Книги жанра об истории серьезно
В книге опубликованы сведения о переселенцах из Гродненской губернии, которые в 1896 году основали в Перовской волости Канского уезда Енисейской губернии польское поселение Конок. Таким образом во времена Российской Империи они заселили опустевшие земли Восточной Сибири, однако в период раннего СССР их поселение стало неугодно Сионистской верхушке ЦК КПСС и их репрессировали. Тем не менее благодар…
Дружба М. Горького и Ф. Шаляпина существенно обогатила русскую культуру, но особенно важна она была для Нижнего Новгорода. Благодаря их сотрудничеству в городе появились Народный дом, школа для крестьянских детей, стали устраивать ёлки для детей бедноты… Важно то, что к Федору Шаляпину и Максиму Горькому тянулись люди разные: не только представители искусства или интеллигенции, но и купцы, рабочие…
A chance meeting that could scandalise the ton!19th century England. Harriet is running for her life, chased by three men on horseback through Hyde Park. Knocked unconscious, everything goes black…Philip, Baron Eaglestone, has never seen such a beautiful damsel in distress. And he’s even more intrigued when she opens her eyes, and begins to speak. Because this irresistible woman can only remember …
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesA dashing beauty is laying waste to the ton, but never did we expect perfect gentleman Lord S – to be entrapped by such behaviour! Rumours fly that Gareth Morant, Earl of Standon, is to …
The second book in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court1873. When Carrie Manning’s father dies her mother, Esther, is heartbroken. Essie leaves London to convalesce with her good friend Lady Alice, and it is down to Carrie to look after her family and take charge of the shipping company that her father has left behind.But the company is in dire straits, forcing Carrie se…
Настоящий очерк – это расследование одного эпизода о том, как искажалась (или замалчивалась) русская история. О двух городах, один из которых практически исчез с политических карт восточной Европы в Юго-Западной Руси, на Волыни, а второй возник на границе со Степью на Дону, в современной Воронежской области Российской Федерации. О беспримерном тысячекилометровом походе в XVII веке русских правосла…
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS pull off a daring prison break and escape from Communist-run Ethiopia alive?In 1975, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, recently deposed in a Communist revolution, is declared dead. In the hands of the brutal army officer Mengitsu Haile Mariam, the country has descended into chaos and bloodshed.Then an astonishing truth emerges. The Emperor is b…
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS be able to storm a terrorist stronghold in the mountains of Pakistan?For Captain Don Headley of the SAS, the police anti-terrorist exercise on the outskirts of Heathrow Airport was to have been just another training job. But in the grey suburban sprawl on the edge of London another, far more sinister plot is about to unfold, a plot that sees him…
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS succeed in freeing Oman from the deadly grip of fanatical guerrillas?In the arid deserts and mountains of Arabia a ‘secret’ war is being fought.While Communist-backed Adoo guerrillas have been waging a campaign of terror against Oman, British Army Training Teams have been winning hearts and minds with medical aid and educational programmes. Now …
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS survive working deep undercover among the terrorists of Northern Ireland?It is the 1970s, and a mean and dirty war is being waged on British soil. Sectarian violence is an almost daily occurrence and the terrorist groups, who finance their operations through robbery, fraud and extortion, engage in torture, assassination and wholesale slaughter.To…
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission, But can the SAS prevent Britain descending into war-torn anarchy?Great Britain, 1995: With terrorist bombs destroying town and city streets, rising crime and a teenage drug problem that is out of control, police forces are stretched beyond their limit. And now a new threat is looming.A fanatical right-wing movement is spreading into the UK. Using terrorism and c…
THE WAYWARD WIDOW With her wealth, beauty and playful nature, young widow Mariah Fanshawe is not short of suitors. Yet the only man she wants to marry is immune to her obvious charms! Upright Andrew, Lord Lanchester has always seemed determined to resist, but Mariah has a new plan to win him over…Andrew is thrown when Mariah asks him to help her find a husband. The truth is he’d like nothing more …
THE WAYWARD WIDOW With her wealth, beauty and playful nature, young widow Mariah Fanshawe is not short of suitors. Yet the only man she wants to marry is immune to her obvious charms! Upright Andrew, Lord Lanchester has always seemed determined to resist, but Mariah has a new plan to win him over…Andrew is thrown when Mariah asks him to help her find a husband. The truth is he’d like nothing more …