CK - Historical 96

Author R. D. Blackmore first rose to widespread literary acclaim with Lorna Doone, his historical saga following the Doone family of England's West Country. He broadens his creative canvas even more……続きを見る

An awkward misfit, nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family for the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Once there, he begins to learn the knightly arts which he desperately hopes……続きを見る

Against a backdrop of the clash of the Roman and Carthaginian empires, the battle for sovereignty takes place on the high seas Atticus, captain of one of the ships of Rome's small, coastal fleet, is……続きを見る

Welcome to a Regency Christmas like no other . . . If you loved Bridgerton, this witty, dazzling romance is for you! During their annual Christmas pilgrimage to Scotland to visit their aged uncle in……続きを見る

Book 3 in the Songs in the Night trilogy Following World War II, little has changed in Berlin. The Swastika has been replaced by the Hammer and Sickle, and the soldiers by secret police, but a life ……続きを見る

The River Folk is a spellbinding story of Lincolnshire life in the inter-war years, by the author of The Fisher Lass, Margaret Dickinson. For twelve-year-old Mary Ann Clark life has always been toug……続きを見る

Book 5, American Family Portrait series. In an age of sweatshops and oppressive factory conditions, tenement dwellers cling to dreams of better days. One such dreamer is Jesse Morgan. But when a rea……続きを見る

“White Fang is the titular character and a novel by American author Jack London. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, duri……続きを見る

amusing extracts from the visitors' book at Longwood, St. Helena. If the extracts are authentic copies of the original entries, they deserve to be placed on the same high plane as the following, whi……続きを見る

Duelling, derring-do, and dastardly deeds are all in a day’s work for Liberty Lane: a new heroine for fans of Matthew Hawkwood and Sarah Waters’s Victorian novels. June 1837. She should have remaine……続きを見る

From the end of the war in Japan to the trade wars around the world, My Enemy, My Friend, tells the story of the love/ hate relationship that has existed between Japan and the U.S. for the last fift……続きを見る

A unique story in which the life at the dawn of time has been depicted through the eyes of a young protagonist. It is a unique work about race memory and the life of prehistoric man. Through the dre……続きを見る

France, 1311 . . . Raymond Caradas, more wolf than man, is outcast since betraying his former master Esquin de Floyran to save the Templar brethren from the French King’s fires. Tormented by his hum……続きを見る

What would you suffer for? Die for? In Tales of Martyr Times, four short stories of historical fiction, Deborah Alcock paints the lives of men and women giving up their lives for a cause. Not just a……続きを見る

Master storyteller Patrick McGrath--author of the critically acclaimed novel Asylum and a finalist for England's prestigious Whitbread Prize for fiction--once again spins a hypnotic tale of psycholo……続きを見る

In a tale spanning the 20th century, Ami McKay takes a primitive and superstitious rural community in Nova Scotia and creates a rich tableau of characters to tell the story of childbirth from its mo……続きを見る

Throughout a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life-from the love affairs of his youth in Indiana, to the battles of the Civil War, to the politics of the Gilded Ag……続きを見る

New York Times bestselling author Connie Brockway invites you to medieval England for FIRST KNIGHT, Book One of ONCE UPON A PILLOW, the wildly romantic story of a magnificent bed and the passionate ……続きを見る

One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through, inspired by the life of Hulda Klager German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade educationーan……続きを見る

A collection of 4 cultural short stories from India, Nepal, Iran, and Pitcarn 続きを見る

The Lost Temple of Sheba is not just a biblical legend. A German archaeologist has found it. The Nazis have claimed it. And one American explorer has stumbled upon their secret – a plot that could c……続きを見る

Book 6, American Family Portrait series. World War I comes suddenly to the Morgans when Katy and her mother survive the sinking of the luxury liner Lusitania, torpedoed by a German U-boat. Her broth……続きを見る

An anthology of short stories and poems a theme of Railways - particularly around Berwick upon Tweed and the Eastern Scottish Borders, compiled in conjunction with the Stephenson 150 Project which c……続きを見る

Tangled Threads is a gripping romantic saga from Margaret Dickinson. For Eveleen Hardcastle life gets no better than growing up on Pear Tree Farm in the Lincolnshire countryside. Her family works ha……続きを見る

This novel, published in 1869, is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. ……続きを見る

The Eastern Front 1943. A massive Russian offensive has fragmented the German frontlines forcing them into a fighting retreat back towards the Oder River to establish defensive bridgeheads in an att……続きを見る

A small, squat and dirty-looking trading steamer, with the name _Motutapu_ painted in yellow letters on her bows and stern, lay at anchor off the native village of Utiroa on Drummond's Island in the……続きを見る

War has been declared by the Jewish High Priesthood against Christians! They must stop the spread of Christian literature that could destroy their religion. The head of their secret army is a psycho……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

By 1862 Lincoln was ready to free the slaves General McClellan and others had already been working for different outcome. Could they stop Lincoln? The bloodiest day Antietam would decide.続きを見る