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The Swan Maid
Dilly Court
The brand new compelling novel from the Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court.Lottie Lane is all alone in the world. As a chambermaid at one of London’s busiest inns, condemned to a life of drudgery and at the mercy of a vicious landlady, Lottie...
The Sweetest Hallelujah
Elaine Hussey
Betty Jewel Hughes was once the hottest black jazz singer in Memphis. But when she finds herself pregnant and alone, she gives up her dream of being a star to raise her beautiful daughter, Billie, in Shakerag, Mississippi. Now, ten years later,...
The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed
Джудит Фландерс
The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women.Some images were unavailable for this electronic edition.The Victorian age is both recent and...
The Virgin Blue
Tracy Chevalier
Perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Kate Morton and Sarah Waters, this is historical fiction at its very best.The compelling story of two women, born four centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them.Ella Turner does her best to...
Till the Sun Shines Through
Anne Bennett
A family is divided when its favourite daughter is forced to flee rural Ireland and to seek her living in war-torn Birmingham.Bridie McCarthy loves her family’s farm in the remotest part of Donegal, even though she’s forced to work hard when all...
Titanic: History in an Hour
Sinead Fitzgibbon
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago in 1912, and the subsequent deaths of over 1,500 passengers, sent shock waves around the world. Never before or since has a maritime disaster in a...
Voyage of Innocence
Elizabeth Edmondson
From the author of THE FROZEN LAKE comes an enthralling novel of love, betrayal and idealism, as three very different young women go up to Oxford in the years immediately before World War Two.Vee – the clergyman’s daughter. Boyish, alluring, she...
Whatever Happened to Billy Parks
Gareth Roberts
2014 JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 GORDON BURN PRIZEOctober 17th 1973: the greatest disaster in the history of English football.All England had to do was beat Poland to qualify for the World Cup.They didn’t.They...
Wife 22
Melanie Gideon
If you like Modern Family, you’ll love thisMaybe it was because I was about to turn the same age my mother was when I lost her. Maybe it was because my husband and I were running out of things to say to each other.But when the online study...
William Shakespeare: History in an Hour
Sinead Fitzgibbon
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In a writing career that spanned over twenty years during the explosion of poetic and theatrical creativity of late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods, William Shakespeare produced a body...
Wolf’s Brother
Megan Lindholm
The compelling sequel to The Reindeer People , a saga of magic and triumph in an ancient world.Kerlew stared at the immense stone that jutted up from the tundra. Power radiated from it like heat from a fire. It attracted the boy and filled him...
Wonders of a Godless World
Andrew McGahan
An electrifying, tumultuous story of inner demons, desire and devastation.On an unnamed island, in a Gothic hospital sitting in the shadow of a volcano, a wordless orphan girl works on the wards housing the insane and the incapable. She counts...
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘March’ and ‘People of the Book’.A young woman’s struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village.In 1666, plague...
Yes, Mama
Helen Forrester
From the author of four bestselling autobiographies and a number of equally successful novels, comes another moving tale.A triumph of innocence over hypocrisy…Alicia Woodman was born into a home that should have been filled with comfort and joy....
Архитектор. Исторический роман
Анна Ефименко
Жизнеописание архитектора Ансельма из Грабена наполнено событиями и образами на фоне затейливого средневекового города. Что движет главным героем? Пренебрежение жизнью в горизонтали истории ради постройки своей Вертикали Духа. Пытаясь превратить...
Путь Воина
Рамзан Саматов
Военно-приключенческий роман «Путь Воина» перенесёт читателя во времена Великой Отечественной войны. В книге отражены становление и боевой путь фронтового разведчика Виктора Кошелева, начиная с курсантской поры, участия в боях за Крым,...
Medieval Sensibilities. A History of Emotions in the Middle Ages
Damien Boquet
What do we know of the emotional life of the Middle Ages? Though a long-neglected subject, a multitude of sources – spiritual and secular literature, iconography, chronicles, as well as theological and medical works – provide clues to the...
A Companion to African History
Charles Ambler
Covers the history of the entire African continent, from prehistory to the present day A Companion to African History embraces the diverse regions, subject matter, and disciplines of the African continent, while also providing chronological and...
Гоголь. Вий. Не выходи из круга
Братья Швальнеры
Успели посмотреть фильм «Гоголь. Вий»? Теперь самое время прочитать книгу. Зачем? Потому что в ней версия о том, что события легендарной повести имели место в жизни классика, изложена куда полнее и объективнее. Леденящий душу ужас здесь...
