Ｙ．Ａ - Historical 5

"Japhet in Search of a Father" was published in 1836, the seventh book to flow from Marryat's pen. It was the first of Marryat's books not to have a nautical setting. It is a brilliantly written boo……続きを見る

One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of Jack Easy, a son of privilege who joins the Royal Navy. The……続きを見る

William Seymour grows up on shipboard in the Royal Navy, after his father is hanged during the mutiny at the Nore (1797), and later, he is impressed into the crew of a daring smuggler. This amusing ……続きを見る

The children of aristocratic Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby, are believed to have died in the flames when their house is burned by Roundhead soldiers. However, t……続きを見る

This is a missionary work and his goal is to teach young people about the history of South Africa and to admire Christian missionaries. 続きを見る

It was in the year 1794, that an English family went out to settle in Canada. This province had been surrendered to us by the French, who first colonized it, more than thirty years previous to the y……続きを見る

The great advantage of being the fool of the family--My destiny is decided, and I am consigned to a stockbroker as part of His Majesty's sea stock--Unfortunately for me Mr Handycock is a bear, and I……続きを見る

The uprising in Heaven is at an end and Paradise has fallen, becoming the forty-third state of America. Now angels and demons must learn to get along with humans. The rest of the world is in uproar.……続きを見る

In Jeffrey Archer's bestselling First Among Equals, Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength-and the will to realize his des……続きを見る

এক আশ্চর্য প্রতিভার নাম নটী বিনোদিনী। সে যুগে নারীদের আলাদা কোনো অস্তিত্ব স্বীকার করতনা পরিবার সমাজ এমনকি দেশের শাসককুলও, সে সময়ে দাঁড়িয়ে নিজের অভিনয় প্রতিভার জোরে বিনোদিনী নিজেকে সসম্মানে প্রতি……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, John Bunyan’s masterful religious allegory, narrates the journey of an everyman hero……続きを見る

Regency London: a hotbed of robbers, ruffians and imposters… A girl might as well put her faith in a highwayman! Georgiana Grey is a sore trial to her upright brother Edward: independent, outspoken ……続きを見る

Brenna had lost everything dear to her. She had little else to do but come to the end of herself. At her darkest moment, an unexpected lifeline was shown her. Will she be able to hold fast to it as ……続きを見る

From the Nobel Prize-winning author and acclaimed writer of Thousand Cranes comes the luminous chronicle of a match of the Japanese game Go played between a master and a younger, more modern challen……続きを見る

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2.0 SELECTION • "A remarkable page-turner of a novel." ーChicago Tribune In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Mi……続きを見る

The Booker Prize-winning author of Possession presents an extraordinary story set against the backdrop of the 1960sーa turbulent decade of clashing politics, passionate ideals, and shifting sexual r……続きを見る

An immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1880, the anonymously penned Democracy prompted widespread speculation and guessing games as to its author’s identity. It is the story of Mrs. Lightfo……続きを見る

As the world moves into the twentieth century, Minke, one of the few European-educated Javanese, optimistically starts a new life in a new town: Betawi. With his enrollment in medical school and the……続きを見る

From New York Times bestselling author Tracy Anne Warren, the first in a series about the most dashingly dangerous men in London. Pay a call to the most seductive address in London and meet the Rake……続きを見る

In Child of All Nations, the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist, devastatingly anticolonialistーand full of heartbreak, suspense, love, and fury. Pramoedya immerse……続きを見る

Kim, aka Kimball O'Hara, is the orphan son of a British soldier and a half-caste opium addict in India. While running free through the streets of Lahore as a child he befriends a British secret serv……続きを見る

Pondicherry is a short story to introduce a significant setting in the novel, The Star of India, which is available online today. Pondicherry, India is a destination to the past as well as the prese……続きを見る

Angel Rogers is alone in the world. With both her mother and father gone, the fiery young woman is left to run Rogers Ranch on her own. Not an easy taks for anyone in 1894, especially in the midst o……続きを見る

The Holy War Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, to Regain the Metropolis of the World, Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul is a 1682 novel by John Bunyan. 続きを見る

For the Sake of His Children A marriage of convenience? Rachel Hewitt couldn't possibly accept. Not even for the sake of three adorable little girls who desperately want a new mother. Sheriff Trista……続きを見る

In this fictitious, historical account of the world in the 21st century, a historian from centuries into the future, writes a work of history recounting the events, people, and writings that lead hu……続きを見る

Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt……続きを見る

The Legend of Bayou La Fleur is set in the Louisiana bayou country, during the final days of our Civil War to the turn of the century. The town of Bayou La Fleur, the Desaird Swamp and the surroundi……続きを見る

By 1910, forty percent of the population of New York City was foreign-born. With over 5 million people, New York was bigger than the next three largest cities combined: Chicago, Philadelphia and St.……続きを見る

Mila (A Three-Part Story) takes place in 43 AD when Rome conquered Southern Britannia. Mila, a young mother, is taken hostage by Rome, ripped away from her son, and sold as a gladiator. After she us……続きを見る