Historical
mobi |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Follett, Ken - Century Trilogy [Follett, Ken - Century Trilogy]

{ III } Private Robin Mortimer was angry. “This is fucking stupid,” he said when they heard the crackle of machine guns. “We should have gone over in the dark. ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-31 | Author:Louis Maistros

Chapter twenty-eight I Promise, She Lied “Easy now, Mr. Marcus.” In the relative calm of the stairwell Malaria’s husky coo was hardly audible to her own ears above the racket ...
( Category: Occult June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-27 | Author:Jamie Ford

Camp Harmony (1942) Henry pretended he was sick the next day, even refusing to eat. But he knew he could fool his mother only so long, if he was fooling ...
( Category: Family Saga June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-20 | Author:Barbara Kingsolver

The New York Times, August 25, 1940 U.S. Forbids Entry of Trotsky’s Body No Specific Reason Is Cited, but Fear of Demonstration Is Believed Cause SOVIET CALLS HIM TRAITOR PRESS ...
( Category: Political June 11,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2001-09-06 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

Chapter 8 WHAT IS THIS?” BELVEDERE DELANEY HELD A BANK note between his finger and thumb as though the crumpled thing held a contagion. “‘Parish of Point Coupee,’” he read ...
( Category: Military June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-05-18 | Author:Marlena De Blasi

“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 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1983-10-15 | Author:Ellis Peters

Chapter Eight Wednesday HUGH SOUGHT OUT CADFAEL AFTER CHAPTER the next morning for a brief conference in his workshop in the herbarium. “They’re all in a tale,” said Hugh, leaning ...
( Category: Historical June 11,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2001-02-27 | Author:by Anne Rice

8 REQUIEM, OR THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS AS I HAD NEVER SEEN IT HAD ever a chapel been more beautiful? Had ever white marble been used to such ...
( Category: Vampires June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1995-02-15 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

The Romans had been to Ynys Trebes, of course, but they had not fortified it, only built a pair of villas on its summit. The villas were still there: King ...
( Category: Historical June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-15 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

I wrote Alfred a letter. I have always hated writing, and it has been years since I last used a quill. My wife’s priests now scratch letters for me, but ...
( Category: Family Saga June 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-04-06 | Author:Barbara Klein Moss [Moss, Barbara Klein]

GIDEON ENDURED THE MORNING at his desk, his thoughts as scattered and feckless as they’d been concentrated the night before. The sermon was still unfinished, but it was already past ...
( Category: Historical June 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-05 | Author:Lao She

XII SINCE HE’D recovered from his illness, Mr Ma had been very keen to please others. Breakfast over, he’d go into the backyard and water the flowers, remove caterpillars and ...
( Category: Historical June 8,2015 )
epub |eng | 1996-05-15 | Author:Bruce Alexander [Alexander, Bruce]

EIGHT In which Sir John fails to read the Riot Act to the crew Though there was much interest in the body of Lieutenant Grimsby by the crew members present ...
( Category: Historical Thrillers June 8,2015 )
epub |eng | 2002-05-15 | Author:Bruce Alexander [Alexander, Bruce]

SEVEN In which little happens whilst much history is Made Next day, when I made my report on our outing to Sir John, I included something of our meeting with ...
( Category: Historical June 8,2015 )
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2013-06-03 | Author:Alan Furst

The LOT flight wasn’t crowded, Ferrar had two seats to himself. Across the aisle, a round woman with red cheeks was praying—lips moving, eyes closed—certain that this devilish contraption would ...
( Category: Historical June 7,2015 )