CK - Historical 7

This novel paints a vivid picture of the island of Riduna and the interwoven life of the islanders in the late nineteenth century. The shores of France clearly visible, a sizeable military presence ……続きを見る

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a well known British novelist at one of the peak eras for female writers in England. A novelist and short story writer at the height of the Victorian Era, Gaskells ……続きを見る

«Moi, je suis un homme du peuple, et j'écris pour le peuple. Je raconte ce qui s'est passé sous mes yeux.J'ai vu l'ancien régime avec ses lettres de cachet, son gouvernement du bon plaisir, sa dîme,……続きを見る

Voici la suite de l'histoire de Joseph Bertha. Guéri de sa terrible maladie, le «Conscrit de 1813» est en congé «dans ses foyers» après la chute de l'Empereur. Il attend avec impatience du ministre ……続きを見る

Phalsbourg, en 1814. Pendant que les armées ennemies envahissent la France à la poursuite des troupes napoléoniennes défaites, la place forte assiégée est bombardée par les kaiserlicks mais résiste ……続きを見る

Elizabeth Winston is a young lady born to a member of the English peerage however her life has not been all that it should have been given such a family. Daniel Edensbridge was burnt once at the alt……続きを見る

Raoul de Metz is bored with his grandmother’s oppressive concern for his safety. Stifled by his narrow life in Valsemé Castle in Normandy, he longs for freedom and adventure. When he encounters a ba……続きを見る

Hetty gets married later in life to a younger man. They are happy until she finds herself older looking than her husband and decides that he should be free to marry a younger and more beautiful woma……続きを見る

Sir Charles Osbourne has made a promise against his better judgment. He will rescue one Miss Maria Monkton and deliver her to her betrothedーa man whose reputation he little cares for. Maria is take……続きを見る

Hester Atkins was always a quiet, unassuming woman-until she's driven to commit a crime of desperation. Now on the run, she takes refuge in the home of her former suitor, Lucas Fryston. The Grange h……続きを見る

Die Hoffnung auf das Seelenheil. Die Grausamkeit der Schlachtfelder. Eine Frau, die mutig ihren Weg geht. Süddeutschland, im Jahre des Herrn 1094: Die Arbeit auf dem Bauernhof ist hart, aber Ursula ……続きを見る

Alissa ffolkes, daughter of a baron, had two incomparable sisters--the beautiful Henrietta and the charming Elizabeth. Alissa herself is so shy that she didn't take in her first London season. But f……続きを見る

The Earl of Huntingdon changed his will to leave most of his estate to Marcus, a male relative. The earl's daughter Charis knew she must find a wealthy husband to provide for her mother and sister. ……続きを見る

While traveling to Bath, Miss Clare Fairchild discovered a baby in her carriage, and determined to take the child with her. Her arrival with a baby caused disagreeable Bath gossip, but the intriguin……続きを見る

Like a knight of old, when Justin Fairfax, the elegant Earl of Rochford discovers the dilemma facing lovely Anne Haycroft, he comes to her rescue. Her despicable uncle is determined to wed her to a ……続きを見る

Lady Harriet discovered not only a curiously carved wooden box but a curious Lord Stanhope in the barn where she sought shelter from the rain. Was he seeking the antique ivory dragon pin reportedly ……続きを見る

Lady Tess was a beauty, but she didn't expect marriage because of her limp, the result of a childhood accident. Though she agreed to accompany her sister Clio to London, she wanted no part of the so……続きを見る

A  scatterbrained widow desirous of marrying off her dowdy stepdaughter, as well as herself, a crusading virago bent on social justice, a rakehell, a doctor, a very proper viscount and a mysterious ……続きを見る

New from Lori Wick, this stand-alone story shows how unexpected changes can set the perfect course for love. 1945, WWII...When Lieutenant Donovan Riggs experiences trouble with his PT boat, the sail……続きを見る

Ferdinand Andrews was a rake, but he was also up for a challenge. And Miss Harriet Mayne was obviously in need of his help. Her clothes were dreadful and her rides in the park hoydenish. But Ferdys ……続きを見る

'Nun war es wirklich geschehen, sie war die Hure des Thronfolgers. Die Höflinge würden es zwar nicht wagen, ihr das ins Gesicht zu sagen, aber denken würden sie es.' So beginnt der Autor seine Erzäh……続きを見る

Lady Diana Saintwood is fed up - with the men of London, a man who refuses to marry her, and her interfering mother.  As she faces what might very well be her last season in London, she is dete……続きを見る

In 1944 Italy, during World War Two, a US Army Signal Corps soldier helps an Italian farm widow, and her family, and falls in love. She, her young son, and her grandfather are struggling to survive ……続きを見る

Can love survive the ultimate betrayal? One destined to live life on the seas. As captain of the Windrunner, Katalin Dewitt has one mission in life. Serve the ship. The ship that has been her home h……続きを見る

Long, lean, and dangerously attractive, Nick Colter isn't fit company for a lady, but Jamie Donovan can't afford to care about that. Her future depends on driving a valuable herd of cattle from Texa……続きを見る

Note: The Hold Your Breath books are each stand-alone stories, and can be read individually in any order. London, 1820 Some people are born with backbone. Others have to fight for it. List in-hand o……続きを見る

Handsome Englishman Marcus Southey is running from the law after an illicit affair goes wrong. As he flees across the Scottish border, his path crosses that of fiery red headed Roberta Kyle, herself……続きを見る

"A cleverly conceived and neatly developed story into which Stockton has injected a goodly portion of his peculiarly fantastic genius. ... It has not a dull page."--Boston Advertiser. 続きを見る

After stepping through a mysterious door in the bedroom of a rented cottage, Kathryn Williams is shocked to find herself in a Victorian nursery. Stranger still, the room is decorated as though it we……続きを見る

Affairs of the heart, murder, suicide, riot, gossip, politics, heroism, cowardice--Witless bubbles over with the passionate extremes of life. Two peoples settle in Britts Mill, a small town in South……続きを見る