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Meridon (Wideacre Trilogy 3) by Gregory Philippa
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2011-11-10 | Author:Gregory, Philippa [Gregory, Philippa]

22 I found a patch of sunlight where the old beech leaves were warm and dry and smelled nutty. I took Sea to the river bank and he leaned over ...
( Category: Literary March 25,2014 )
Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-01-02 | Author:Philippa Gregory

Summer 1626 Tradescant had thought that complaints about the duke were in the mouths of ignorant men, boys like J, women like Elizabeth, and wayside preachers, whose opinions might disturb ...
( Category: Renaissance March 25,2014 )
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-01 | Author:Elizabeth Chadwick

Twenty-two Hamstead Marshal, Berkshire, July 1183 “Jerusalem?” John Marshal’s mouth turned down at the corners. “That is no small undertaking.” “I have debts to God that cannot be paid any ...
( Category: Biographical March 25,2014 )
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-02 | Author:Philippa Gregory

Sir Robert was leaning down to whisper to the seated queen, when Cecil walked into the presence chamber, and saw the queen laugh up at him. The desire between the ...
( Category: Renaissance March 25,2014 )
The Viking's Touch by Joanna Fulford
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-31 | Author:Joanna Fulford

It was perhaps an hour later when they returned. On leaving his men Wulfgar went in search of Anwyn. He found her in the hall, speaking to one of the ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-12 | Author:Dorothy Dunnett

Dans les parois de ta maison Comme est une vigne qui porte Force bons fruicts en la saison. A wash of pain followed, and he fell. He did not drag ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel by Mitchell David
mobi |eng | 2010-06-22 | Author:Mitchell, David [Mitchell, David]

“IN THE DOMAIN of Hizen,” First Sister Hatsune strokes her forever-shut eyelid as the night wind blows around the shrine, “a ravine climbs northward from the San’yôdo Highway to the ...
( Category: Literary March 25,2014 )
The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-08-11 | Author:Dorothy Dunnett

Chapter 22 FAR FROM THE RAVAGES he had unwittingly caused, the Charetty lawyer Gregorio saw the time draw near at last when he could find and confront the Scottish lord ...
( Category: Renaissance March 25,2014 )
The Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie Ford
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-27 | Author:Mackenzie Ford

7 THREATS Natalie crouched over a patch of soil-sand, feeling the high sun on her back. Her eyes were aching, her spine complaining, her knees sore. Sweat coursed down her ...
( Category: Native American March 25,2014 )
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-01-02 | Author:Sebastian Faulks

In France Charlotte rose gently from the deepest levels of her sleep to find the reflected branches of the almost leafless chestnut tree undulating in watery shadow on the bare ...
( Category: War March 25,2014 )
Sweet Tooth: A Novel by McEwan Ian
mobi |eng | 2012-11-12 | Author:McEwan, Ian [McEwan, Ian]

13 Max was taking a week’s holiday in Taormina with his fiancée, so there could be no immediate debriefing when I returned to the office. I lived in a state ...
( Category: Espionage March 25,2014 )
Ian McEwan Sweet Tooth by McEwan Ian
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:McEwan, Ian [McEwan, Ian]

Acknowledgements I owe particular thanks to Frances Stonor Saunders for her book, Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War; and also to Paul Lashmar and Oliver ...
( Category: Espionage March 25,2014 )
The Liar by Stephen Fry
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-05-08 | Author:Stephen Fry

In a small bedroom a Striped Nightgown had been talking to a Donkey Jacket. The tape of the conversation was being listened to by a Dark Grey Suit. He felt ...
( Category: Coming of Age March 25,2014 )
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
mobi, epub |eng | 1987-01-02 | Author:Penelope Lively

8 ‘Lovely plant,’ says the nurse. ‘Your sister-in-law brought it, didn’t she? Gorgeous colour. It’ll be one of those hothouse species, I expect. I’ll put it nearer the radiator.’ Claudia ...
( Category: 20th Century March 25,2014 )
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2009-01-15 | Author:Neil Gaiman

CHAPTER NINE IN WHICH FAT CHARLIE ANSWERS THE DOOR AND SPIDER ENCOUNTERS FLAMINGOS Fat Charlie’s luck was changing. He could feel it. The plane on which he was returning home ...
( Category: Mythology March 25,2014 )

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