Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2022-08-18 | Author:Vivian Stuart [Stuart, Vivian]

8 The next day was Sunday, and as had become his custom, William Bligh reserved two hours between rising and breaking his fast to receive, in person, petitions and complaints ...
( Category: Australian & Oceanian September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-05 | Author:Miller, Hector

Chapter 19 – Attrition “Do not look to the left, Father”, Aritê cautioned. “We are being watched from the high ground over yonder.” Although I studied the forested hill from ...
( Category: Ancient September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-04-21 | Author:K.J. Jackson [Jackson, K.J.]

CHAPTER 19 Dammit. A roar at his lips, Callum scrambled after Nemity in the crowd, but she was slight and fast, and no matter how many people he pushed out ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-12-21 | Author:Hawkswood, Sarah

( Category: Medieval September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-06-20 | Author:Smith, Wilbur & Harper, Tom [Smith, Wilbur & Harper, Tom]

CALCUTTA, 1806 T he Mornington’s anchor dropped into the brown Hooghly river. Adam heard the splash and the gurgle of water as the flukes sank into the mud. There was ...
( Category: African September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2008-04-04 | Author:Sansom, C. J. [Sansom, C. J.]

Chapter Twenty-four ARCHBISHOP CRANMER was with Lord Hertford when we arrived at Lambeth Palace. We were sent in, though again Barak had to wait outside. The Archbishop looked dog-tired. He ...
( Category: British September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-04 | Author:Blair Denholm [Denholm, Blair]

‘A pointless trip, like you predicted, Comrade Captain.’ Yegor stood legs apart where he calculated the doors of the train would line up when the elektrichka ground to a stop. ...
( Category: Russian September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-07-10 | Author:Mahanenko, Vasily

Chapter 11 “TELL ME, STOOR, what exactly were you extracting from the anomaly? Is there a list?” “First, the golems had been destroyed, then the warriors took all the ancient ...
( Category: Fantasy September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2004-11-05 | Author:Sansom, C. J. [Sansom, C. J.]

Chapter Twenty-four I SAID FAREWELL TO JOSEPH, promising I should have news for him tomorrow. As I rode down Cheapside to the Guildhall I wondered again what might be down ...
( Category: British September 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-07-22 | Author:Meghan Sloan [Sloan, Meghan]

She made her way down the stairs slowly, suppressing a grin when her husband’s eyes widened appreciatively. She knew that her skin looked particularly fair against the crimson gown, and ...
( Category: British September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-06 | Author:Stockton, Kasey [Stockton, Kasey]

* * * Fairlinn Court was elegant. Long, even columns lined the front of the house with dark windows set evenly on each side of the front portico. Our carriage ...
( Category: Regency September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 1938-01-01 | Author:Hilton, James [Hilton, James]

3. YOUNG WAVENEY WHEN WAVENEY HAD BEEN at Brookfield for a month he was moved up into the Lower Fourth, Mr. Pearson’s form; which was a pity, because he did ...
( Category: Short Stories September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-08 | Author:S.J. Martin [Martin, S.J.]

Abbot Columbanus was in his lodgings and was both disgruntled and uneasy for several reasons, which did not make him an easy companion for the young monk with him, or ...
( Category: European September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-04 | Author:Roland Merullo [Merullo, Roland]

Twenty-Two By nightfall, the lorries were loaded with papers, boxes, and certain personal items belonging to il Duce and his family. The offices were mostly bare except for the shelves ...
( Category: World War II September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-07-24 | Author:Emma Linfield [Linfield, Emma]

“You do not seem very impressed by the feats of this soothsayer,” Johnathan commented after a moment of silence between them. Agnes watched the excited group of three ahead of ...
( Category: Regency September 17,2024 )