M.B - Historical 3

Long Ago In China is a story of love and greed during the Tang Dynasty in China. The Empress Wei Ling has ordered the assassination of nine children from two previous wives of the Emperor so that he……続きを見る

They were girls of the 60s – as unlike each other as it was possible to be. Abbra – the quiet, lovely, Californian college girl – reared to a life of good behaviour and doing the right thing. She wa……続きを見る

Following the footsteps of Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, whose ripping adventures capture thousands of new readers each year, comes the heir apparent to the mantle of Forester and O'Brian: Dew……続きを見る

If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult, you'll love Diane Chamberlain's The First Lie, an original eBook short story companion to Necessary Lies. It's 1958 in rural North Carolina, where thirteen-year-old ……続きを見る

In World War II–era Mississippi, the aftermath of a tragedy takes on all the intensity and heat of the Delta summer when the town of Ruleton copes with violence, racism, and a vengeful spree that th……続きを見る

William Boyd’s masterful new novel tells, in a series of intimate journals, the story of Logan Mountstuartーwriter, lover, art dealer, spyーas he makes his often precarious way through the twentieth……続きを見る

Battle For Empire is the latest novel in Sam Barone’s six part series, a bronze age historical saga in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell, and Jean Auel. In Dawn of Empire, Eskkar the ……続きを見る

About the Book The story line derived from real events. The author, drawing from some of his personal experiences, tells this story about HA Harry Rumsford, a navy corpsman, assigned to serve with t……続きを見る

The powder-packed thirteenth installment in a classic naval adventure series. Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is just discovering the truth of the old adage that "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!" Aft……続きを見る

Progress is like the insidious change from youth to old age, except that progress does not mean decay. The change that is almost imperceptible and yet inexorable is much the same, however. You will ……続きを見る

Maggie Hayes does love a good chase, careening a wagonload of bootleg whiskey across the Canadian prairie with the US Calvary in hot pursuit. She’s been hauling rot-gut for her Pa ever since she’s b……続きを見る

‘Here she is!’ Alexander was shouting. ‘This is your new daughter-in-law! An Irish peasant . . . An illegitimate . . . illiterate . . . Irish peasant!’ 1860: Alexander Karolyis, only son of the weal……続きを見る

Penniless, pregnant and on the run after killing her abusive lover in self defense, Jenny Hanson wonders if life gets any worse than this. She needs a place to have her baby and chaos of Dawson City……続きを見る

Real people. Real suffering. Real hate. This powerful book is unputdownable, unforgettable, and an unbelievable combination of drama, conflict, and romance. An emotionally gripping, brutally invasiv……続きを見る

Later, when Daisy remembered that night, she could smell the scent of honeysuckle at the window and see the moon on the floorboards. But in her memories Keiko wasn’ t bandaged: her face was broken d……続きを見る

The Dwellers in the Field, translated as the Polians, epitomize the agony and exultation of the last millennium. With the Great War, 3 million Poles fled to the United States, 9 million succumbed to……続きを見る

Without going into a deep, psychological discussion of the elements in men's souls that breed events, we may say with truth that the Lazy A ranch was as other ranches in the smooth tenor of its life……続きを見る

FOUR trail-worn oxen, their necks bowed to the yoke of patient servitude, should really begin this story. But to follow the trail they made would take several chapters which you certainly would skip……続きを見る

"The book is a story about elections with paper ballots used in the hard coal region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It takes a path through the small coal-mining patches before technology has spread ……続きを見る

Tom Bullough's Konstantin is a mesmerising novel about how the imagination can inspire the individual to greatness. 1867, Ryazan, a Russian city in winter. Ten-year-old Konstantin, deafened by scarl……続きを見る

"Lambdin is closing on Patrick O'Brian as the most prolific historical novelist to celebrate a Royal Navy mariner." ーWashington Times In 1805, with news of Admiral Nelson's death fresh on his mind,……続きを見る

When Kirsty finds an old diary hidden in the chimney of the heritage-listed house she shares with her mother, it leads her on a journey of discovery about another girl who lived in the same house mo……続きを見る

The fourth book in the Alan Lewrie series. 1783: His Majesty's secret agent... Back from war in the Americas, young navy veteran Alan Lewrie finds London pure pleasure. Then, at Plymouth he boards t……続きを見る

One of the most famous poets of the 20th century, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was so popular and renowned during his time that he was the leader of what came to be known as the Irish Literary R……続きを見る

To tell a patient they are about to die is never the easiest of tasks. When the patient is thirty-five, a woman and exceptionally beautiful, the task is even harder. In the winter of 1934 Nancy Leig……続きを見る

The Invasion Year is the seventeenth tale in Dewey Lambdin's smashing naval adventure series. For a fellow like Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, who despises the French worse than the Devil hates Ho……続きを見る

They have been cast together by forces beyond their control. Forces that neither are sure they can trust. He's a man with a mission, sworn to fight for his king and the freedom of his beloved Scotla……続きを見る

La mayor parte de los que usan, piensan o sueñan con dinero todos los días no saben qué es. Esa ignorancia los condiciona de una manera brutal sin que puedan advertirlo. Este libro está dedicado a e……続きを見る

Thirty Years in Australia is The Classic Adventure Story by Ada Cambridge. I knew nothing whatever of Australia when I rashly consented to marry a young man who had irrevocably bound himself to go a……続きを見る

From Kandahar to Sarajevo, the forests of Lithuania to the boot camps of the DRC, Zoe Lambert’s stories weave a dark and disturbing web, interlacing documentary accounts with imagined testimonies to……続きを見る