Biographical
mobi |eng | 2006-01-23 | Author:Jean Plaidy

Sir Thomas More’s daughter, Margaret Roper, was full of fear, for peace had been slowly filched from her home. April was such a pleasant month at Chelsea; in the garden ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2007-08-10 | Author:Jay Parini

22 J. P. SONYA: A SESTINA On my knees, still praying, by the blackened pond. I watch the moon’s bare sickle and the stars that fleck and burn my skin, ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-10-01 | Author:Jean Echenoz

11 ONE FOLLOWING MORNING, much like the others, snow decided to fall along with the shells—at a different rhythm, naturally, for the shells had been less plentiful than usual, only ...
( Category: French April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Juliet Grey

“Come—help me finish the lettering. Two artists can work faster than one.” Armand beckons Louison to leave the window, where she has been intrigued by the tumult below. “Where did ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1992-01-18 | Author:Jean Plaidy

Dr. Forman sat at one side of the table, Frances at the other. He leaned forward on his elbows and moved his expressive hands as he talked; and his eyes, ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1961-01-06 | Author:Jean Plaidy

The French Marriage IN THE BED, ABOUT WHICH THE ELABORATE CURTAINS HAD been drawn, Thomas Wolsey felt shut away from the world with Mistress Wynter. He talked to her more ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-08 | Author:Juliet Grey

SEVENTEEN Rien The dreaded banquet finally ended; but for the thousands of voyeurs whose noble lineage entitled them to witness the events of the royal wedding, the real spectacle had ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-02-03 | Author:Robin Oliveira

Chapter Twenty-Four July 12, 1878 My dearest Mary, I believe I’ve been unkind. No, worse than that. I’ve been an imbecile. No doubt you’ve been thinking of me in those ...
( Category: Biographical April 4,2015 )
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:David Stacton

It was not abstract to Atzerodt. That miserable troll knew perfectly well what the world had in store for him. The night of the assassination he had not even been ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-31 | Author:N. Gemini Sasson [Sasson, N. Gemini]

32 Sycharth, Wales — October, 1402 Although confined under heavy guard at Sycharth now, Sir Edmund Mortimer could not deny that he had been treated like a prince. The chamber ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Allison Pataki

The remainder of March passed in a blur of doctor-imposed resting and the opening of congratulatory gifts. Cousin Ludwig sent a trunk full of baby dresses in the style of ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:of Kent, HRH Princess Michael

Chapter Two To her regret, Yolande cannot remain in Bourges as long as she would like; family duties need her attention at home in Angers. Her eldest son, now Duke ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2015-01-02 | Author:Michael Schmicker

D’Argent delivered a verdict we knew would stagger Huxley. He described how he arrived skeptical, carefully inspected the room and the table, and retained tight control of Alessandra throughout the ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-07 | Author:Emma Campion [Campion, Emma]

“SIR, SHE IS TRUE.” HUGH HELD THE CLOTH OUT TO THOMAS. “SHE kissed it and handed it back, saying you have every right to this, you are her husband, and ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )

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