Devon Frost just wanted some time for himself, sketching the local architecture in a tiny town called Tinaja. But he's soon caught up in a flurry of accusations and lies surrounding the murder of the suitor of a ranch owner's daughter...
Historical Fiction
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Author:Nesbitt, John D.Summary: - Author:Sutcliff, RosemarySummary:
Dawn Wind is a historical novel for children and young adults written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1961 by Oxford University Press, with illustrations by Charles Keeping. It takes place in Britain in the sixth century, after...
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Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:Shanni Price is a spirited, lively girl, but her tragic and poverty-stricken life had offered her little. Then she is given protection by lovely, wealthy Llinos Mainwaring, and goes to live with her at the famous pottery.
- Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
Named a Best Book of the Month by CNN and MSNBC Named a Most Exciting New Book of Fall by PopSugar #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London...
- Author:TRANTER, NigelSummary:
Alexander the Third succeeded to the throne of Scotland at the age of seven. Guided by his mentor David de Lindsay, he grows towards kingship and manhood in a troubled land, aware already of the glory and heartache of being King of...
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:The final three stories of Forester's early 19th century British naval hero. In "Lord Hornblower", the English fleet battles to retain Le Havre, its only foothold in Napoleon's France.
- Author:ANTHONY, EvelynSummary:
A story of passionate love, unbelievable cruelty and treachery, great courage; the story of the doomed loyalty of the Clans of Scotland.
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Author:JACOBS, AnnaSummary:Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed - and in 1827 they are a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below.
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Author:Brooks, GeraldineSummary:Once again, the author takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual...
- Author:TER HAAR, JaapSummary:
The story of a few days in the life of a young Russian boy during the siege of Leningrad in World War II.
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Author:SMITH, WilburSummary:The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling Monsoon, Tom...
- Author:Smith, CottonSummary:
A bit long in the tooth, Bass Tillman has given up the guns and gone respectable. But then his son and daughter-in-law are murdered in cold blood, and he swears on their graves he will bring their killers to justice.
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Author:TODD. MarilynSummary:It is 466 BC. Blackmailed into spying for Sparta's hated secret police, High Priestess Iliona has no option but to play along with its ruthless commander, Lysander. But as the purpose of the mission unfolds, Iliona comes to realize...
- Author:Roanhorse, RebeccaSummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial...
- Author:Faulks, SebastianSummary:
A tale of love and war early this century. The protagonists are Stephen Wraysford, a British businessman, and Isabelle Azaire, a married Frenchwoman. They meet in 1910, she elopes with him, gives birth to his child, then remorse sends...
- Author:WOODS, JanetSummary:
Now a wealthy young widow, former peasant girl Siana Forbes has overcome her humble beginnings to become mistress of Cheverton Manor, the handsome estate which her infant son, Ashley, will one day inherit.
- Author:Ammi, Kebir, Paris, JacquesSummary:
Résumé Ben Aïcha, célèbre corsaire marocain du XVIIe siècle, parti de rien, devient amiral, puis ambassadeur. Le 13 février 1699, il rencontre Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Princesse de Conti, fille du roi Louis XIV, lors d'une...
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Author:GRAHAM, WinstonSummary:Continues the story of Valentine Warleggan, the wayward, perverse son of George, and of Bella, the Poldark's youngest daughter and Clowance, the Poldarks' widowed daughter and of a murderer who lurks in the villages of west...
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:Sailing the frigate Lydia, Captain Hornblower has orders to track down and sink the Natividad, a Spanish ship with twice his fire power. He is also commanded to aid the colonial revolutionary El Supremo, a messianic madman whose...
- Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:
Fourth novel in the Cordwainers sequence. Will Arian be doomed to a loveless marriage with a man she despises?
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