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Gladiator Dies Only Once by Steven Saylor
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-05-19 | Author:Steven Saylor

A GLADIATOR DIES ONLY ONCE "A beautiful day for it," I said begrudgingly. Cicero nodded and squinted up at the filtered red sunlight that penetrated the awning above our seats. ...
( Category: Anthologies April 11,2014 )
NOBLE HOUSE by James Clavell
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-13 | Author:James Clavell

"Yes sir. Is the Victoria in trouble?" Dunross asked the question casually but he was listening intently and he heard the slightest hesitation before Sir Geoffrey said lightly, "Good Lord ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2014 )
The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Jean Plaidy
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-05-22 | Author:Jean Plaidy

”We shall spend Christmas at Berkhampsted,” said Henry. “Becket will hear that we are there. It will remind him of the proud possession which is no longer his.” He continued ...
( Category: Family Saga April 11,2014 )
Barnfire by Montague Rebecca
epub |eng | 2000-10-01 | Author:Montague, Rebecca [Montague, Rebecca]

Chapter Ten The jeep wasn't in evidence when I guided Gretchen out of the woods and into the yard of Chase's farmhouse. All appeared quiet and deserted. Dismounting, I tied ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction April 11,2014 )
Honour (Elif Shafak) by Elif Shafak
epub |eng | 2012-04-05 | Author:Elif Shafak [Shafak, Elif]

The Amber Concubine A Place near the River Euphrates, April 1978 Jamila swirled the pestle inside the mortar, grinding the saffron that was as red as a ruby. These were ...
( Category: Contemporary April 11,2014 )
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-14 | Author:Elif Shafak [Elif Shafak]

Ella NORTHAMPTON, JUNE 9, 2008 Being one who had never enjoyed solitude, Ella found she preferred it lately. Immersed in putting the final touches to her editorial report on Sweet ...
( Category: Contemporary April 11,2014 )
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-02-05 | Author:Elif Shafak [Shafak, Elif]

That night when all the Kazanci women had gone to sleep, Armanoush slipped out of her bed in pajamas, turned on the frail desk lamp, and doing her very best ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2014 )
The Tawny Man 1 - Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:Robin Hobb

chapter XVI CLAWS The depredations of the Red Ship War took their heaviest tolls on the Coastal Duchies. Old fortunes were decimated, family lines failed, and once-proud holdings were reduced ...
( Category: Contemporary April 11,2014 )
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Mary Stewart

I was just saying as much to Cadal when suddenly, round the corner of the house, treading softly as a cat on the mossy flagstones, came a young man walking ...
( Category: Arthurian April 11,2014 )
Bastard Prince by Katherine Kurtz
mobi, epub |eng | 1994-01-02 | Author:Katherine Kurtz

* * * Meanwhile, many miles south, Archbishop Hubert MacInnis was receiving news long known to Joram and his kin but just come to Rhemuth. A Custodes monk called Brother ...
( Category: Fantasy April 11,2014 )
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-05-06 | Author:Mary Stewart

"Search him now." They obeyed him, not gently. Then they stood back and showed him what they had found, crowding to look by the light of the meager torch. "The ...
( Category: Arthurian April 11,2014 )
Camber Of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz
mobi, epub |eng | 1976-01-02 | Author:Katherine Kurtz

chapter thirteen For your hands Are defiled with blood. -Isaiah 59:3 The next two days were spent, for the most part, in uneasy seclusion, awaiting further royal reaction which did ...
( Category: Science Fiction April 11,2014 )
The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart
epub |eng | | Author:Mary Stewart

This, dry as spice-dust, made Lamorak, even through the grief and rage of the moment, look sharply at the younger man. He said, slowly, as if making a totally new ...
( Category: Arthurian April 11,2014 )
Warlock's Last Ride by Christopher Stasheff
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-05-25 | Author:Christopher Stasheff

OVER BREAKFAST THE next morning, Sir Orgon told the tale of his travels, of the list of noblemen whose hospitality he had accepted—and who chafed under the rule of a ...
( Category: Contemporary April 11,2014 )
The Shining Court by Michelle West
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Michelle West

15th of Scaral, 427 AA Tor Leonne Sendari stared at the bent head of his wife as sunlight dappled her hair, lending it silk's sheen. That hair trailed down her ...
( Category: Epic April 11,2014 )

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