Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2023-06-09 | Author:Dobson, Harry

It was dark when later the same day Leonardo and Sir Maurice met outside the chapel. Sir Maurice was looking extremely uncomfortable. ‘I don’t like this, Leonardo,’ he said, fidgeting ...
( Category: Military March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-03-02 | Author:Amy Licence [Licence, Amy]

The curtain behind them parted again to allow the royal party’s entrance to the platform. While they had been talking, Edward had traversed the field and now led his sister ...
( Category: Irish March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-20 | Author:Kidd, Robert M.

FIFTEEN By now the tribune commanding the Roman squadron had almost certainly recognised the Carthaginian standard emblazoned on their supparum as that of the enemy. Merchantman or not, they were ...
( Category: European March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | | Author:Pierre Delerive [Pierre Delerive]

( Category: Military March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-03 | Author:Whittam, Jeffrey

-26- To Catherine, her allotted fourteen days came and went with impunity. From the street’s edge she watched her menfolk, along with Victoria’s youngest and fittest form their column of ...
( Category: African March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-11-15 | Author:Andrew Wareham [Wareham, Andrew]

Chapter Eleven Bloody handed or not, Nick was in the mood for business when he returned to his cabin. “Sailing on Monday, Mr Harrington? No change?” “None at all, sir. ...
( Category: Military March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-04 | Author:Baker, Hamilton

THIRTY-ONE Do you want your name to live through the ages? The names of heroes survive. Be like them, and yours will too. Thrasilaus of Thebes BENEATH A DAWN of ...
( Category: Ancient March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-06-22 | Author:Laura Trentham [Trentham, Laura]

12 Damien held up his hands. “I apologize for startling you.” “You didn’t.” By the way Madeline had taken a step back and clutched her wrap closer as if it ...
( Category: Regency March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-12 | Author:Samantha Wilcoxson [Wilcoxson, Samantha]

November 1553 The incident with Pollard may have been counted by Mary as a victory, but it had triggered her headaches and sent her to bed for several days to ...
( Category: Renaissance March 9,2024 )
epub |eng | | Author:Karl Marlantes

For Friday night, they’d chosen to stay in the same house on the outskirts of town, knowing it had only one room to rent. They both had a great time ...
( Category: 20th Century March 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-06-06 | Author:Terrance Williamson [Williamson, Terrance]

Chapter Thirteen: The Stained Rose “If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.” General George Patton “What the hell are you doing?!” Ezio berated Armando, more from shock than actual ...
( Category: Italian March 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-04-14 | Author:Felix von Falkenlust [von Falkenlust, Felix]

* Yang set out to the west again with hardly enough light to show the way. The sun gradually came up behind him as he walked, and it was over ...
( Category: Chinese March 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-05-24 | Author:Miguel Bonnefoy [Bonnefoy, Miguel]

* * * — This was the second war for a Lonsonier. By the time they arrived in London, the Luftwaffe had been bombarding the English ports for a year. ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 8,2024 )
epub |eng | | Author:Dimitri Nasrallah

Ya Allah there are moments when I want tenderness, warmth, another’s breathing beside me as I sleep. Tonight, after my shower, in the fog of all that steam crowded into ...
( Category: 20th Century March 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-10-28 | Author:Unknown

Trapped within the black-and-white house during the day, my mind wandered through the walls, between the bars of the gate, over the fields in the dark. Most nights, I would ...
( Category: World War II March 8,2024 )