Historical
epub |eng | 2005-09-01 | Author:David Donachie [Donachie, David]

Pearce knew that his friend was on the defensive, parrying blows and ducking away rather than delivering, and he had an eye on the one legged cook with a view ...
( Category: Historical February 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-02-10 | Author:David Donachie [David Donachie]

Isaac Lavery had accepted the charge from Catherine Carruthers to find Cornelius Gherson the previous day, this imparted with the most simpering of pleas. In truth, he had a strong ...
( Category: Crime February 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-02-25 | Author:David Donachie

Chapter Fourteen Ralph Barclay had turned at the same, small commotion, but his reaction was one of very obvious fury, yet he could do or say nothing and he fought ...
( Category: Military February 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-02-10 | Author:David Donachie [David Donachie]

CHAPTER TWELVE HMS Leander had joined the fleet by the time Midshipman Farmiloe came aboard the flagship, his news occasioning an immediate conference of the senior officers, both Spanish and ...
( Category: Historical February 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-01 | Author:Maureen Lindley [Lindley, Maureen]

Sour Cherries and Acacia Honey I flew to Tientsin, taking my turn at the controls with a young Japanese pilot I had first met when taking flying lessons. He was ...
( Category: 20th Century February 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-12-07 | Author:Alys Clare [Clare, Alys]

12 The long June day kept its light late and Josse did not make camp until dusk was at long last falling. He had covered many miles that afternoon and ...
( Category: Crime February 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 2006-08-23 | Author:Alys Clare [Clare, Alys]

Chapter 12 After a long time Josse said, ‘What do you want me to do?’ Leofgar turned to him, his eyes alight with some emotion that Josse could not identify; ...
( Category: Historical February 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-07-09 | Author:Alys Clare [Clare, Alys]

The directions were easy to follow and presently Helewise was leading her companions through the gate and into the courtyard of Florian’s Hadfeld manor house. There was a row of ...
( Category: Historical February 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 2003-06-22 | Author:Alys Clare [Clare, Alys]

11 Geoffroi returned to Lewes in the spring. The Lombard insisted on accompanying him; a man who stood fair to lose his heart (if indeed he had not already lost ...
( Category: Historical February 10,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-01-31 | Author:Elizabeth Hall [Hall, Elizabeth]

Daylight faded from the sky. Dusk settled on the countryside. The keening of the wind seeped through the edges of the windows; branches bent and swayed, scratching at the sides ...
( Category: Ghosts February 10,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-01-16 | Author:Harry Harrison

General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Robert E. Lee had Room 313 to themselves, with strict orders that they were not to be disturbed. Sherman now had his own key ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-01-02 | Author:David Gemmell

Odysseus strolled across the gathering field, his bow Akilina in his hand, a quiver of long arrows hanging from his shoulder. He stared straight ahead, walking as if he did ...
( Category: Greek & Roman February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-01-02 | Author:Simon Scarrow

Chapter Nineteen By nightfall on the eve of the Legion's departure every vehicle had been checked for roadworthiness and all wheels freshly greased with tallow. Now they stood in long ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Dudley Pope

if French, of course) providing there was a war on. A hostile act against any ship in peacetime was piracy, and the penalty for piracy was hanging. As he walked ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-11 | Author:Agatha Christie

Chapter 9 For the second time that morning Patrick Redfern was rowing a boat into Pixy Cove. The other occupants of the boat were Hercule Poirot, very pale with a ...
( Category: Murder February 9,2015 )