Historical
epub |eng | 2010-10-10 | Author:Bich Minh Nguyen [Nguyen, Bich Minh]

It was dark when Van woke up, surprised that she’d fallen asleep. In the kitchen Linny was mixing cha gio filling with her hands; they were shiny with the shrimp ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage April 1,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-03-31 | Author:Gruen, Sara [Gruen, Sara]

Chapter Twenty-two When I returned to the kitchen, Anna looked at me in surprise. “Surely you’re not finished!” she said. “I am.” “And you’ve put all their things away?” “I ...
( Category: Historical Fantasy April 1,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-03-31 | Author:Scott, Amanda [Scott, Amanda]

Watching Dev, Robina was grateful for his restraint. They reached the graveyard soon afterward and dismounted to look at the grave. She sensed Rab’s presence strongly as they stood there, ...
( Category: Historical April 1,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-05-03 | Author:Mary Doria Russell [Russell, Mary Doria]

Side Bets James was moving from table to table in the house saloon, collecting glasses on a tray, wiping up beer slops in the midmorning lull. He hadn’t done the ...
( Category: Biographical March 31,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Tim Severin [Severin, Tim]

EIGHT THE FOUR OF THEM decided to celebrate. The Three Mariners, a waterfront tavern, was only a few paces from King’s House and Don Alfonso had generously provided them with ...
( Category: Crime March 31,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2013-02-19 | Author:Marilyn Todd [Todd, Marilyn]

XVII Like other people’s lives after personal bereavement, the Villa Pictor set about its business none the wiser and certainly none the worse. As Claudia dripped across the atrium floor, ...
( Category: Historical March 31,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-06-18 | Author:Marilyn Todd [Todd, Marilyn]

XIX ‘We must move through the woods,’ Arcas said, tightening the saddle strap on his stocky red and white horse. ‘It’s too dangerous to travel by road.’ ‘How can it ...
( Category: Historical March 31,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-05-24 | Author:Marilyn Todd [Todd, Marilyn]

XVII ‘Were someone to ask me to write it down, I honestly wouldn’t know where to start,’ Claudia told Drusilla. She’d barricaded herself in her room, it was the only ...
( Category: Historical March 31,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-02-20 | Author:Marilyn Todd [Todd, Marilyn]

XIX The intruder dragged himself on to all fours and shook his head like a dog. ‘For a foggy night,’ he said miserably, ‘I’m seeing one heck of a lot ...
( Category: Historical March 31,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-13 | Author:Marilyn Todd [Todd, Marilyn]

XXII For a new town rising from a grassy plain beside a lake, Spesium was taking no prisoners, Marcus noticed. Even in this searing heat and with crippling hangovers all ...
( Category: Historical March 31,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1982-01-02 | Author:Ellis Peters [Peters, Ellis]

Chapter Ten BROTHER CADFAEL CAME OUT FROM HIGH MASS with Prior Leonard, into the brief and grudging sunshine of the middle hours of the day, and the sudden glitter reflected ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2015 )
epub |eng | 1983-01-01 | Author:Ron Hansen [Hansen, Ron]

5 MARCH–APRIL 1882 The pitcher goes often to the fountain, but it is broken at last. The longest lane comes to an abrupt and unexpected turning. The wild career of ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-01-29 | Author:Winspear, Jacqueline [Winspear, Jacqueline]

CHAPTER TWELVE Maisie strolled at a deliberate slow pace toward Miriam Babayoff’s house. She wanted to be alone with her thoughts before a new conversation, and perhaps fresh ideas, cast ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 25,2015 )
epub |eng | 2002-03-22 | Author:Sharyn McCrumb [Mccrumb, Sharyn]

tangle his hand from its grasp of the metal, and he landed back across the tree limb, not entirely clear of the falling wreckage. The body of the plane hit ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-19 | Author:Griff Hosker [Hosker, Griff]

Chapter 10 These days getting ready for war was easy for we had servants to help us dress and to keep our armour and weapons clean. I still sharpened my ...
( Category: Military March 25,2015 )