Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2010-07-12 | Author:Harold R. Thompson [Thompson, Harold R.]

CHAPTER SIX To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. — Pierre Corneille, “Le Cid” Gentlemen in tall hats and ladies with parasols had come out of Sevastopol to ...
( Category: British June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-10 | Author:Harold R. Thompson [Thompson, Harold R.]

Dudley followed Elizabeth’s instructions the next day, and every day after. He spent as much time as he could at the bottom of the bluff, staring out to sea and ...
( Category: British June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-01 | Author:Andrew Wareham [Wareham, Andrew]

“Can we make the promise that the Company will stay, sir? Will Madras necessarily validate our word?” “Gold, Bacon! There is concrete evidence of gold in these hills – we ...
( Category: British June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-01-15 | Author:Robin Maxwell [Maxwell, Robin]

I HOPE I HAVE FOUND that which Her Majesty desires,” said Lord Steward Francis Knollys above the loud clanking of heavy keys on the chain that hung around his slender ...
( Category: Biographical June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-28 | Author:Malcolm Archibald [Archibald, Malcolm]

Chapter Eighteen CAPE COAST CASTLE OCTOBER 1873 Moving with impressive speed, Wolseley called together the chiefs and kings to a palaver the next day. Rather than squeeze the kings into ...
( Category: Asian June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-08-25 | Author:Dominic Fielder [Fielder, Dominic]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN To Stand against the Terror. Ghent: 6th January 1794 If either Christopher Belvedere or Cedric Haverly had expected to see any sign of modesty being shown at the ...
( Category: French June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-08 | Author:Harold R. Thompson [Thompson, Harold R.]

CHAPTER 22 The Ganges Valley July 1857 General Havelock’s army snaked along the grand trunk road, the general and his staff riding in the van. The campaign was underway at ...
( Category: British June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-12-31 | Author:Malcolm Archibald [Archibald, Malcolm]

* * * “No, Windrush.” Hook, now dressed in full uniform, sat on a cane chair beside Jack, Elliot, and Roberts, alternatively sipping at a whisky and puffing a cheroot. ...
( Category: Russian June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-09-29 | Author:Nick S Thomas [Thomas, Nick S]

Chapter 9 Craven buckled down his saddle as he and the small body of troops he had travelled North with made their preparations to once again get on the road ...
( Category: Military June 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-02-14 | Author:Rachael English [English, Rachael]

Chapter 26 May 1982, London Loretta needed to escape. With the release of their single only two days away, she felt as if the walls were closing in. At the ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage June 7,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-05-22 | Author:Joseph Kanon [Joseph Kanon]

* * * Markowski, miraculously, was there, just beginning his night shift, and got Nathan on a gurney with the help of two aides, the Buick almost as big as ...
( Category: World War II June 7,2024 )
pdf | | 2022-02-19 | Author:Len Levinson & J. Farragut Jones [Levinson, Len]

( Category: World War II June 6,2024 )
azw3 |eng | 2021-05-05 | Author:Valerie Holmes [Holmes, Valerie]

CHAPTER 19 Lydia was sleeping in the next attic room to Georgina. These narrow loft rooms were once filled with maids who had to get up at 5 a.m. to ...
( Category: Irish June 4,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-11-07 | Author:Hamilton, Hanna & Fairy, Cobalt

By the time the first caller arrived, Claire was close to despair as she thought of ways to seek the forgiveness of His Grace. She had not expected, however, to ...
( Category: British June 4,2024 )