Historical
epub |eng | 2005-06-15 | Author:Jill Ciment [Ciment, Jill]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN ll that remained of my drawings the next morning was a dusting of ash on Philip’s skin, except for two remarkably intact images—the black ship on his chest ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-14 | Author:Rachel Urquhart [Urquhart, Rachel]

Polly sat nervously, her back straight in the chair before Elder Sister Agnes. They had met a handful of times now, and the eldress had pressed more and more firmly ...
( Category: Occult June 15,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-30 | Author:MICHAEL DOBBS

The second of August. A Wednesday. The House had a stale, masculine atmosphere that left tempers frayed and caused rings of sweat to gather around the collars. Time to leave. ...
( Category: Historical June 14,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Alice Hoffman

chapter seven The Escape Artist Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas 1841 JACOBO CAMILLE PIZZARRO I wanted my freedom from the start. I did not wish to go to school and would ...
( Category: Jewish June 14,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-06 | Author:Doris Lessing [Lessing, Doris]

8 Once she had exerted her will to influence him, she withdrew, and left him alone. Several times he made an attempt to draw her into his work by asking ...
( Category: Political June 14,2015 )
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Blasi, Marlena De [De, Blasi, Marlena]

“She must have said more. Tell me once again, word for word, where did she leave her, with whom, where is my baby?” “I know nothing more. You must understand ...
( Category: Historical June 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2006-05-15 | Author:Joseph A. Altsheler [Altsheler, Joseph A.]

The music ceased bye and bye, the girls and the women went away in their carriages or on horseback, the lights were put out, and the heroes of the ballroom, ...
( Category: Military June 13,2015 )
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Furst, Alan [Alan, Furst,]

As to what exactly he knew, he didn’t say. Perhaps that it was a hard machine, national interest, which would in time destroy both of them. She was, without doubt, ...
( Category: Espionage June 13,2015 )
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Wallace, Carey [Carey, Wallace,]

Before she and Pietro even emerged from the pines, Carolina could hear that all the servants had spilled out into the front yard. Children laughed and shrieked in the throes ...
( Category: Historical June 13,2015 )
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Deveraux, Jude [Jude, Deveraux,]

15 PLEASE, I BEG of you, on bended knee, I beg you to stop moping,” Harriet said two mornings later as she looked at Edilean sitting at the table, an ...
( Category: Scottish June 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Mccarthy, Cormac [Cormac, Mccarthy,]

Chapter XIV Mountain storms - Tierras quemadas, tierras despobladas - Jesiis Maria - The inn - Shopkeepers - A bodega - The fiddler - The priest - Las Animas - ...
( Category: Westerns June 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-12 | Author:Amelia Grey

Twelve My Dearest Lucien, Here are a few more good words to live by from my favorite friend, Lord Chesterfield: “To ride well is not only a proper and graceful ...
( Category: Historical June 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-18 | Author:Naomi Novik [Novik, Naomi]

Chapter 10 I AM AN OFFICER NOW,though,” Temeraire said, “so I do not see why I must wait.” “You might be a general, and it will not make you any ...
( Category: Historical June 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Blake, Sarah [Sarah, Blake,]

1941 The Postmistress WAR WAS COMING, everyone said it, though it was hard to believe what they said. Outside the windows here, gulls and swallows divided an undivided sky; the ...
( Category: Historical June 13,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1962-01-02 | Author:Daphne Du Maurier [Maurier, Daphne du]

Chapter XIV THERE WERE TWO SHIPS in mid-channel, sailing in company about three miles distant from one another, and the leading ship had a curious rakish air about her, with ...
( Category: Historical June 13,2015 )