Historical Fiction
epub |eng | | Author:Libby Ashworth [Ashworth, Libby]

‘I would like to go back to work,’ Bessie told her when she came in. ‘But Father and the other men have said no, so I can’t defy them.’ ‘Tha’s ...
( Category: German January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-09-27 | Author:Annie Groves [Groves, Annie]

CHAPTER NINETEEN November grew colder still as the month progressed and the nurses took full advantage of the big fire blazing in the common room after they finished their rounds. ...
( Category: World War II January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-12-07 | Author:Helen Yendall [Yendall, Helen]

Chapter 25 At breakfast time the next day – Saturday – Ray tapped a knife handle on the table. ‘Right, who’s game for blackberrying this afternoon?’ Everyone looked at him ...
( Category: World War II January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-04-28 | Author:Lianne Dillsworth [Dillsworth, Lianne]

XIX The Warehouse at West India Docks I made sure I was good and early for work on Wednesday evening. Ellen was surprised to see me seated at the dressing ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mary Wood

Chapter Fifteen Elsie Elsie stirred. Always awake these days before the knocker-up arrived, she turned over for the umpteenth time, still unable to get used to the emptiness of her ...
( Category: World War I January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Dawn Brower [Brower, Dawn]

Chapter 4 Garrick didn’t know what to do. His worry for Hannah had no bounds. He wanted to keep her protected and safe, but she refused to comply with his ...
( Category: European January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:John Anthony Miller [Miller, John Anthony]

44 Ian arrived at the church shortly before 9 a.m., carrying a leather pouch with a ruler and some basic tools. He only planned to measure and lay out what ...
( Category: United States January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-12 | Author:Tracy Cooper-Posey [Cooper-Posey, Tracy]

Chapter Fourteen If I could go a year without the north vexing me and tripping me up, I might make headway against the damned Saxons!” Arthur cried. His fist landed ...
( Category: Fantasy January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-02-02 | Author:Jenny Holmes [Holmes, Jenny]

CHAPTER TWELVE In the calm after the storm of the night before, Pamela decided to walk to Anderson’s to see her father. As she stepped out of the front door ...
( Category: Middle Eastern January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kerry Andrew [Andrew, Kerry]

Chapter 6 A proper cough this morning, a bruised, spreading pain in the chest each time. It always felt damp first thing, throat clogged, but this was worse. Bones heavy, ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mary Kronenwetter

Jacob, like all hunters, knew that deer visited open fields and orchards most commonly at dawn and dusk. But he had to leave instructions for the day with his beetle-headed ...
( Category: United States January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-08-09 | Author:Penny Haw

Chapter 19 1900 Edinburgh, Scotland “It is just a matter of time,” Lady Widdrington had written. She was not wrong. I, however, was wrong for hoping that Mrs. Fawcett, Mrs. ...
( Category: World War I January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Barbara Hannay

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE ‘The crazy thing was that I didn’t see it coming.’ It was nearly midnight. Mitch and Flora had moved inside again and Flora was drinking hot chocolate. Conversation ...
( Category: Chinese January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-01-15 | Author:Phillip Parotti

The freighter did not need assistance; some oil drums had been set afire on her foc’sle, and once her crew managed to push those over the side, the fire the ...
( Category: World War II January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-22 | Author:Hazel Gaynor

THE WHITE CAP IS THE FIRST THING WILL SEES WHEN HE STIRS. A white cap, standing in a stiff peak, like the Alps when they have snow on them. He ...
( Category: European January 15,2023 )