Historical
epub |eng | 2002-01-01 | Author:Dewey Lambdin [Lambdin, Dewey]

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Captain Joshua Kershaw, U.S. Navy, was a hearty older fellow, a tall, bluff, and stout man in his fifties, and in his youth might have been a most ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1977-01-01 | Author:Jean Plaidy [Plaidy, Jean]

So the siege of Acre had not been broken and the two kings were sick. The crusaders were despondent. They cursed God. They had come all this way to fight ...
( Category: Biographical March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-19 | Author:Patrick O'Brian [O'Brian, Patrick]

Captain Aubrey was indeed in the cabin, leaning over some bundles of official papers tied with black tape or red. 'There you are,' he cried, raising his head with a ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Anne Perry [Perry, Anne]

CHAPTER EIGHT On Monday, July 20, Joseph spent the morning in a lively albeit erratic discussion with half a dozen students in which he doubted anyone learned very much. He ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-30 | Author:Bernard Cornwell [Cornwell, Bernard]

It was then that the Riflemen appeared from the house, splintering down the bullet-riddled door and running into the yard with sword-bayonets fixed. They cheered the Spaniard. “East!” Vivar shouted ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
epub | | 2009-07-12 | Author:Ken Follett [Follett, Ken]

* * * KAPITEL 44 Gilbert Hereford wurde vor dem geistlichen Gericht angeklagt, für schuldig befunden und von Prior Godwyn zu einer angemessenen Strafe verurteilt: Ihm sollte bei lebendigem Leib ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1000-01-01 | Author:Dewey Lambdin [Lambdin, Dewey]

"Boat ahoy!" Midshipman Larkin had challenged two days following that drunken supper, and the youthful voice shouting in reply had drawn Lewrie to the deck. The turn-out for a foreign ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Rosalind Laker [Laker, Rosalind]

Chapter 13 HENDRICK PONDERED OVER ALETTA HAVING RECEIVED A letter from Francesca. The fact that she had not shared it with him or, to the best of his knowledge, with ...
( Category: Biographical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1969-01-01 | Author:James Lee Burke [Burke, James]

chapter twenty I talked to Marvin Pomroy on the telephone Monday morning. Across the street, the trees on the courthouse lawn were a hard green in the sunlight, and I ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2006-11-06 | Author:Anne Perry [Perry, Anne]

It was early afternoon when Dominic decided to call again at the manor house. He had to put his trust in someone, or else simply abandon the idea of finding ...
( Category: Police Procedurals March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-18 | Author:Christian Cameron [Cameron, Christian]

10 Even back then, before we fought the Medes, the theatre of Athens was a famous thing, and much talked of throughout the Greek world. Technically, I wasn’t welcome at ...
( Category: Ancient March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Stephen Hunter [Hunter, Stephen]

32 IN the gray dawn the prisoners jogged out to the levee between the horsemen who ran them like cattle. “You boy, you keep up, goddammit.” “Jethro, yee-haw, watch that ...
( Category: Historical Thrillers March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2001-05-14 | Author:Julian Stockwin [Stockwin, Julian]

It was Doud on the wheel when dawn broke; a clear, bracing dawn that saw the white-capped seas hurrying toward them under the strong breeze — exhilarating sailing weather. “Well, ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-12-31 | Author:Jean M. Auel [Auel, Jean M.]

They followed the trail of the herd more or less northeast for some distance; then the tracks of the horses inexplicably changed direction. Ayla and Jondalar overshot the turn and ...
( Category: Family Saga March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-13 | Author:Great House [House, Great]

IN THE MONTHS that followed, Yoav, Leah, I, and even Bogna, who had not yet left, began to settle into a familiar routine. Leah was absorbed in learning pieces by ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 26,2014 )