The first in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly CourtLondon, 1854: twenty-year-old Essie Chapman lives with her father in poverty stricken Limehouse, working on the river as a boatman. Her life seems set before her, never to leave this part of London and forever at her father’s beck and call.Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the bank…
‘This was the original GAME OF THRONES’ George R.R. MartinAvailable for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series.The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, ‘The Good’, second of the Valois dynasty, has taken the throne.Under his leadership the Hundred Years War, one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in histo…
В стихотворной форме представлены основные ступени формирования сознания Человечества. Каждая ступень - известный филосов, исследователь, мудрец или пророк. Их много. От Аристотеля до Планка. От Моисея до Фомы Аквинского.
Эта книга о людях и лошадях, о людях на лошадях. О кавалерии в «золотое» для нее время, эпоху наполеоновских войн. О людях мы знаем больше, о лошадях значительно меньше, хотя они – полноправные герои событий. Кто лучший из кавалерийских генералов того времени? Как Наполеон потерял в России кавалерию? Что делает из новобранца первоклассного всадника? Люди на лошадях. В войну, в мирное время, в леге…
Книга Светланы Васильевны Жарниковой «Золотая нить» посвящена древнейшим корням русской народной культуры. Автор – доктор исторических наук, искусствовед и этнограф более двух десятилетий отдала изучению традиционной народной культуры Русского Севера. Книга повествует о сложившихся в глубокой древности на севере Восточной Европы и унесенных в третьем-втором тысячелетиях до новой эры на территори…
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 …
We hear the notorious Mr R– while searching for a stolen artefact, has had his attention caught by the unlikeliest of treasures… Stumbling upon his dowdy cousin Elinor on the Continent, Theo Ravenhurst hardly believes his luck. His dangerous lifestyle appears to have finally caught up with him, and her family connections could be put to excellent use…Theo is convinced Elinor’s drab exterior disgui…
A WANTED MAN… Not even a remote Colorado ranch can shelter Jace Denby while he’s on the run. He voluntarily took the blame for his brother-in-law’s murder, but one danger this fugitive doesn’t see coming is impulsive Clara Seavers!Clara doesn’t trust this hired horseman, but she can’t deny the rugged, unexpectedly caring man ignites her spirit. Even though Jace seems intent on fighting their mount…
‘This was the original game of thrones’ George R.R. MartinThe royal house of France has fallen. Charles IV is dead, fulfilling the curse of the Templars once and for all. This leaves the path to the throne open for Robert of Artois to place his cousin, Philippe of Valois, upon it. Having committed fraud, perjury and murder in the name of the new king, Robert expects to receive a title and his full…
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England’s Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the ‘She-Wolf of France’, who has come seemingly to ne…
"Сквозь дыру в моей голове" - это рассказ описывающий послевоенные синдромы в реалиях начала XX века. Главный герой - Михайличенко Сергей Алексеевич - пытается выйти из-под зависимости старшего брата.
В работе рассматриваются проблемы взаимодействия международного и российского права в сфере российского уголовного судопроизводства
Восьмидесятые годы двадцатого века. Все знают, что Советский Союз вечен, а ближайшее будущее человечества мирный, скучный и благополучный коммунизм.