Up The Baltic: Or, Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic is a captivating historical fiction novel that follows the adventures of a group of young Americans as they embark on a maritime journey through the scenic landscapes of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures By Land And Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston is an exhilarating adventure novel that epitomizes the essence of historical fiction.
'A proper literary belter' THE TIMES'Affectionate and endlessly entertaining' RICHARD OSMANA wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all.
Geneva Camp by Rajuan Ahmed follows the life of nine-year-old Rafi, a bright child growing up in the crowded alleys of Geneva Camp, where poverty, uncertainty, and the struggle for dignity define everyday life.
The Constable De Bourbon by William Harrison Ainsworth is a captivating historical novel that immerses readers in the tumultuous world of 16th-century France.
Young John Trenchard is looking for nothing more than an adventure when he stumbles into a smugglers' crypt beneath a coastal churchyard - and finds a legendary lost diamond instead.
What does it mean to live in the wake of something that changed the world - not as a hero, not as a witness, but as an ordinary person trying to pay a debt, finish a seam, and keep the rain out of the roof?
Lady Stella Lambert nimmt an ihrer ersten Saison in London teil und sie geniet das auch, wenn man davon absieht, dass ihre altere Schwester, Lady Selina ihr ubelnimmt, dass sie nun die Saison nicht mehr fur sich alleine hat.
In the slump of the 1930s, forty-one-year-old Marnie Aldbury steps off the last train into a faded seaside town with a borrowed case she can barely lift, sent to recover after her solicitor husband's sudden death exposed the secret ruin he had hidden from her for twenty years.
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR'A beautifully written, literary tour-de-force' John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale'A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel' Jillian CantorThe Mona Lisa has hung in the Louvre for over two-hundred years.
Newton Forster is a troubled young man who survives impressment into the Navy, imprisonment in France, and a shipwreck in the West Indies before gaining a post on a British East India Company vessel bound for Asia.
Hayslope Grange: A Tale of the Civil War by Emma Leslie is a captivating historical fiction novel that immerses readers in the tumultuous backdrop of the American Civil War.
Newton Forster is a troubled young man who survives impressment into the Navy, imprisonment in France, and a shipwreck in the West Indies before gaining a post on a British East India Company vessel bound for Asia.
The eighteenth volume in the popular John Pearce Adventures set on the high seasJohn Pearce faces a court martial, but will cowardly Toby Burns, chief witness, stand up to questioning?
The eighteenth volume in the popular John Pearce Adventures set on the high seasJohn Pearce faces a court martial, but will cowardly Toby Burns, chief witness, stand up to questioning?
October 1854: Admidst brutal cannonade and flashing sabers, the Plain of Balaclava thundered to two of the most incredible military maneuvers of all timethe charge of the Heavy and Light Brigades.
October 1854: Admidst brutal cannonade and flashing sabers, the Plain of Balaclava thundered to two of the most incredible military maneuvers of all timethe charge of the Heavy and Light Brigades.
A Return to Duty, the eighth volume in the award-winning Cutler Family Chronicles series, is set in Massachusetts and the Far East in the early 1850s during the aftermath of the First Opium War fought between China and Great Britain.
3 Historische Romane Juli 2026: Die Anatomin von Venedig / Die Bernsteinhandlerin / Die Papiermacherinvon Alfred Bekker, Silke Bekker, Martin JohannsenUber diesen Band:Dieser Band enthalt folgende Romane:Die Anatomin von Venedig (Martin Johannsen)Die Bernsteinhandlerin (Alfred Bekker / Silke Bekker)Die Papiermacherin (Alfred Bekker / Silke Bekker) imageLubeck 1450: Mit einem gro en Fest wird die Verlobung zwischen Barbara Heusenbrink, der Tochter des Rigaer Bernsteinkonigs Heinrich Heusenbrink, und dem reichen Patriziersohn Matthias Isenbrandt gefeiert.
A Return to Duty, the eighth volume in the award-winning Cutler Family Chronicles series, is set in Massachusetts and the Far East in the early 1850s during the aftermath of the First Opium War fought between China and Great Britain.
In April 1784, Captain Horatio Nelson, commanding His Majesty's frigate Boreas, sets sail from Spithead, bound for the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts.
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an early expert on secret and anticipation, composing such works of art as The Moonstone, The Woman in White, and Basil.
Probable Sons by Amy Le Feuvre is a captivating Christian fiction novel that delves into themes of redemption, forgiveness, and the transformative power of love.
The Manas Cycle (Series)In a legendary age when the Kyrgyz clans were scattered like ash before the wind, one man rises to bind forty tribes against the Oirat invaders who would destroy them.
'a tour de force work of art' - The Wall Street Journal, Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the 2022 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger AwardIt's Saturday evening, 9 March 1566, and Mary, Queen of Scots, is six months pregnant.
Der Klang von WeihnachtenHamburg, November 1789: Glockengie er Kopper von Steintorwall mochte seiner Mutter zu Heiligabend ihren gro ten Wunsch erfullen die Auffuhrung jener Weihnachtskantate, die sie vor vielen Jahren mit ihrem heimlichen Liebsten in Leipzig horte.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang is an exhilarating historical fiction adventure set against the backdrop of 18th-century naval warfare in the Caribbean.
