Historical Fiction
epub |eng | | Author:Owen Parry

WHEN GUS RETURNED to the camp, a half dozen men from his platoon were brewing coffee around a cooking fire. Corporal Wilson sat among them. “Ain’t he just the sorriest ...
( Category: United States June 3,2024 )
azw3 |eng | 2023-10-10 | Author:W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O’Neal Gear [Gear, W. Michael]

11 “I don’t see anyone, Aunt Hail.” Maggie Walking Hawk Taylor guided her great-aunt away from her old black Dodge pickup and into the archaeological field camp. To her left, ...
( Category: Ancient June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-25 | Author:Monika Helfer

A Note on the Author and Translator Monika Helfer grew up in Vorarlberg, Austria. Her novels include the internationally bestselling, Schubart Prize-winning Die Bagage (Last House Before the Mountain) and ...
( Category: World War II June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-15 | Author:Lauri Robinson

CHAPTER TWO 28th of April, 1942 Dear Diary, London had been struck again. Buildings I’ve known my entire life are no longer standing, the beautiful city I called home is ...
( Category: World War II June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-14 | Author:Haverton, Patricia & Fairy, Cobalt

Margaret grinned in spite of herself, her heart racing in her chest. It was one thing to enjoy a stolen kiss under the cover of darkness, an act she could ...
( Category: British June 3,2024 )
azw3 |eng | 2018-09-26 | Author:Valerie Holmes [Holmes, Valerie]

After a fitful sleep, Willoughby refreshed himself and arose early and made his way down the rickety wooden staircase. The innkeeper was up early, organising the maids and stores. “Sleep ...
( Category: Regency June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-15 | Author:Leah Angstman

Chapter Thirteen Eight hundred and forty-one Courage isn’t having the strength to go on— it’s going on when you don’t have strength. —Napoleon Bonaparte Ani yelped at a prick of ...
( Category: French June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-07-01 | Author:James Calbraith [Calbraith, James]

Stealth and surprise are impossible here. The entire slope is built out of the odd, crumbling stone called leh by Donwen, weathered into thin, silvery tiles, shattering further under our ...
( Category: Norse & Icelandic June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2017-06-15 | Author:Eli Goldstone [Eli Goldstone]

Ursula is staying in a wooden cabin on some land that belongs to wealthy friends, both doctors in Riga. The cabin is set up with a double bed, a kitchenette, ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-16 | Author:Haverton, Patricia

He looked at her strangely as he said it. “They must have been demons, to want to kill an innocent woman,” Alice said. “They were,” Darian said quietly. “I’m sure ...
( Category: Regency June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-02-15 | Author:Jackie French

Twenty-Nine Mair A pig will never look as sweet as an apple tree in bloom, until it’s stewed in cider And there she found paradise. The first garden bed had ...
( Category: Australian & Oceanian June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-14 | Author:James Calbraith [Calbraith, James]

CHAPTER XI THE LAY OF BRUTUS A small group of Britons breaks out on the western flank and starts climbing up the hill towards us. They haven’t noticed us yet ...
( Category: Norse & Icelandic June 3,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-01-29 | Author:de Monchy, Theo

Chapter 17 ‘This could never have happened if Erik was here,’ Váli grunted as he angrily speared another slice of meat with his eating knife. Turid, Arleigh and Hoelun were ...
( Category: Norse & Icelandic May 31,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-06-13 | Author:Maitland-Lewis, Stephen

Chapter Seventeen * * * Emilio was the name of the pilot Felipe had told him about. It was also one of the only pieces of information about the young ...
( Category: World War II May 31,2024 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Ed Nelson

Chapter 16 Count Arne wanted to arrest Neilsen immediately. "What we have is circumstantial evidence. While it points strongly by logic at Neilsen, we have nothing like an eyewitness or ...
( Category: Medieval May 31,2024 )