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A remarkable debut novel, ‘Four Days in June’ is an imaginative but accurate reconstruction of five men – all real figures – five points of view, and four days of one of the world's most famous battles.In June 1815, Napoleon has just escaped from Elba, the Bourbon kings were on the run, France rose to their emperor, and the Allied forces were in disarray. The British has disbanded their armies aft…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch.Succeeding his father, Henry VII, he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor and began his many obsessive invasions of France. Meanwhile th…
A breathtaking tale set of one girl’s determination to triumph against the odds. From the bestselling author of Child of the Mersey and Home For Christmas.Hettie is an orphan, taken in by Ellie Pride and her husband to their Preston home and treated as one of the family. But she has never felt she truly belonged.Hettie has a special gift – a beautiful singing voice – and on the cusp of womanhood, …
The sequel to THE BLACK JACKALS is set in the turmoil of the eastern Mediterranean in 1941, with the Brits struggling to hold their line in Greece against the powerful German and Italian forces.Peter Lamb and his men are halted in their retreat to England and forced to join the British forces holding the pass at Thermopylae. But their tough experiences in France have not prepared The Jackals for t…
Omuwendo gw’abantu ku ssemazinga wa Afrika gwa njawulo nnyo mu nnimi n’ebyenfuna n’obuwangwa. Ennimi z’abantu mu Afirika zisobola okwawulwamu ebibinja ebikulu bino wammanga: 1) Semitic-Hamitic; 2) ebibinja by'ennimi ebiwerako ebitudde ekitundu okuva mu maserengeta ga Sahara okutuuka ku mutwe gw'amazzi ga Kiyira era nga emabegako byateekebwa mu kibinja kya "Abasudan"; ebitabo by’abakugu mu nnimi eb…
Di pipul dɛm na di Afrika kɔntinɛnt rili difrɛn pan langwej ɛn soshio-ikɔnomik ɛn kɔlchɔ. Wi kin sheb di langwej dɛm we di pipul dɛm na Afrika de tɔk to dɛn men grup ya: 1) Sɛmitik-Hamitik; 2) wan nɔmba pan langwej grup dɛn we de ɔkup wan strit frɔm di wɛst pat na di Sahara to di ed wata na di Nayl ɛn dɛn bin dɔn klas dɛn bifo as "Sudanese" grup; di las wok we langwej masta sabi pipul dɛn dɔn mek …
О чём повесть Александра Надысева «Шаманы»? Конечно же, о любви к девушке-шаманке двух якутов-соперников, которые волею судьбы в ходе событий Гражданской войны в Сибири временно сражались то среди «красных», то среди «белых», находясь там на высших постах власти. И всё это происходило в XX веке в ходе становления советской власти в Якутии, во время страшной ломки традиционных обычаев тунгусов и як…
Исторический художественно-документальный детектив. Вторая половина XIX века в России ознаменовалась рядом эпохальных событий, в том числе реформами Александра II, продажей им Русской Америки и последующим убийством «царя-освободителя». В ходе расследования этого преступления главный герой романа выясняет обстоятельства, впоследствии изменившие течение истории…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The American Civil War started when eleven southern ‘slave’ states declared their independence from the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican government were strongly against slavery and fought to abolish it and keep the country united.The American Civil War: History in an Hour gives a concise and authoritative overview of thes…
Rome, 1961. As the cameras roll on Cleopatra, the world is transfixed by the love affair emerging between Hollywood’s biggest stars: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.But on the film set, tensions are running high. The money is running out, and a media storm is brewing over the Taylor-Burton relationship. When historical advisor Diana Bailey starts work on the film, she wants nothing more than t…
In the 1600s, European travellers discovered Indian vegetarianism. Western culture was changed forever…When early travellers returned from India with news of the country’s vegetarians, they triggered a crisis in the European conscience. This panoramic tale recounts the explosive results of an enduring cultural exchange between East and West and tells of puritanical insurgents, Hinduphiles, scienti…
The next exquisite Regency romance from Raven McAllan, The Duke’s Seduction of Lady M will whisk you off your feet and sweep you into an opulent world of scandal, secrets and desire!Rules are meant to broken…The mysterious Lady Mary McCoy is tired of playing by the rules of the ton. As a wealthy widow she fully plans on living her life to the full – free from the constraints of marriage.And if she…
The band of Viking brothers, The Oathsworn, are here. These are the first 3 epic novels in Robert Low’s brilliant Oathsworn series.The ultimate Viking series.Launch into the world of the Oathsworn, led by Einar the Black, and new recruit Orm Bearslayer, whose story this is and whose adventure is unforgettable.In The Whale Road, The Wold Sea and The White Raven you will experience bloody revenge, v…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In 1917 the world changed forever. One of the most influential and contentious events in recent history, the Russian Revolution unleashed the greatest political experiment ever conducted, one which continues to influence both Eastern and Western politics today.The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour neatly covers all the major facts and even…
Discover the scope of the world’s history* With exclusive article by Richard Overy *Beginning with the story of early man, and culminating in the rise of global terrorism and environmental issues, the text is a breathtaking and unrivalled narrative which includes voyages of discovery, revolutions and wars, dynasties and empires.Richard Overy, with a team of historians, presents a factual chronolog…