Historical
epub |eng | 2019-04-20 | Author:Alexander Geiger [Geiger, Alexander]

Chapter 9 – Babylon For once, Dareios had been accurate in his surmise of Alexandros’s next move. After burying the pan-Hellenic dead (there were too many dead and too few ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-15 | Author:Thomas Wood [Wood, Thomas]

16 It was the noise more than anything that I remember about the landing. I do not remember anything from my visual recollections so deduce now that I must have ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-16 | Author:Richard Denham & M J Trow [Denham, Richard & Trow, M J]

Augusta Treverorum The slave girl had been in the lady Conchessa’s household now for five months. Adelina had taken the child under her wing because Adelina was like that; everybody’s ...
( Category: Historical August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-01 | Author:Richard Foreman [Foreman, Richard]

15. Under a gibbous moon the two friends sat down and toasted their victory. Their drunkenness provided a welcome release for the pair’s frayed nerves and erratic hearts. Exhilaration had ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-01 | Author:Richard Foreman [Foreman, Richard]

15. Rain pimpled the marble slabs from an earlier shower. The dapple-grey clouds augured further rain or a storm. Octavius noticed his foot tapping in nervousness and impatience as he ...
( Category: Historical August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-17 | Author:Max Hennessy

* * * The bombing Scharroo and Marie-Josephine had watched was the first German reaction to the clearing of the sky and the change of wind. Field telephones shrilled on ...
( Category: Military August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-05-13 | Author:Richard Foreman [Foreman, Richard]

18. Actors. Varro forced a smile, whilst sighing from the bottom of his bedraggled heart. Their company was to be endured rather than enjoyed, for the most part, he judged, ...
( Category: Historical August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Scott

“I call this hot.” Sitting on the merry-go-round in the schoolyard shade, his weight tilting the round wooden platform toward the men on the swings, Richard rolled up the sleeves ...
( Category: Historical August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-15 | Author:Julian Stockwin [Stockwin, Julian]

Chapter 34 Before the streaky pale dawn broke, Kydd had the squadron at sea on the last part of its mission – gathering intelligence on the Arctic town of Archangel, ...
( Category: Historical August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-18 | Author:Thomas M D Brooke [Brooke, Thomas M D]

The journey back to the surface seemed to take even longer than the descent, and I almost screamed with relief when I was finally pulled free from the entrance by ...
( Category: War & Military August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Griff Hosker

Part Three Attack at Flushing Chapter 11 It was a relatively short journey to Ostend but the roads were clogged with Canadian troops heading for the north. Even as we ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Griff Hosker

The Treaty of Le Goulet Chapter 10 We packed our horses and made our way to the river bank early so that we could hear all that was said. Edward, ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-20 | Author:Alexander Geiger [Geiger, Alexander]

Chapter 9 – Halikarnassos In the end, the occupation of Miletos proved to be easier than appeared likely at our first approach to the city. On the other hand, the ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Griff Hosker

Chapter 9 The voyage home was, mercifully, incident free. Arturus and his bride giggled and laughed the whole time. There was nowhere for them to be alone and so they ...
( Category: War August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-13 | Author:Karen Brooks

TWENTY-NINE In which there is a surprising homecoming Rosamund firmly believed Matthew’s homecoming was imminent now spring was here. The Thames had begun its slow sinuous flow again after being ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage August 2,2019 )