Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2022-11-29 | Author:John Boyne [Boyne, John]

FOURTEEN I waited until the following Tuesday, my half-day from work, to visit again, but this time with a clear plan in mind. Disembarking the ferry shortly after 1 p.m., ...
( Category: World War II February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-19 | Author:Rebecca Preston [Preston, Rebecca]

Chapter 17 “Seriously, Donal, I am a grown woman, quite capable of taking care of myself.” Fiona crossed her arms and glared at him once they were back inside. He’d ...
( Category: Fantasy February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:L. Frank Baum

( Category: Cultural Heritage February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-11-05 | Author:Dr. Larry S. Mellen

We slept well into midmorning. The sky was dark; the rain was alternating between cascades and torrents. The angry heavens kept up their showers, and an energized light show distracted ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage February 4,2023 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2022-02-14 | Author:S.O. Callahan [Callahan, S.O.]

Thirteen I’d returned home just long enough to put some food in my stomach at supper. Anne seemed to have recovered from earlier, though I noticed she didn’t eat very ...
( Category: Fantasy February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-29 | Author:Inez Holden

It Was Different At The Time by Inez Holden 1938 April My sitting-room window looks out on to the well-kept grass of the rich woman’s lawn. Most of the morning ...
( Category: World War II February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 0160-02-15 | Author:Lucius Apuleius [Apuleius, Lucius]

Part 6 Chapter 1 How Apuleius carried away the Gentlewoman, and how they were taken againe by the theeves, and what a kind of death was invented for them. By ...
( Category: Ancient February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-08-30 | Author:Bryan Litfin

For two months, Flavia had been enduring the rigors of the road. Though long-distance travel could often be physically taxing, she didn’t hate it. The jostling of the carriage, the ...
( Category: Ancient February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-15 | Author:Jan Wallace Dickinson

Florence 1944 June 4 We had word that two days ago the British sent in parachutists to help with Radio CORA. Thank God they finally realise how important the radio ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2015-09-27 | Author:Penelope Swan

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Darcy stood before the discreet frontage of the townhouse on St James’s Street and looked up at number 12. Like many of the other gambling hells along this ...
( Category: British February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-23 | Author:Rebecca Preston [Preston, Rebecca]

Chapter 16 Karin's mind was racing. An illness serious enough to shut down so many businesses in town, so quickly? In medieval Scotland, no less? Obviously where she was from ...
( Category: Fantasy February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-10-27 | Author:Cecil Lewis

TOM COOKSON ‘WHERE ARE WE now?’ Tom Cookson smiled to himself, as he bent over the chart table again. It reminded him of young Dick. Young Dick sitting there, stripped ...
( Category: World War II February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-12-30 | Author:Inez Holden

Chapter Nine. Check Up The day after King the comedian came down to Statevale it was given out, on every group, that the check-up on the identity cards had now ...
( Category: World War II February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-08-09 | Author:David Donachie

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE Thursday, July 25, 7:13 p.m. Rudi took station behind the slightly open door to the drawing room, as the muffled sound of slamming car doors came in from ...
( Category: World War II February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-11-15 | Author:Joan Koster

JULIA HURRIED DOWN the street, cursing the slush that trickled into her half-boots and the hidden ice that threatened to tip her into a drift. She rounded the corner and ...
( Category: Biographical February 4,2023 )