A young British bride is caught up in her new family's complicated history in this atmospheric novel set in the American South after the Civil War. When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron Renier, she has no idea what kind of clan...
FICTION / Historical
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:While riding home to lunch on his donkey, Fairclough of Customs is rudely unseated by shots fired from behind. The incident is but the first of a series of attacks seemingly aimed at public officials. Even Captain Gareth Owen, the Mamur...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:The Great War has ended, and the army is keen to be demobbed. But Willoughby, the new British High Commissioner in Egypt, has managed to affront the Khedive by refusing to receive rival delegations fueled by rising nationalism. Then,...
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Auteur:Nouri, Katherine HughesSommaire:A novel of the Venetian girl who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire-perfect for fans of Netflix's Magnificent Century. The Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power during the sixteenth century when Cecilia...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:The Mamur Zapt, head of Cairo's CID in the heyday of (the indirect) British rule, focused on political, not police, matters. With the bustling new century, the loosening of imperial ties, and the rise of nationalism, his was a busy...
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Auteur:Anthony, EvelynSommaire:Now in one volume: The complete historical romance saga-from the Scottish Highlands to the Court of Versailles-by an international-bestselling author. The Macdonald Romances collection brings together two Scottish tales of passion,...
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Auteur:Morris, Mary McGarrySommaire:Abandoned by his wife, a man tries to protect his family during the Great Depression, in this "powerful" novel by the bestselling author of Songs in Ordinary Time (Publishers Weekly). During the Great Depression, rural Vermont...
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Auteur:Boling, DaveSommaire:From a forgotten moment in history comes an inspiring novel about finding strength and courage in the most unimaginable places. In turn-of-the-century South Africa, fourteen-year-old Lettie, her younger brother, and her mother are Dutch...
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Auteur:Hanegraaff, Hank, Brouwer, SigmundSommaire:This collection bundles together all 3 of the thrilling Roman historical novels by Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer into one e-book for a great value!#1: The Last DiscipleFirst-century Rome is a perilous city as Nero stalks the...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:For millennia, Egypt has depended upon the waters of the Nile. Its annual floods fertilize the land. By the time Britain extends its dominion over Egypt, the Cairo Barrage is the key to control, its name taken from the French term...
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Auteur:Vincenta, JacquelynSommaire:When her husband's scholarly interest turns to obsession, Lydia Carroll will do whatever it takes to save her family On a stormy night in 1939, Mary Stone Walker disappears from her home in White Hill, Michigan. Everyone knew the...
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Auteur:Wine, MarySommaire:"Dramatic and vivid...Scorching love scenes threaten to set the sheets aflame."-Publishers Weekly Starred Review In 15th century Scotland Clarissa of York is sent to be the king's mistress and produce an heir. She is a...
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Auteur:Ward, CatrionaSommaire:Winner of BEST HORROR NOVEL (August Derleth Award) at British Fantasy Awards 2016 For generations the Villarcas have died mysteriously, and young. Now Iris and her father will finally understand why... At the turn of England's...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:Michael Pearce's tenth irresistible adventure for Colonial Egypt's the Mamur Zapt is fresh, funny, and "Still as fertile as your favourite oasis." Inevitably, as the tide of Nationalism sweeps the British...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:Egypt, 1914. The outbreak of war in Europe casts ripples that can be felt even in Cairo. Gareth Owen, Mamur Zapt and Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, is given the unhappy task of rounding up enemy aliens. But in a land where...
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Auteur:Follett, Ken.Sommaire:From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a thrilling and addictive new novel-a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth -set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages "Just as transporting as [ The Pillars of the...
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Auteur:Thomson, CindySommaire:This Collection bundles two of Cindy Thomson's Ellis Island historical novels into one e-book for a great value!Grace's Pictures:Grace McCaffery hopes that the bustling streets of New York hold all the promise that the lush hills of...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:"Tourists are quite safe provided they don't do anything stupidly reckless," so Captain Owen, the Mamur Zapt, Head of Cairo's Political CID under British Rule, assures the press. But what of Monsieur Moulin,...
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Auteur:AlLee, JenniferSommaire:Love Brings Freedom in 9 Historical Romances Journey along as nine historical women are about to make their escape from some of life's greatest challenges. Can their captive hearts be freed to dream, to dare, to love'Love's Labours...
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Auteur:Pearce, MichaelSommaire:Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden,...
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