Kao - Historical 1

A rape. A war. A society where women are bought and sold but no one can speak of shame. Shanghai 1937. Violence throbs at the heart of The Dancing Girl and the Turtle. Song Anyi is on the road to Sh……続きを見る

Karluk has left home to become a man! For four months, he's off to learn falconry from Amir's brothers, living with them at their winter camp. As his training commences, what will Karluk learn about……続きを見る

First published in 1906, I Will Repay is the first sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel, though it is not chronologically the next story in the series. Following the immense success of the first novel, O……続きを見る

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues. Pariya's budding romance with Umar is off to a rough start due to her brash personality and lack of confide……続きを見る

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-ye……続きを見る

En pleine Révolution Française, un gentilhomme anglais se dresse contre les excès de la Terreur, lutte contre la police de Robespierre pour sauver d'innocentes victimes promises à la guillotine. Il ……続きを見る

Troisième volume des aventures de Sir Percy Blakeney, alias le Mouron rouge, qui, de retour en Angleterre après avoir sauvé Juliette de Marny, se voit provoqué par son ennemi juré, Chauvelin. Il dev……続きを見る

En France, sous la Terreur, Bertrand Moncrif et ses amis «Fatalistes», membres de l'aristocratie, sont sauvés de la guillotine par les coups de mains audacieux d'un individu derri……続きを見る

It was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and the abnormal excitement engendered by daily spectacles of revenge and of crue……続きを見る

À l’endroit même où l’Hôtel Moderne dresse aujourd’hui sa prétentieuse façade, s’élevait alors une simple maisonnette au toit de tuiles rouges et aux murs blanchis à la chaux. Elle appartenait à un ……続きを見る

– Tyran ! Tyran ! Ah ! Les tyrans ! C’était Pierre Adet qui avait parlé, d’une voix à peine plus forte qu’un chuchotement. Son visage exprimait une passion intense et ses mains crispées semblaient v……続きを見る

Une foule grouillante, bruissante et houleuse d’êtres qui n’ont d’humain que le nom, car à les voir et les entendre, ils ne paraissent que des créatures féroces, animées par de grossières passions e……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Scarlet Pimpernel + The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel + The Elusive Pimpernel + The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (4 Unabridged Classics)" is formatted for yo……続きを見る

As a prefect of Rome, his allegiance belongs to Caesar; as a Christian, his life belongs to God. Amidst the tyranny and treachery of a half-crazed emperor's reign, Taurus Antinor seeks to remains tr……続きを見る

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues. As Anis and Sherine settle into a new life built on love and friendship, tragedy and destruction have throw……続きを見る

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road takes on an air of celebration as, at long last, Laila and Leily's wedding day arrives! But the marriage ceremony may ……続きを見る

The powerful English debut of a rising young French star, Our Riches is a marvelous, surprising, hybrid novel about a beloved Algerian bookshop A Library Journal Best Book of the Year Finalist for t……続きを見る

Francfort, 1935. Herman Lehrer, enfant juif de sept ans, vient de perdre sa mère. Placé dans un foyer israélite, il sera témoin de la montée du nazisme et des violences chaque jour plus brutales env……続きを見る

Dive into the tumultuous times of 17th-century Great Britain with "The Nest of the Sparrowhawk" by Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy. This historical fiction novel paints a vivid picture of the Commonwea……続きを見る

In "Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders" by Baroness Orczy, the reader is transported to the historical setting of Flanders during the Spanish Inquisition. The book is written in a descriptive and i……続きを見る

Emmuska Orczy, better known as Baroness Orczy, crafted a timeless classic with her novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'. Set during the tumultuous times of the French Revolution, the book follows the elusi……続きを見る

Scarlet Pimpernel is the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the ……続きを見る

Following the events of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the mysterious figure continues his efforts to elude captors, while saving French aristocrats from meeting a brutal fate. It’s a collection of memorabl……続きを見る

“I know that many readers will doubt the truth of this extraordinary story. There are a great number of sceptical minds in the world of today, both young and old. All that I can say to them is that ……続きを見る

Percy Blake, the forefather of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is hired to kidnap a young woman with sensitive information regarding the potential assassination of a prince. It’s a complex family drama that ……続きを見る

I 1794 raser rædselsregimet stadig i Paris, mens folk bliver fængslet og henrettet i flæng i revolutionens navn. Den røde Pimpernel er til sine fjenders store ærgrelse stadig på fri fod, men agent C……続きを見る

Årets er 1793, og vi er midt i de mørkeste dage af den franske revolution. Lille Charles-Léon, søn af Louise og Bastien de Croissy, er syg. Lægen anbefaler frisk landluft, men familien har brug for ……続きを見る

Der bliver skabt stor røre i den lille ungarske landsby, da greven lader opføre en stor bygning på sit land med en enorm skorsten. Skorstenen skal eftersigende bruges til at sætte gang i en mølle, d……続きを見る

Hvert år 14. september bliver de af landsbyens drenge, der er fyldt 21, sendt i militæret i tre år. Når de vender tilbage, er de voksne og hærdede – hvis de da vender tilbage. Aftenen inden fester h……続きを見る

A young couple falls on hard times when the man is accused of murdering his cousin after he makes a claim on their uncle’s fortune. Together, they must uncover the truth to save their relationship a……続きを見る