Гоголь. Страшная месть
Братья Швальнеры
Знаете ли вы, какая книга вдохновила создателей фильма «Гоголь. Страшная месть» на его съемки? А знаете, почему ими сознательно был искажен сюжет? Не потому ли, что снимать фильм в точности по книге страшно до такой степени, что экранизация...
Распни Его
Сергей Позднышев
Автор документального романа «Распни Его» – генерал Сергей Дмитриевич Позднышев, участник Белого движения, секретарь Зарубежного Союза русских военных инвалидов. Позднышев неоднократно обращался к личности российского Государя как символу не...
Знак Зевса
Анатолий Ильяхов
IV век до н. э. Македонский царь Филипп, умелый полководец и дальновидный политик, сватается к эпирской царевне Миртале. Царю нужен наследник царской крови, однако, несмотря на отсутствие видимых препятствий к браку, дело затягивается. Эпирский...
Понуровы. Крестьянские родословные
Наталья Козлова
Книга о древнейшем роде Понуровых из деревни Лбово Пустое Городецкого района Нижегородской области. Крестьяне в деревне были экономическими (помещика у них не было). По вероисповеданию были как православные, так и староверы. Приходское село Блиляково.
Идеальный полёт
Лора Деренская
Мечтательница с Урала попадает на край земли и неожиданно для себя становится… Невыдуманная история удивительных приключений захватывает, как водоворот. Аборигены, афганские беженцы, слава, любовь! «Терра Австралия! Игрушечная страна», –...
Для тех, кому не нужно славы. Серия «Трианон-мозаика»
Марина Посохова
Снова читателю предстоит разобраться, чем связаны между собой серийные отравления конца XVIII века, исчезновение стихотворения на старопровансальском языке и трагические события недавнего времени.Одно из значений слова «trianon» – трижды тайный,...
Намтар
Владимир Василенко
Скрытая толщей веков письменность шумеров приоткроет тайны древней эры. Герой романа – высокопоставленный царский сановник при дворе богоподобного царя Шульги-Сина. Движимый обычными человеческими чувствами: любовью, ревностью, тщеславием,...
Капкан. Роман о том, кто мы есть и как появились
Юрий Теплов
В романе переплетаются современность, основанная на фактическом материале, и не столь давняя история. Детективная линия соседствует с фантастикой, опирающейся на «Евангелие», а также другие канонические и апокрифические издания религиозной...
Защитники Шотландии
Вячеслав Моисеев
События, которые описываются в этой книге, происходили в Британии в XVII веке в эпоху Меркантилизма и Абсолютизма, в эпоху, когда судьи были «ушами короны», а чиновники – верными слугами королевской воли.Герои, о жизни которых повествуется в...
Юрюзань – быстрая река
Тимофей Черепанов
В книге от первого лица рассказывается двухвековая история поселений на реке Юрюзань в пределах Дуванского района Республики Башкортостан. Именно там в своё время снимался известный сериал «Вечный зов» по роману Анатолия Иванова. В XIX веке на...
Храмы северных предместий Петербурга. Часть 2. Зеленогорск и его окрестности
Валерий Пикулев
Православные храмы России… их колокольный звон, столь гулко отдающийся в русском сердце… То одиночные удары благовеста, несущие благую весть о начале Богослужения, то радостный перезвон колоколов – не это ли проповедь, отлитая в звуке?! Храмы...
Scoundrel in the Regency Ballroom: The Rake and the Heiress / Innocent in the Sheikh's Harem
Marguerite Kaye
by Marguerite KayeThe Rake and the Heiress: Any virtuous society lady would know to run a mile from Mr Nicholas Lytton. But Lady Serena Stamppe, returning from exile in France, is blissfully unaware of this rake’s reputation. He just happens to...
Regency Surrender: Forbidden Pasts: Lord Laughraine's Summer Promise / Redemption of the Rake
Elizabeth Beacon
Their pasts won’t stay hidden for longLord Laughraine's Summer Promise Nine years ago Callie Sommers eloped with Gideon Laughraine. But their passionate romance ended in tragedy. Now Gideon has promised to reclaim the wife he loved and lost....
