Книги жанра историческая литература

From the best-selling author of THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS and THE LOST KING OF FRANCE comes the story of how our modern world was forged – in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination.The nineteenth century saw the creation of some of the world's most incredible feats of engineering. Deborah Cadbury explores the history behind the epic monuments that spanned the industrial revolut…

К 190-летию поездки А. С. Пушкина в Оренбуржье. Великие российские писатели, собиратели и создатели современного русского языка Александр Сергеевич Пушкин (1799-1837) и Владимир Иванович Даль (1801-1872) успешно трудились в Оренбургском крае, где творчески применили свой талант для популяризации исторических и лингвистических знаний.

No war in modern times has inflamed the passions of both ordinary people and intellectuals in the way that the conflict in Spain in 1936 did.The Spanish Civil War is burned into European consciousness, not simply because it prefigured the much larger world war that followed it, but because the intense manner of its prosecution was a harbinger of a new and horrific form of warfare that was universa…

Полное собрание «Истории Волколака» из трёх частей. История про человека-оборотня, из рода Волколаков. Пройдите вместе с ним путешествие по землям древней Сибири. В этом увлекательном приключении вас ждут жестокие битвы, новые знакомства и любовь. А также встреча с древними славянскими богами.

Китайский император души не чает в новой танцовщице Сяо Лянь, ножки которой так малы, что похожи на золотые лотосы. Однако внезапно появившаяся во дворце Сяо Лянь вызвала не только любовь Сына Неба, но и множество завистливых взглядов со стороны императорских наложниц и даже самой императрицы. Что уготовила судьба императору и его возлюбленной? Смогут ли они, поправ законы Неба и древние традиции…

This edition does not include illustrations.An authoritative and entertaining account by one of our most talented writers of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign service.‘English ambassadresses are usually on the dotty side and leaving their embassies drives them completely off their rockers’ – Nancy MitfordFrom the first exploratory expedit…

The next book from the author of If They Knew, coming January 2019.Cambridge, 1986. Alex, Karen and Misty are an inseparable trio at Cambridge University – one can never be found far from the others. But when Alex dies suddenly, the remaining two friends can’t look one another in the eye – knowing they both had a part to play in her death.Present day. Misty and Karen haven’t spoken in years, but, …

Германия, первая половина XVI столетия, сумрачная эпоха немецкого Возрождения. В Священной Римской империи, как и по всей Европе, бушует протестантская Реформация. Отовсюду слышатся пророчества о скором Конце мира и Втором пришествии Христа, сотни фанатичных еретиков-проповедников заявляют, что именно им дано знание как правильно трактовать Слово Божье, католическая церковь вовсю торгует индульген…

‘I absolutely loved it; her style is so warm and funny.’ Nicola CornickPerfect for fans of Georgette Heyer‘I am a Duke. I’m not asking you to marry me. I am offering to marry you. It’s a different thing entirely.’When the Duke of Ashbury returns from war scarred, he realises he needs an heir – which means he needs a wife! When Emma Gladstone, a vicar's daughter turned seamstress visits wearing a w…

This is Ethel’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the s…

This is Ethel’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the s…

This is Gladys’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘Gladys changed into her new uniform. The dungarees …

This is Gladys’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘Gladys changed into her new uniform. The dungarees …

A short story by Emma Donoghue from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.‘Since First I Saw Your Face’ reimagines a relationship between two notable Victorian women.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting releva…

A Regency Christmas to Remember!When Isabel Morton’s desire to sing leads her from a prospective governess post to a disreputable establishment in London, she’s rescued by dashing Wil-liam Balfour. But when her saviour is accused of being a party to her misfor-tune, it’s Isabel’s turn to save William…by becoming his bride! But can they find a way to live happily ever after as husband and wife?New …