Historical
epub |eng | 2005-06-01 | Author:Tom Harper [Tom Harper]

ι ς I had hoped to have an hour or two to probe around that camp with Father Gregorias, to see if I could glean any sign of the monk ...
( Category: Historical May 16,2022 )
mobi |eng | 2013-02-14 | Author:Robyn Young

Guillaume took his time rolling up the map, smoothing out the creases in the parchment. Outside, evening was encroaching, filling the room with shadows. The Grand Master didn’t bother to ...
( Category: Historical May 15,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-11 | Author:Alexander Lindsay [Lindsay, Alexander]

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Charles Flinders settled back into his seat as the lights went down and the curtain went up. A real treat in store, he mused. One of his favourite ...
( Category: Historical May 15,2022 )
epub |eng | 1974-01-01 | Author:Philip Lindsay [Lindsay, Philip]

Chapter XI POVERTY AND PEACE It was not until March with its clatter of winds had blown the wet cold of February aside, had flung the clouds from the face ...
( Category: Historical May 15,2022 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-05 | Author:E M Powell [Powell, E M]

‘We’re almost there.’ With his cloak pulled over his face and neck in a rough, concealing hood, Palmer kept his voice low as he shoved the rumbling cart along the ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-12 | Author:M J Porter [Porter, M J]

Chapter 19 Oswiu, King of Bernicia AD655 My kingdom is in uproar. It seems that not a moment can go by without someone else rushing to Bamburgh to tell me ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-17 | Author:M J Porter [Porter, M J]

Chapter 11 At some point, and despite it all, I fall asleep. My eyes flutter open in shock when I’m unceremoniously lowered to my feet. My legs are untied, even ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-25 | Author:M J Porter [Porter, M J]

Chapter 24 AD632 Summer Cadwallon of Gwynedd I sit upon my official chair before the fire that spits and coughs in the breeze through the open doorway. My mind has ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-26 | Author:David J Oldman [Oldman, David J]

22 Tuesday, February 4th 1947 I had arranged to see Lizzie that evening at the ABC tearooms where we first met and so decided to leave contacting Konstantin Berezin until ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:unknow

It always surprises me after a family row to find that the world outdoors has remained the same. While the passions and feelings that accumulate like noxious gases inside a ...
( Category: Historical May 2,2022 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-07 | Author:Robert J. Harris (author) [Harris, Robert J.]

13 THE LAST GUARDIANS We crossed the Pont Notre-Dame to the Îie de la Cité and here the driver let me out in the main square in front of the ...
( Category: Historical May 2,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-07 | Author:Richard Foreman [Foreman, Richard]

Morning. The dawn glowed, as much as the Count of Toulouse's bloodshot - from rage and wine - eyes. The mission had been an abject failure. Raymond was still no ...
( Category: Historical May 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-30 | Author:D. W. Bradbridge [Bradbridge, D. W.]

Chapter 22 Lathom House – Tuesday March 12th – Friday March 15th, 1644 We were freed on the Wednesday afternoon, much sooner than anticipated. The three local labourers were allowed ...
( Category: Historical May 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-09-01 | Author:Daws, N. R.

Although Kember hadn’t seen the basement in its previous guise, he was impressed by the work that had undoubtedly gone into making it a welcoming haven. After a brief tour, ...
( Category: Historical May 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-04-21 | Author:Richard Wake [Wake, Richard]

24 The next night, we took a stroll through the old town. There was one in every European city, it seemed — except for the ones that had been bombed ...
( Category: Historical May 1,2022 )