Regency Surrender: Scandalous Return: Return of Scandal's Son / Saved by Scandal's Heir
Janice Preston
He’s back, and badder than ever!Return of Scandal’s SonIn her moment of need Lady Eleanor Ashby seeks help from a mysterious stranger. But the dashing Matthew Thomas is not all he seems. And when it appears someone is trying to hurt her Eleanor...
Rake in the Regency Ballroom: The Viscount Claims His Bride / The Earl's Forbidden Ward
Bronwyn Scott
THE VISCOUNT CLAIMS HIS BRIDEFor years Valerian Inglemoore, Viscount St. Just, lived a double life as a secret agent on the war-torn Continent. Returning home, he knows exactly what he wants: to claim Philippa Stratten, the woman he gave up, as...
Regency Surrender: Notorious Secrets: The Soldier's Dark Secret / The Soldier's Rebel Lover
Marguerite Kaye
Which will it be hero or rebel?The Soldier's Dark SecretIf only Jack Trestain could easily put aside the tortured memories he carries deep within… Perhaps Celeste Marmion might be the distraction he so desperately craves? With Celeste’s every...
Regency Surrender: Wicked Deception: The Truth About Lady Felkirk / A Ring from a Marquess
Christine Merrill
The truth will always come out…The Truth Will About Lady FelkirkWilliam Felkirk remembers nothing of the last six months. So who is this beautiful woman claiming to be his wife?Justine de Bryun will do anything to protect her sister. She must...
Courtship In The Regency Ballroom: His Cinderella Bride / Devilish Lord, Mysterious Miss
Энни Берроуз
His Cinderella BrideJasper Challinor, Marquis of Lensborough was a man well usedto getting exactly what he wanted–and he wanted Hester!Convinced that the redheaded, badly dressed waif was a poorrelation, the noble lord was about to receive the...
Regency Mistresses: A Practical Mistress / The Wanton Bride
Mary Brendan
The rake’s rescue… Sir Jason Hunter could not let young widow Helen Marlowe fall into ruin when he could so easily help. His intentions were purely honourable, until the lady herself surprised him with an offer of a carte blanche! Helen told...
Brushed By Scandal
Gail Whitiker
WHAT WILL SHE RISK FOR LOVE?Lady Annabelle Durst may be beautiful, but at four-and-twenty she’s firmly – and contentedly! – on the shelf. She’s learnt there’s nothing more important than protecting her heart against the perils of love. Then...
Courting Miss Vallois
Gail Whitiker
FROM THE FIELDS OF FRANCE… Miss Sophie Vallois’ looks and grace make her an instant hit with London Society. No one would know that the French beauty is a mere farmer’s daughter, with no interest in marriage whatsoever……TO THE DRAWING ROOMS OF...
Improper Miss Darling
Gail Whitiker
A HIGHLY UNSUITABLE MATCH When Alexander, Viscount Stewart, arrives on Emma Darling’s doorstep, protesting his brother’s engagement to her younger sister, she’s furious! Emma cares not a jot that Alex is the heir to an earldom and she’s a...
The Gentleman Thief
Deborah Simmons
Botheration!Why her family had elected to spend an entire season in boring Bath, Georgiana Bellewether couldn’t fathom. Nothing to stimulate her inquisitive mind ever happened here – until the night Lady Culpepper’s emeralds were stolen! Now, if...
The Knight's Broken Promise
Nicole Locke
BLACK ROBERT. THE MOST FEARED OF ALL KING EDWARD’S MEN…When an English knight approaches the charred ruins of her sister’s Scottish village, Gaira of Clan Colquhoun knows better than to trust this fierce-looking man. Yet, struggling to set her...
Runaway Lady
Claire Thornton
‘I will hire you only on condition that you promise to do everything in your power to protect me. ’ With his curved Turkish sword, and dark, brooding looks, Harry Ward is a formidable adversary. Lady Saskia van Buren’s life is in danger, so she...
The Transformation Of Miss Ashworth
ANNE ASHLEY
He would claim his meant-to-be bride! Spirited tomboy Bethany Ashworth had always adored her childhood friend Philip Stavely. His betrothal to her cousin destroyed her innocent dreams…Years later, time has changed them both. Finishing school has...
Lust, Loathing And A Little Lip Gloss
Kyra Davis
Mystery writer and dabbling recreational sleuth Sophie Katz is head over heels in love–with a three-bedroom Victorian.She's just got to have it, despite a few drawbacks. Her slimy ex is the Realtor. The rich, creepy seller wants her to join San...
