Historical
epub |eng | 2019-11-17 | Author:Fry, Ken

* * * Wine stains marred the whiteness of the king’s shirt. He was seated in his large chair. On a table nearby stood a half-full goblet of wine and ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2024 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-14 | Author:Fry, Ken

* * * Sister Margaret guided her through various rooms; the kitchen, the bakery, the vestry, the beginnings of a library, and finally, into the main chapel. It was empty. ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2024 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Robert Ryan [Ryan, Robert]

THIRTY-TWO Winston Churchill entertained Mycroft Holmes in a minor drawing room, relatively restrained by the standards of Blenheim, but still opulent by any other benchmark. The wallpaper was hand painted, ...
( Category: Historical May 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-02-14 | Author:Pamela Norsworthy [Norsworthy, Pamela]

CHAPTER TWENTY Scatter thou the people that delight in war. –Psalms 69:30 (KJV) France, 1944 In military vernacular, it’s called “clearing,” a purposeful camouflage of the violence involved in sweeping ...
( Category: Historical May 5,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-18 | Author:Matt James & Nick Thacker [James, Matt]

Chapter 55 Ifza Ifza quickly shut the door behind her. She was due to meet with her brother as soon as she was done checking on Grant. He was just ...
( Category: Historical May 5,2024 )
azw3 |eng | 2016-03-31 | Author:Leonard Tourney [Tourney, Leonard]

Chapter 10 It was inevitable that William Dees should be chosen to go with them; he was strong and dependable, he had voiced strong opinions, and Matthew could trust him ...
( Category: Historical May 5,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-03-14 | Author:Gregory D. Lee [Lee, Gregory D.]

CHAPTER 23 Robaire checked the contents of his suitcase. He expected the taxicab he summoned would arrive at his apartment at any moment. After he secured the latches, a car ...
( Category: Historical April 30,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-25 | Author:Rebecca Hardy [Hardy, Rebecca]

Chapter 15 THE CAPTAIN My stomach plummeted as the words left his lips, and a dozen questions crowded my mind. The captain. A woman. And not just any woman. She ...
( Category: Historical April 29,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-03-20 | Author:Evelyn James [James, Evelyn]

Chapter Fourteen Victoria returned home to speak to her uncle before setting off again. When she arrived, she discovered he had news for her as well. “This is very serious,” ...
( Category: Historical April 28,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-01-10 | Author:Andrew Turpin [Turpin, Andrew]

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Friday, October 7, 2016 Lausanne Nick Geldard went up rapidly in Jayne’s estimation. He not only insisted on playing a part in the operation to put Kira Suslova ...
( Category: Historical April 27,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-30 | Author:Luke Richardson [Richardson, Luke]

35 Dawn was on the approaching, rolling her colors across the sky, as Eden saw the rotors of the helicopter power up. Eden and Baxter sat in near silence, aware ...
( Category: Historical April 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-06-29 | Author:Luke Richardson [Richardson, Luke]

27 Aboard the Balonia, the team watched, their faces tense, as Fasslane spoke to the camera while pushing through the forest. Broadcasting the whole expedition live in full high-definition quality, ...
( Category: Historical April 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-24 | Author:Luke Richardson [Richardson, Luke]

28 The sun was passing its zenith as Baxter stopped the truck in the location where the island would once have been. The abandoned cars, which this morning had sat ...
( Category: Historical April 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2003-12-14 | Author:Val Andrews [Andrews, Val]

( Category: Historical April 20,2024 )