Historical
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-11-19 | Author:John Galsworthy

CHAPTER V Fleur's Soul "Mrs. Val Dartie, ma'am." A name which could not be distorted even by Coaker affected her like a finger applied suddenly to the head of the ...
( Category: Historical Fantasy January 9,2016 )
mobi |eng | 2003-08-31 | Author:Diana Gabaldon

Chapter 12 Along Came a Spider There was unfortunately not time to visit Fraser et Cie before his appointment with Quarry, whom he found waiting in front of the church ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
mobi |eng | 2014-06-09 | Author:Sienkiewicz, Henryk [Sienkiewicz, Henryk]

* * * [6] "Strachy na Lachy" (Terror on Poles) is a Polish saying, about equivalent to "impossible." CHAPTER XXX The spring of that year approached with wonderful roads; for ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Smith, Wilbur [Smith, Wilbur]

"I do not feel beautiful, mistress. I do not think a slave can ever feel beautiful." "What a droll notion." Katinka did not hide her annoyance at this turn in ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 9,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-02 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

THE SICKNESS OF LONE CHIEF This is a tale that was told to me by two old men. We sat in the smoke of a mosquito–smudge, in the cool of ...
( Category: Anthologies January 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-03 | Author:John Buchan [Buchan, John]

Chapter 8 The Hidden City The two ports of the cabin were discs of scarlet, that pure translucent colour which comes from the reflection of sunset in leagues of still ...
( Category: War January 9,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Smith, Wilbur [Smith, Wilbur]

"Sorry if I gave you a rough night, but we have to consider all the angles," he tried to soothe her, and then changed the subject. "We have wasted enough ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-28 | Author:John Buchan [Buchan, John]

Look, now, for you will see the colours wiped clean out of the world as the sun dips." It happened as he said, for it seemed as if a great ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-01-21 | Author:Michener, James A. [Michener, James A.]

On the evening after the great battle at Buena Vista, when the Mexicans had stood within six inches or six minutes of an astounding victory, General Santa Anna had convened ...
( Category: Family Saga January 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-13 | Author:John Buchan [Buchan, John]

Chapter XII Captain Arcoll Sends a Message I once read—I think in some Latin writer—the story of a man who was crushed to a jelly by the mere repeated touch ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 9,2016 )
mobi |eng | 2015-06-16 | Author:John Buchan

He came at me with his sword in a great heat. In an instant we crossed swords and fell to; I with the sun in my eyes and on the ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
mobi |eng | 2007-11-27 | Author:Diana Gabaldon

Epilogue Among the Trumpets The order of battle was set. The autumn sun had barely risen, and the troops would march within the hour. Grey was in the stable block, ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Smith, Wilbur [Smith, Wilbur]

Then Rosa was running towards the wall of bush and scrub fifty yards ahead of her, while Maria howled in her arms. The sound attracted the attention of the Askari. ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-02 | Author:Scott, Sir Walter [Scott, Sir Walter]

Chapter the Seventeenth Ring out the merry bell, the bride approaches, The blush upon her cheek has shamed the morning, For that is dawning palely. Grant, good saints, These clouds ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-07 | Author:Walpole, Hugh [Walpole, Hugh]

The Prince Charles Edward, with his army, entered Carlisle city on Monday, 18th November. This was the climax of days of panic and despair. There is no need here to ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2016 )