Historical
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2013-08-13 | Author:Yanagihara, Hanya [Yanagihara, Hanya]

I woke the next morning with my mouth dry with hate. My god, was I sick of the dreamers. I hated them, I hated their stingy, teasing way with information, ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage October 14,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Matthew Pearl [Pearl, Matthew]

The visitor gasped upon noticing the two poets. He nearly stooped down on one knee as he clasped the hands of Holmes and Longfellow, handling them like bottles of the ...
( Category: Historical October 14,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-01-01 | Author:Rosalind Laker [Laker, Rosalind]

Eleven Daniel had been out already in his search for Delphine when Louise came downstairs soon after eight o’clock, having been given an early breakfast in bed. The housekeeper had ...
( Category: Historical October 14,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-11-03 | Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]

LONIGAN Heat lay like the devil’s curse upon the slow-moving herd, and dust clouded above and around them. The eyes of the cattle were glazed, and the grass beneath their ...
( Category: Short Stories October 14,2014 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Rhys Bowen [Bowen, Rhys]

Sixteen I stood there in the dark hallway, trying not to let my face register any emotion. I recognized the policeman now. He was the officer who had accompanied Daniel ...
( Category: Historical October 14,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

Chapter Twenty-Nine Once the fortifications were completed, three of the other legions were ferried across the Tamesis and moved into their allocated areas. The auxiliaries and the Twentieth legion remained ...
( Category: Historical Thrillers October 14,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

Chapter Nineteen ‘Come on, you dozy beauties! ‘ roared Centurion Hortensius as he stuck his head into Macro’s tent. Macro was fast asleep on his camp bed, snoring with a ...
( Category: Ancient October 14,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

Cato set the tablet down and drew a deep breath. The report was as good as a death warrant and he felt a moment of icy fear gnawing at his ...
( Category: Military October 14,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 'Batavians?' Figulus looked towards the crest of the ridge, as if expecting their pursuers to ride into sight at any moment. He turned back to his breathless centurion. ...
( Category: Ancient October 14,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1994-01-01 | Author:Sitting Bull

Chapter 17 Missouri River Valley 1864 SITTING BULL LED FOUR HORNS to safety as the Sioux bands scattered, leaving Sully and his men in possession of the village … or ...
( Category: Westerns October 13,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2002-04-16 | Author:David Anthony Durham

On a still evening two weeks after his fever had abated, William sat in a corner of the cellar. His head lolled to one side and leaned on the unpainted ...
( Category: Historical October 13,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-01-02 | Author:Quanah Parker

Chapter 16 Summer 1858 TEXAS WAS VAST, SO vast that the Comanche had been relatively secure in the Llano Estacado. They had been free to wage their kind of war, ...
( Category: Westerns October 13,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-03-04 | Author:Clemmons, Caroline [Clemmons, Caroline]

Chapter Sixteen The next morning, sounds of laughter from the kitchen greeted Hope. How long had it been since she’d heard laughter in this house? Never! A great symphony could ...
( Category: Historical October 13,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2001-08-31 | Author:Caldwell, Bo [Caldwell, Bo]

Within days, there was evidence of him everywhere. My mother had kept our house very spare—”No use cluttering things up,” she said—and only books and a few photographs took up ...
( Category: Christian Historical Fiction October 13,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:Colm Toibin [Toibin, Colm]

CHAPTER TWELVE When Nora saw Nancy Brophy walking towards the house, she moved away from the window. She could not think why Nancy would want to call on her. She ...
( Category: Christian Historical Fiction October 12,2014 )