | Author:Andrea Levy [Andrea Levy]

Twenty-seven Queenie Sometimes they were still smouldering like a burnt pie pulled from an oven. The pungent stench of smoke, the dust from rubble steaming off them. Shuffling in or ...
( Category: General November 13,2014 )
The Suitor by Mary Balogh
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mary Balogh

3 Throughout the return journey from Gloucestershire to London, Philippa’s parents tried to console her for her disappointment, even though she assured them that she was not disappointed at all. ...
( Category: Historical November 13,2014 )
Shalimar by Rebecca Ryman
mobi, epub |es | 2011-08-09 | Author:Rebecca Ryman

Emma ya llevaba más de ocho semanas sola en Shalimar cuando regresó Damien. Calculaba que, desde la boda, habrían pasado menos de cuarenta y ocho horas juntos. Si el noviazgo ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
(Hornblower 01) Mr Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester
mobi |eng | 2011-02-28 | Author:C. S. Forester

CHAPTER SEVEN — THE SPANISH GALLEYS The old Indefatigable was lying at anchor in the Bay of Cadiz at the time when Spain made peace with France. Hornblower happened to ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-14 | Author:Ken Follett

II The bishop said mass in the cathedral when the sky was beginning to change from black to gray. By then the horses were saddled, the knights were wearing their ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
Los clanes de la tierra helada by Jeff Janoda
mobi |es | 2011-07-30 | Author:Jeff Janoda

Fuera, Hrafn posó la mano en el hombro de Thorleif. —Bajad conmigo a la orilla —los exhortó—. Tengo un regalo para vosotros. —Por la sangre de Thor, ¿qué vamos a ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
epub, azw3 |eng | 1998-11-10 | Author:Edwidge Danticat

27 The night thinned into a dawn of charcoal gray. We ran across a stream, where Yves bent down, took a handful of water, and whisked it around in his ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Jacqueline Winspear [Winspear, Jacqueline]

Chapter Twelve With Billy gone, the office was silent, the square quiet on a Friday afternoon. At once, Maisie felt a fatigue set into her bones, as if there were ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
Tipperary by Frank Delaney
epub, mobi | | 2007-11-10 | Author:Frank Delaney

I decided after much thought to resort to what I know best—I began to behave as a teacher. “Master the subject,” I told myself. “Lay it out in a clear ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
BONE HOUSE by Betsy Tobin
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-04-23 | Author:Betsy Tobin

Chapter Eleven The following morning I take my mistress her breakfast and I am shocked by the sight of her. The emetic Lucius administered yesterday has left her greatly weakened, ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )
Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-11-10 | Author:Iain Pears [Pears, Iain]

CHAPTER 9 The soirée was a great event; I could with only a touch of hyperbole say that it transformed my own position in France and (at the same time) ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2014 )

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