Historical
epub |eng | | Author:Hannah Tunnicliffe

Chapter Thirteen • • • • It’s comfortable inside Jack’s house. The kitchen is stripped, as though he’s in the middle of a renovation. All the cupboards above waist height ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Evelyn Anthony

Chapter 10 During the long hot afternoons at Oranienbaum, while Peter and the rest of the household slept or played cards in the high-shaded rooms, Catherine slipped out of her ...
( Category: Political December 5,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-05-08 | Author:Arthur W. Upfield [Upfield, Arthur W.]

CHAPTER XIX THE HOUSE OF CAIN AS Martin well knew, Monty Sherwood was by no means of the callous disposition which, by way of accommodating himself to his company, he ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2002-12-31 | Author:Mansfield, Elizabeth;

TWENTY-ONE George sat slumped on the rear seat of the phaeton, feeling miserable. He could hear Timmy, up on the box outside, whistling cheerfully as the carriage glided over the ...
( Category: Historical December 5,2015 )
epub |eng, eng | 2015-08-24 | Author:David Downing

Seven-Inch Hems The Marmora was not one of Peninsular & Oriental’s more modern vessels. It was comfortable enough in an old-worldly sort of way, but as the ship sailed westward ...
( Category: Espionage December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Isabel Allende

— PART THREE — Sweet Land I carry our nation wherever I go, and the oh-so-far-away essences of my elongated homeland live within me. —Pablo Neruda Afterward, Irene and Francisco ...
( Category: Political December 5,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-04-19 | Author:Diana Wilder [Wilder, Diana]

XXXIII “His Grace is resting, Commander,” said Rai, the second ranking of Lord Nebamun's personal guard at Akhet-Aten. He was an older man, always calm and courteous, but Khonsu caught ...
( Category: Historical December 5,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-01-12 | Author:Edward A. Stabler [Stabler, Edward A.]

Chapter 21 Unwinding By Starlight Friday, March 28, 1924 Cy dragged the last dollop of mashed potatoes across his plate, accumulating stray morsels of shepherds pie. When the colored girl ...
( Category: Historical December 5,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-11-30 | Author:Chapman, Scott [Chapman, Scott]

Bright Lights Sparke released the lifeboat and it plummeted, nose first, towards the sea. By the time it hit the water, the surface of the ocean was nowhere near horizontal. ...
( Category: Historical December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:Alan Gold

THE ROAD SOUTH FROM DUNVEGAN TO DRYNOCH ISLAND OF SKYE JULY 7, 1746 The two ladies walked the length of the island avoiding the roads, preferring to travel through the ...
( Category: Biographical December 5,2015 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-10-13 | Author:Oliver Pötzsch

Tormented by violent chills, the Bamberg suffragan bishop Sebastian Harsee lay in his bed and cursed the devil and all the archdemons for sending this fever at such an unfavorable ...
( Category: German December 5,2015 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2006-12-25 | Author:Julia Navarro

“Wow! You look terrific! Been to a party?” Ana Jiménez was just entering the hotel as Sofia got out of the car. “Been to a nightmare. What about you? How ...
( Category: Short Stories December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-02 | Author:Carra Copelin [Copelin, Carra]

* * * Jamey hated to ask her, but he couldn’t do alone what needed to be done. The stock had to be taken care of. He’d looked in on ...
( Category: Historical December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Evelyn Anthony

It was late afternoon when Jean de Bernard came back to the Château. Louise and the children were at the front door to meet him; Paul, whose ears were tuned ...
( Category: Political December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Evelyn Anthony

9 The French visit was concluded without incident. Back at court new rumours were circulating. It seemed the King was spending more time with his gentlemen; that he no longer ...
( Category: Historical December 5,2015 )