Книги жанра историческая литература
From the author of ‘Britain BC’, ‘Britain AD’ and ‘Britain in the Middle Ages’ comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series on Britain's hidden past.The relevance of archaeology to the study of the ancient world is indisputable. But, when exploring our recent past, does it have any role to play? In ‘The Birth of Modern Britain’ Francis Pryor highlights archaeology’s continued i…
Ruin is coming.For ten millennia, the Machinery Selected the greatest leaders of humanity, bringing glory to the Overland. But the Machinery came with a Prophecy: in the 10,000th year, it will break, and Ruin will come.Now, the Prophecy is being fulfilled. The Machinery has Selected a terrible being to rule the Overland, an immortal who cares little for the humans she governs. Some call her the St…
«Майбутня сила» – четверта книга «Галицької саги» – охоплює події, що відбувалися у 1929–1934 роках. Після того як, вдавшись до військового перевороту, у 1926 році Начальник Польщі Юзеф Пілсудський повернувся до влади, він запровадив політику санації – оздоровлення. Вона передбачала згортання демократичних інститутів, обмеження прав парламенту і зміцнення виконавчої влади. Одним з проявів цієї пол…
The next exquisite Regency romance from Raven McAllan, The Lord’s Persuasion of Lady Lydia will whisk you off your feet and sweep you into an opulent world of scandal, secrets and desire!Seducing the wallflower…Over the years, Lydia Field has perfected the art of being a wallflower. It’s the only way to avoid the attention of unwanted suitors – and the perils of a convenient, loveless marriage! In…
Анатолій Дімаров (1922–2014) – відомий український письменник, мемуарист, лауреат Шевченківської премії (1981). У дитинстві пережив Голодомор в Україні 1932–1933 років, воював на Південно-Західному фронті, побував в окупації, командував партизанським загоном, отримав поранення. Увесь цей життєвий досвід пізніше відбився у творах письменника, зокрема й у захоплюючих книжках для дітей. В автобіограф…
A stirring adventure novel set amid the tumultuous clashes between the Roman and Carthaginian empires, battling for control of the Mediterranean, north Africa and Rome itself.Atticus, the young Greek captain, is now a commander of the growing Roman navy, blockading a port near Tunis, when the Roman legions suffer terrible defeat by the triumphant Carthaginian army, spearheaded by the elephant char…
Welcome to the most notorious address in London…Beneath the airs and graces of the Ton lies The Underworld – London’s most scandalous gambling hall.The only thing darker and more debauched that the hall itself? The proprietor, Max Sinclair. As mysterious as the corners of the city he stalks, Max has vowed to take revenge against the men who murdered his mother. And The Underworld attracts London’s…
‘This book is a cross between «Downton Abbey» and «Miss Marple».’ – Katherine (Goodreads)The first book in the new Lady Alkmene Callender Mystery seriesA murderous beginningWith her father away in India, Lady Alkmene Callender finds being left to her own devices in London intolerably dull, until the glamorous Broadway star Evelyn Steinbeck arrives in town! Gossip abounds about the New York sociali…
Lady Alkmene and Jake Dubois are back in a gripping new adventure facing dangerous opponents at a masked ball in the countryside.Masked danger…Lady Alkmene Callender has always loved grand parties, but when she receives an invitation to a masked ball thrown by Franklin Hargrove – oil magnate, aviation enthusiast and father of her best friend, Denise – she’s never seen such luxury. The estate is li…
‘as delightful as the first book.’ – The Stories of Chantel DacostaThe second Lady Alkmene Callender MysteryA family of secrets…After hearing about the vicious murder of her relation, Lord Winters, Lady Alkmene is intrigued to find out that the cat burglar found standing over his body, the safebox emptied of jewels, might not be the murderer after all…Reporter Jake Dubois believes an innocent man …
DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW WITH THIS LIMITED-TIME DISCOUNT ON BOOK ONE OF THE SERIES.The first in the Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of a band of Vikings on the chase for the secret hoard of Attila the Hun.In time with the magnificent British Museum Viking exhibition, comes the Oathsworn series, called ‘enthralling’ by fiction legend Bernard Cornwell, and known for its blockbuster battles a…
1917. Driving an ambulance through the mud in Flanders, aristocrat Evie Creswell is a long way from home. At Oaklands Manor all she had been expected to do was to look pretty and make a good marriage. But with the arrival of World War One everything changed…And Evie, to the horror of her family, does not choose a husband from her blue-blooded set; instead she weds artist Will Davies, who works as …
"Fətəli fəthi" romanının ilk variantı «Labüdlük» adı ilə povest kimi nəşr olunmuşdur. Müəllif əsər üzərində işləmiş, daha sonra onu roman kimi nəşr etdirmişdir. Roman əvvəlcə rus dilində yazılmış, sonra isə Azərbaycan dilində yenidən işlənilmişdir. Bu mənada «Fətəli fəthi» romanının iki variantı mövcuddur.
Впервые на русском. «Дорога в Оксиану» Роберта Байрона, вышедшая в свет в 1937 году, заслуженно занимает сороковую строчку в списке «100 лучших книг в жанре нон-фикшен» по версии «Гардиан». Захватывающее путешествие по Ближнему Востоку, Ирану и Афганистану к берегам реки Окс (Амударья) на границе СССР. Старый добрый английский юмор, величественная древняя архитектура, чарующий восточный колорит и …
‘One to Watch’ Good HousekeepingThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job in the NHS. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that …