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The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Susan Vreeland

Over the next few weeks I learned—and so did Umiliana—that she could hold a pose without a break for hours, including that expression of distress. It was just right for ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
A Place of Greater Safety: A Novel by Hilary Mantel
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-11-14 | Author:Hilary Mantel

“Lafayette is in Paris,” Fabre said. “So I hear.” “You knew, Danton?” “I know everything, Fabre.” “So when are you going to tear him in little pieces?” “Restrain yourself, Fabre.” ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-09-30 | Author:Madison Smartt Bell

NANON’S ROOM WAS A WHITEWASHED CUBBYHOLE underneath the eaves. There was a single small window, circular like a porthole on a ship, overlooking an alley beside the house. Its light ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Prophecy: Death of an Empire: Book Two (Prophecy Trilogy) by M. K. Hume
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-19 | Author:M. K. Hume

CHAPTER XII THE GARDEN OF PAIN From the moment the wooden doors of Myrddion’s first clinic were thrown open, a crowd gathered, several persons deep, to peer into the premises ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Praetorian (2011) by Simon Scarrow
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-10 | Author:Simon Scarrow

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Macro was the first to break the spell. He threw Lurco’s arm off and spun round as he reached inside his cloak for the cosh. It was in ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Endless Knot by Stephen R. Lawhead
mobi, epub |eng | 1933-01-02 | Author:Stephen R. Lawhead

21 The Sluagh Darkness overtook us as we hastened from the broken pillar stone. I do not think that even with our horses we could have reached the camp before ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Shilpi Somaya Gowda

34 BROTHER AND SISTER Mumbai, India—2004 ASHA ON HER FIRST MORNING IN MUMBAI, ASHA WAKES EARLIER than she would prefer to the sounds of the household coming to life. She ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Amitav Ghosh

Although the prisons at Lalbazar and Alipore were both known as jails, they no more resembled each other than a bazar does a graveyard: Lalbazar was surrounded by the noise ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Roma - The Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor
mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-03-24 | Author:Steven Saylor

373 B.C. The citizens voted to demolish Veii and to rebuild Roma. In celebration, a temple was built on the spot where Marcus Caedicius had received the divine warning. It ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Sacred hunger by Unsworth Barry
mobi, epub |eng | 1992-06-01 | Author:Unsworth, Barry [Unsworth, Barry]

Next day Thurso took advantage of a Liverpool brig recently arrived in the offing, fully loaded with camwood and ivory and on the way home, to leave letters for Kemp ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Barry Unsworth

THIRTY-THREE On the day following his return aboard, Paris resumed his journal, which he had neglected of late, with so many calls on his time and attention. He felt in ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Reckoning by Alma Katsu
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-06-18 | Author:Alma Katsu

SEVENTEEN MAINE When the sky was half lit by dawn, Adair pulled the vehicle to the side of the road. With light enough now to see, he leaned over the ...
( Category: Occult March 25,2014 )
Year of wonders: a novel of the plague by Geraldine Brooks
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-08-09 | Author:Geraldine Brooks

Among Those That Go Down to the Pit As WE APPROACHED the rectory, we saw Michael Mompellion in the churchyard, his coat off, the wide sleeves of his white shirt ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-10-02 | Author:Susanna Kearsley

Chapter 21 What we did, in the end, was go outside in search of fresher air. On the quayside, in front of the Ship Hotel, David bent for a moment ...
( Category: Ghosts March 25,2014 )
Summerset Abbey: Spring Awakening by T. J. Brown
mobi |eng | 2013-08-06 | Author:T. J. Brown

chapter twelve Victoria walked through the hospital, trying not to stumble from sheer exhaustion. Dame Furse apparently had the inhuman ability to stay awake for days on end without the ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )

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