Книги жанра историческая литература
‘A fantastic and engaging read. Kerry Barrett truly is a very talented author.’ – Babs (Goodreads)Two women. Two decades. One story.Fearne has landed her dream job to run Mode. Except the dream isn’t quite so rosy in reality, the print magazine is struggling and Fearne is determined to save it!In 1966, desperate to escape her life, Nancy moves to London with her brilliantly unpredictable friend Su…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.‘Remember, remember, the fifth of November’. The gunpowder plot is a famed tale of treachery that continues to fascinate and capture the imagination four hundred years on.The Gunpowder Plot in an Hour reveals the elaborate background to the infamous plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I, the ultimate act of treason. This compelli…
Pure, unadulterated romance. Best Chick Lit.comBook three in Jane Lark's Kindle best-selling Regency romance series!Isolated by life and choice, John Harding, the Duke of Pembroke, sees an angel in a pale mauve dress across a ballroom and is drawn closer.The wheat-blonde hair escaping her dull dove-grey bonnet caresses her neck and lures his eyes to the spot he'd most like to kiss.Then as if she s…
In this controversial and hotly discussed book, Sir Peregrine presents a reactionary and playful look at the origins, evolution and demise of the aristocracy.Every country has the aristocracy it deserves; so what does it say about Britain that it is in the process of removing the last vestiges of political power from one of the most ancient hereditary aristocracies in the world, and one, moreover,…
‘Pure, unadulterated romance’ Best Chick Lit.com“You are reckless, proud, spoiled and everything I dislike!”For Lord Henry Marlow, the future Earl of Barrington, life is for living before he accepts his duty. No wager is too risky or challenge too dangerous – until a racing injury forces the Barrington heir to return home and prepare for his destiny. But the one thing Henry will not do is bow to h…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history and it inflicted some of the worst civilian casualties of World War Two. When Hitler declared his intention to obliterate the key city of Leningrad on 22 September 1941, he could not have foreseen the grim determination of its citizens. Over the course of 900 days, the city resiste…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The ‘Great War’, from July 1914 to November 1918, was without parallel. It brought to an end four dynasties, ignited revolution, and forged new nations. It introduced killing on an unprecedented scale, costing an estimated nine million lives. It was the war that destroyed any notion of romance or chivalry in battle; it pulled in combatants from…
‘One of my favourite reads so far this year.’ HELLO MagazineA must-read for fans of Kate Morton & Barbara Erskine.In 1920s Blackpool, eleven year old Rose wanders away from her parents and has a unique gift bestowed upon her. This gift will leave a haunting legacy, seeping down through the generations…Decades later, Louisa has a vision of her mother walking into the sea. This isn’t the first time …
Pure, unadulterated romance. Best Chick Lit.comThe next book in Jane Lark's Kindle best-selling Regency romance series!“The game is on with Pembroke’s little sister…” Lord Andrew Framlington watched Miss Mary Marlow. The woman had been warned to keep away from him, but she had a little contrary in her soul. She had not been deterred. Perhaps she had a taste for bad hidden beneath her cold denials,…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Holocaust, in which 11 million people died, was the largest atrocity of the 20th century and perhaps the hardest to understand. Approximately 6 million Jews and 5 million others including Roma people, Poles, Russian prisoners of war, political prisoners, homosexuals, people of colour, Jehovah's Witnesses, and various other minorities were f…
Иван Ульянович Басаргин (1930–1976), замечательный сибирский самобытный писатель, несмотря на недолгую жизнь, успел оставить заметный след в отечественной литературе. Уже его первое крупное произведение – роман «Дикие пчелы» – стало событием в советской литературной среде. Прежде всего потому, что автор обратился не к реалиям социалистической действительности, а к подлинной истории освоения и засе…
Время рассказать вам о страшной аварии, где молодая пара понесла утрату. Виноват таксист, но его не судят. Почему же так? Разберёмся. История рассказывает про то, какой путь преодолеет тот самый таксист, чтобы доказать свою невиновность.
Середина XVIII века в Европе была отмечена сильнейшим кризисом, который трансформировал систему международных отношений на континенте. Одним из результатов нескольких тяжёлых военных конфликтов стало ослабление в Германии позиций Австрии и становление прусской державы, как нового важного фактора европейской системы государств. Работа посвящена одному из этапов этого конфликта, получившего название…
Ceiltigh, grúpa fairsing treibheanna Ind-Eorpacha ar shín a gcríoch lonnaíochta sa dara leath DEN chéad mhílaois RC ó Oileáin na Breataine go Dtí An Áise Mion. Bhí na Ceiltigh ina gcónaí cheana féin sa 2ú leath den 1ú mílaoise RC ar chríoch na Fraince nua-Aimseartha, Na Beilge, na Heilvéise, dheisceart na Gearmáine, Na Hostaire, thuaisceart na Hiodáile, thuaisceart agus iarthar na Spáinne, Oileáin…
Каждый знает, что будет, если бросить камень в лужу - брызги и небольшая волнушка. Ученые считают, что если в Тихий или Атлантический океан упадет "камешек" метров 200 в диаметре, волна от него обогнет земной шар несколько раз. Что будет, когда информационная волна, расходящаяся от попадания в 16 век нашего современника, достигнет людей, облеченных властью, или "лиц, принимающих решения"? Какие пр…