CK - Historical 94

Each Other: A Novel is the story of Annie Cunningham, a Union spy during the (American) Civil War and the complications created against the backdrop of her love affair with Warren Dodd, a Confederat……続きを見る

The Holly-Tree and The Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens is one of the great book for those who love classic fiction. The story is narrated in first person and makes a wonderful read. This i……続きを見る

Based on historical characters and events, A Sweetness to the Soul recounts the captivating story of young, spirited Oregon pioneer Jane Herbert who at the age of twelve faces a tragedy that begins ……続きを見る

A hero is born A sword will choose him A sorcerer will save him The Roman Empire is in ruins. On a tiny boat in the Irish Sea float one man and a child, helpless after war has nearly destroyed their……続きを見る

A wild, blustering day in Sydney, the Queen City of the Southern Seas. Since early morn a keen, cutting, sleet-laden westerly gale had been blowing, rattling and shaking the windows of the houses i……続きを見る

"The Heroic Slave, a Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington, in Pursuit of Liberty" is a short piece of fiction written by famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass. When the Roche……続きを見る

Forbidden to walk because of his illness, Charles Fergusson is growing up a spoiled sickly child. He dreams of becoming a plant hunter, and of finding the fabled Blue Poppy which grew in his grandmo……続きを見る

As an example of Dickens 's literary work, A Tale of Two Cities is not wrongly named. It is his most typical contact with the civil ideals of Europe. All his other tales have been tales of one city.……続きを見る

**The season?s most eagerly awaited thriller has arrived. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK** Knights Templar order member Sir Henry St. Clair is asked by Richard the Lionheart to join his army and free the H……続きを見る

Dickens’s scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society. Coketown, the depressed mill town that is the setting for one of Charles Dickens’s most powerful and unforgettable novels, is all brick, ……続きを見る

From the Father of Modern Nautical Fiction. While Frederick Marryat had achieved commercial success with his previous books, Peter Simple was perhaps his first "classic." Indeed, Peter Simple is con……続きを見る

“[A] haunting and beautifully atmospheric novel...brilliantly brings Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald to life in all their doomed beauty, with compelling and unforgettable results.”ーAlex George, author o……続きを見る

Seamus (Dynamite Jim) O ’Bannon and his wife Sarah, like so many Irish immigrants before them find a new life in northeastern Pennsylvania. As the dynamiter in the coalmines outside of Scranton, Jim……続きを見る

Set in Sumatra in the 1950s, Jaipong Dancer is a story of lost innocence and complex moral dilemmas. It follows the journey of Yahyu, a young Javanese dancer, who runs away from a forced marriage an……続きを見る

This work is called a 'romance,' because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the di……続きを見る

First published in 1929, this is the tale of Miss Ursula Brett, known to her friends as Noodles, who gets sent back to her seaside school by her miserly uncle after apparently encouraging improper a……続きを見る

Spying, lying and dying. Fans of ‘Spooks’ will be swept away by Steve Jackson’s explosive novel. They say lightning never strikes twice. They are wrong. London has been bombed for the second time in……続きを見る

A humorous fictionalisation of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte written by American author, editor and satirist John Kendrick Bangs. Bangs was famous as the originator of so-called 'Bangsian fantasy',……続きを見る

The first kiss occurred in a dimly-lit hallway on the upper floor of Elwin Hastings's grand house. Louisa never saw it coming ...Of course, Anthony Stalbridge couldn't possibly have had romantic int……続きを見る

In this bestselling series Bodie and Brock Thoene have thrilled readers with an epic tale chronicling the struggle for the world's holiest and most turbulent city. As Jerusalem's Hope opens, strateg……続きを見る

The trip west wasn't what Josh had expected. He hadn't counted on walking all the way to Oregon. But the hardships didn't end with sore feet. When an unseen enemy attacked the wagon train, his loss ……続きを見る

Set in the backdrop of London of 1780 and the anti-popery riots "Barnaby Rudge" is a historical novel by Dickens. The inter-relationships are intricately presented through the vivid characterization……続きを見る

In May, 1541, the Cupaha, a tall, yet benevolent society of natives existed in the area west of the Mississippi across that wide river from where Memphis, Tennessee is now located. Called “the hands……続きを見る

The Tales of Two Cities" is the most popular and innovative effort of Dickens set against the fierce upheaval of French Revolution. It propagates the theme of injustice brutal aristocratic feudal sy……続きを見る

Thrilling military history from the author of To Do and Die. Perfect for fans of Andy McNabb and Richard Sharpe. As the ship docked in Bombay, the shocking news of the rising by the Indian mutineers……続きを見る

From the Father of Modern Nautical Fiction. Mr. Midshipman Easy is probably Frederick Marryat's best known work, and justifiably so. It's a delightful story. Jack Easy is a boy who comes from wealth……続きを見る

A man's identity is sometimes all he has. When he loses the one thing he understands most, the world around him can descend rapidly into chaos and confusion. Caught between the stalled battle lines ……続きを見る

Letter TO I. E. ROSENBERG.-- You are anxious to obtain some knowledge of the history of Constantia Dudley. I am well acquainted with your motives, and allow that they justify your curiosity. I am wi……続きを見る

Margaret Dickinson's The Fisher Lass brilliantly evokes the dramas of those who are born to the fishing way of life. Flame-haired Jeannie Buchanan has spent all her life in the shadow of the dark No……続きを見る

**The Acclaimed, Authentic Biography of the Early Church's Greatest Evangelist--the Apostle Paul.**Master storyteller John Pollock makes Paul and his amazing story freshly alive, so that you can kno……続きを見る