Historical British & Irish Literature
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-07-07 | Author:Jane Ashford

Fourteen The following afternoon, just after luncheon, Lord Stonenden unexpectedly called at the Daltrys’ again. Mary had gone upstairs to lie down, so Katharine received him alone in the drawing ...
( Category: Regency October 16,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1970-01-02 | Author:Margaret Campbell Barnes

Richard laughed harshly, but he withdrew his inwardly focused gaze and smiled at him. "I told you long ago that it was a fool's game, giving me your friendship," he ...
( Category: Biographical October 15,2014 )
epub |eng | 2008-09-11 | Author:John Polidori & Robert Morrison & Chris Baldick [Polidori, John & Morrison, Robert & Baldick, Chris]

MY HOBBY,—RATHER N. P. Willis ‘Antonio. Get me a conjuror, I say! Inquire me out a man that lets out devils!’ Old Play* SUCH a night! It was like a ...
( Category: Anthologies October 9,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-01 | Author:Annie Burrows [Annie Burrows]

Chapter Ten They hurried back to his rooms as fast as they could. ‘I’m not going to have any breath left for lovemaking by the time we’ve climbed up all ...
( Category: Regency September 22,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Eva Ibbotson [Eva Ibbotson]

17 Quin had never had any fault to find with the behaviour of the people who worked at Bowmont, but as he drove through the village and up the hill, ...
( Category: Teen & Young Adult European Historical Fiction September 22,2014 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-08-11 | Author:Max McCoy

5 Flotsam and Jetsam The lights of London slid slowly past while the garbage boat continued its methodical journey to the sea. The sun had dipped below the horizon a ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense September 17,2014 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 2012-12-11 | Author:Christina Courtenay [Courtenay, Christina]

Chapter Nineteen Midori watched as a plump, middle-aged woman came rushing towards them. The lady stared up at Nico, one hand raised to cover her mouth, which was presumably open ...
( Category: Historical July 21,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-02 | Author:Sarah Waters [Waters, Sarah]

Herein lay the third and major reason for my alienation from the world – my impending A level results. The unfairness, the iniquity, the sheer bad luck of the ‘trick ...
( Category: Anthologies May 3,2014 )
mobi |nld | 2010-08-25 | Author:Agatha Christie

Hoofdstuk 14 'Weetje, ' zei hoofdinspecteur Davy, 'ik mag die Humfries niet. ' 'Denkt u dat hij iets op zijn kerfstok heeft?' vroeg Campbell. 'Nou... ' Vader zei dit een ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives April 29,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-11-18 | Author:Tom Holt

CHAPTER FOUR The next day, heralds from the Syracusans came to announce a truce for collecting our dead without hindrance, according to the custom. They also thanked us for the ...
( Category: Historical Fantasy April 11,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-10-06 | Author:Jean Plaidy

He was excited when a short while after he was summoned to his father’s apartment. When he arrived his mother was already there. He went forward and bowed as he ...
( Category: Biographical April 11,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-28 | Author:Plaidy, Jean [Plaidy, Jean]

The day of William’s departure came. Mary wept openly. “You must take the greatest care of yourself,” she cried. “I fear the climate. They say it is very damp. It ...
( Category: Biographical April 11,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1997-01-02 | Author:Lindsey Davis

PART FOUR BRITANNICUS When the Caesars were Claudius and Nero But not Britannicus TWENTY-THREE They had fourteen years, almost, of the new order under Claudius. It was a long time ...
( Category: Historical British & Irish Literature April 11,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-09 | Author:Sarah Mallory

Chapter Seven Charity stared. ‘You think she stole the money?’ ‘I don’t think, I know.’ ‘But surely—did no one question this at the time?’ ‘Why should they? No one knew ...
( Category: Regency April 10,2014 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 1977-11-02 | Author:Johanna Lindsey [Johanna Lindsey]

IT SEEMED TO Christina that she had been running for an eternity. The miles flew by, she reached no destination. All she could see was sand—everywhere she looked, just sand ...
( Category: Victorian Historical Romance March 27,2014 )