Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:Sebald, W. G. [Sebald, W. G.]

It was as if I had been walking for hours before the tiled roofs of houses and the crest of a wooded hill gradually became defined. The Dunwich of the ...
( Category: Biographical September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-10-25 | Author:Hoyt, Elizabeth & Bowen, Kelly & Campbell, Anna [Hoyt, Elizabeth & Bowen, Kelly & Campbell, Anna]

Chapter Seven Lydia stirred from the deep, dreamless sleep she’d tumbled into after all the exquisite, unprecedented things Simon had done to her in his bed. The candles on the ...
( Category: Regency September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-08 | Author:Wray, Phillip L.

CHAPTER 13 the market died down slowly, the sellers packing their unsold items as the square slowly cleared. Charles and Michel waited until the vendors dispersed in case the farmers ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-04-20 | Author:Max Lamirande [Lamirande, Max]

Extracts of Heinz Guderian's 1952 book Panzer Leader One last great push, End of October 1942 The battle for the center of Moscow and possession of the famed Kremlin grounds ...
( Category: Military September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-04-20 | Author:Fiona Faris [Faris, Fiona]

“Me maither passed when I was only two,” she said in a quiet voice. “Abigail’s birth was very difficult an’… me maither didnae survive it.” Domnhall consoled her with a ...
( Category: Scottish September 17,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-05-02 | Author:Deb Stratas [Stratas, Deb]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “And how is Horace doing now, luv? Have you seen him since the blast?” Mum hovered over Katie, home with a short pass to fully recover from her ...
( Category: German September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-03-15 | Author:Christina Dodd [Dodd, Christina]

CHAPTER 24 From behind me I heard a deep groan. Tommaso stared in confusion. “Lady Rosaline, what?” “I was merely . . . clearing my throat.” I stood and spread ...
( Category: Renaissance September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-04-11 | Author:Alina K. Field [Field, Alina K.]

Gareth paced the four walls of the Bicton Grange parlor, listening to the distant wails and screeches from the nursery floor. The distracted maid answering the door had ushered him ...
( Category: Regency September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-05-08 | Author:Nancy Warren [Warren, Nancy]

SEVENTEEN When Abby opened the door, it wasn’t a certain cool-eyed inspector standing there, as she’d feared, but her Aunt Ida, hanging on to the doorjamb, trying to get her ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense September 16,2024 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2024-04-25 | Author:Mary Lancaster

“HE WAS ACTING ALONE,” Piers told Jeffery, when, after being shown into the private office with April, he once again faced the diplomat over his cherry wood desk. “And from ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-09 | Author:Geoff Wolak [Wolak, Geoff]

Next, I warned the Skyvan pilots that they would attack at dawn, firing down at any aircraft we missed. Harris updated his notes, it was a major operation, and the ...
( Category: Military September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-10-18 | Author:Smith, Wilbur & Chadbourn, Mark [Smith, Wilbur & Chadbourn, Mark]

U nder the searing sun, Hanbaal’s men heaved on the ropes and the ship creaked towards the south. Under the cool eye of Khonsu in the desert night, they strained ...
( Category: Ancient September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2008-07-29 | Author:Shaffer, Mary Ann & Barrows, Annie [Shaffer, Mary Ann & Barrows, Annie]

From Sally Ann Frobisher to Juliet 15th May, 1946 Dear Miss Ashton, Miss Pribby told me you would be coming to Guernsey to hear about the war. I hope we ...
( Category: World War II September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2002-09-30 | Author:Smith, Martin Cruz [Smith, Martin Cruz]

HARRY FOUND KATO at the Folies, in the balcony with the manager watching a final act called “Amusing Violin.” The manager wore a greasy boater and snickered through an overbite ...
( Category: Italian September 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-28 | Author:Anne R Bailey [Bailey, Anne R]

As the heat of summer settled upon England, Edward’s popularity among the barons and England’s other magnates was in the ascendency. After the campaign in Wales, he no longer held ...
( Category: Biographical September 16,2024 )