epub |eng | 2023-07-05 | Author:Pamela Taylor [Taylor, Pamela]

When we wake the following morning, Gwen says nothing about my restlessness during the night, though she can hardly have failed to notice it. My morning ride does nothing to ...

epub |eng | 2023-08-02 | Author:Elizabeth Fremantle

PART II You will find the spirit of Caesar in this soul of a woman. Artemisia Gentileschi 19. The Handkerchief Zita moves slowly. The air is thick and foetid in ...

epub |eng | 2023-08-02 | Author:Laura Morelli

To my surprise, I find Enzo waiting for me in an alley alongside the Hotel Excelsior. He stands with his back against a stone wall, one knee cocked, smoking a ...

epub |eng | 2023-06-20 | Author:Aharon Appelfeld [Appelfeld, Aharon]

:::::::::::::::::::27::::::::::::::::::: “Magda, I saw the tombstones,” Yaakov said as he entered the house. “It shocks me every time.” “I found the tombstone of my great-grandfather Itche Meir.” “People still talk ...

epub |eng | 2022-10-28 | Author:C. P. Giuliani [Giuliani, C. P.]

By the time the Ambassador’s flock entered it in a small procession, the gallery was brightly lit. There were exclamations of astonished pleasure — and they were well-earned. An abundance ...

epub |eng | 2022-12-21 | Author:Alys Clare [Clare, Alys]

ELEVEN That night I dreamt I was back at sea. I was on a ship very like the Falco, and we were running fast under full sail. Now and again ...

epub |eng | 2023-03-14 | Author:Oliver Clements

* * * A day or so later, when Dee is feeling stronger, he does. “I hoped you’d come with me to the Old Town,” Dee says. “To buy a ...

epub |eng | 2021-01-31 | Author:Stuart W. Mirsky [Mirsky, Stuart W.]

CHAPTER XXIV The Choosing WHEN THEY GOT THE SKRAELING CHIEFTAIN inside and laid him down, Vragi told them to make a fire outside and heat some water over it. This ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2022-05-10 | Author:Paul W. Feenstra [Feenstra, Paul W.]

The arrival of thirty-five cows and two bulls created quite a sensation in Mellester. Benedict and Grace, accompanied by another six hired herdsmen to help, and two men-at-arms for protection, ...

epub |eng | 2019-02-15 | Author:Tracy Borman [Borman, Tracy]

CHAPTER 29 5 June The bells were already chiming eight when Frances hastened to the princess’s apartments. She had not slept the night before. The image of Arbella’s face had ...

epub |eng | 2021-09-28 | Author:Alys Clare [Clare, Alys]

TWELVE I slipped away from the empty house without first going down the road to knock on Theo’s door. There were discoveries concerning the three bodies that I ought to ...

epub |eng | | Author:Peter David Myers

18 SLINGS AND ARROWS The next day, Leonardo was still profoundly disturbed by what had happened with Lisa Gherardini. He took a walk to clear his mind and sat on ...

pdf | | 2021-08-09 | Author:Eco, Umberto

epub |eng | 2019-04-02 | Author:Elizabeth Cook

17 The women of the household, including the other wives, acted as if the baby were their common property, bustling in and out of Bathsheba’s apartment with presents and suggestions. ...

epub |eng | | Author:Paul Arrowsmith [Arrowsmith, Paul]

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT It became a habit of Alessandro’s to stop strangers in the street offering to pray for them. Some welcomed this intervention, others were embarrassed by it, while a ...