Historical Fiction
epub |eng | | Author:JJ Toner

# The Graf Spee boxing academy was located in a better part of the city, not far from the Black Flamingo nightclub. The first person they met was a janitor ...
( Category: German January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:J. R. Tomlin [Tomlin, J R]

They had taken their places, Douglas swaggering to the dais resplendent in black velvet worked with gold thread, the most elegant Patrick had ever laid eyes on. Bishop Kennedy said ...
( Category: Scottish January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-08-15 | Author:James Fenimore Cooper [COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE]

CHAPTER XVII. “I better brook the loss of brittle life, Than those proud titles thou hast won of me; They wound my thoughts, worse than thy sword my flesh.” SHAKESPEARE ...
( Category: French January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jule Selbo

Two of the three ships that carried cargo for Chabotto Trading were lost at sea. Other merchants lamented their losses and all were petitioning the banks to pay on their ...
( Category: Italian January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2015-08-18 | Author:John Harding [John Harding]

2 After our visit to the hydrotherapy room, Morgan took me on a brief tour of the institution. We began on the second floor, where the dormitories were arranged along ...
( Category: Anthologies January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:David Vogel

22 On the red and blue trams, masses of human beings were carted from the suburbs to their day’s labour in the city centre, and from there to the suburbs ...
( Category: Jewish January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-08-07 | Author:Jen Geigle Johnson

Chapter Twenty Nathaniel arrived at home, agitated. After handing his coat and hat to Brooks, he headed toward the library. He hoped a book would calm him enough to get ...
( Category: Regency January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Stephanie Johnson [Stephanie Johnson]

8 OUTSIDE AND AWAY ‘Beside Brook Cedron I fell,’ concludes Vernon, ‘my last image of that life being the whirling, ravenous vultures.’ There is a soft, deep silence. Vernon peers ...
( Category: Fantasy January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-01-15 | Author:Judith Barrow

Chapter 63 September 1915 ‘But what does he want this time? Why did ’e come round? ’E’s never away.’ ‘He’s going into Manchester and wanted to know if we needed ...
( Category: World War I January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Tony Peake [Tony Peake]

That night, after lights-out, Paul stared and stared at his usual oblong of sky. Sometimes, while doing this, the stars would grant him a sort of release, their very distance ...
( Category: African January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Martin Turnbull

20 Nell and Luke hid behind a sycamore across the street from 7711 Norton Avenue. “You sure about this?” He nodded. But was he? Yes and no. Kinda sorta. Ask ...
( Category: Biographical January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Gene Masters

Chapter 16 Commander Hiriake Ito stood on the bridge of Atsukaze, first in a line of ten vessels that had been hugging the western coast of Palau Island, northbound at ...
( Category: Japanese January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-15 | Author:Julian Novitz [Julian Novitz]

WILTON The living room in Eric Stapp’s flat was dominated by a large swastika flag hanging on one of the walls. A little over the top, Nigel Wilton thought. Counterproductive ...
( Category: Jewish January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:J. R. Tomlin

Chapter 21 The rain had eased to nothing more than a gray drizzle. Dark clouds hung low and thick, threatening another downpour. Mud splattered up to James's knees as his ...
( Category: Scottish January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-01-21 | Author:Janet Elizabeth Henderson

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Caroline’s head was inside out. Not only that, but someone had taken sandpaper to her brain. Her eyeballs were dry. Her eyelids didn’t work. The light was too ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage January 17,2023 )