Книги жанра об истории серьезно
Июнь 1941 года. До нападения Германии на СССР остались считанные дни. Вместе с частями вермахта на территорию Украины должны войти националисты из ОУН, выпестованные и вооруженные гитлеровцами. Советский разведчик Максим Максимович Исаев получает задание сыграть на противоречиях как между СС и вермахтом, так и между двумя течениями ОУН, чтобы скомпрометировать все вовлеченные в игру силы и максима…
Книга Императрицы Александры Федоровны «Сад сердца» – это не просто сборник, составленный из писем и дневников, это настоящая сокровищница мудрости и вдохновения, которыми автор щедро делится с читателями. Пронизанная глубокими чувствами и нежностью, она открывает перед нами не только внутренний мир одной из самых значимых женщин своего времени, но и универсальные истины, актуальные для каждого из…
Автор – известный советский и российский дипломат, в недавнем прошлом чрезвычайный и полномочный посол в ряде европейских стран, заместитель министра иностранных дел. Его мемуары охватывают самый сложный период становления новейшей российской дипломатии. Написанные ярким языком, полные глубоких и подчас горьких размышлений, раздумий о настоящем и будущем России, они вызовут несомненный интерес как…
Автор – известный советский и российский дипломат, в недавнем прошлом чрезвычайный и полномочный посол в ряде европейских стран, заместитель министра иностранных дел. Его мемуары охватывают самый сложный период становления новейшей российской дипломатии. Написанные ярким языком, полные глубоких и подчас горьких размышлений, раздумий о настоящем и будущем России, они вызовут несомненный интерес как…
Мы едим по нескольку раз в день, мы изобретаем новые блюда и совершенствуем способы приготовления старых, мы изучаем кулинарное искусство и пробуем кухню других стран и континентов, но при этом даже не обращаем внимания на то, как тесно история еды связана с историей цивилизации. Кажется, что и нет никакой связи и у еды нет никакой истории. На самом деле история есть – и еще какая! Наша еда эволюц…
THE MARQUIS WHO BETRAYED HER…Iain Sinclair, Marquis of Alynwick, is an unrepentant rake; he holds nothing sacred – except for beautiful Elizabeth York. For years, Alynwick has tried to forget the woman he loved so well, and treated so badly. Society believes Elizabeth, the blind daughter of a duke, to be a proper young lady; no one knows of her wanton affair with Alynwick.Then Lizzy learns of her …
HE COULD SAVE HER…With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down, Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage – even if it is passionless. She saves her deepest desires for her novel, wherein a handsome lord with dark powers seduces her.But then her courtship with an appropriate suitor is threatened by the attentions of the reclusive Earl of Black… whose blue eyes and brooding sensuality a…
THEY EACH HAVE THEIR SECRETS… Lucy Ashton had long ago given up her quest for true love. In the rarified society of Victorian England, Lucy plays the game – flirting, dancing and dabbling in the newly fashionable spiritualism. Even marrying when – and who – she’s supposed to. If the stuffy Duke of Sussex cannot spark the passion she craves, he can at least give her a family and a home of her own.B…
Schooling the scoundrel…Brawny blacksmith Daniel McCabe is not the marrying kind. He likes his freedom just fine, and no Morrow Creek lady is going to change that! But an unexpected delivery makes the bachelor rethink his roguish ways.Daniel suddenly needs a wife–and longtime friend Sarah Crabtree is quick to oblige. After all, she's been sweet on Daniel for years. But then Sarah's dream turns int…
She thought her fate was sealed… Before her father died, fourteen-year-old Isabella Montgomery had been betrothed to an older rancher infamous for cruelty. Two years later and shut away in a convent, Isabella dreaded the day he would come to claim her…Until a handsome captor revealed her true destiny! Tall, dark and devastatingly attractive, rancher Rafael McKenzie needed a bride before he came in…
The thought of Robert Breton's touch fills Anne Clairemont with a delicious, scandalous heat—but her family's happiness depends on her going through with her planned marriage to his wealthy, cold business partner.Then Robert gives her a searing kiss beneath the mistletoe that changes everything. Soon he's showing Anne the intimate pleasures they could share, determined to fan the flame of their de…
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 centuriesFiona O'Rourke doesn't believe in love– certainly not in a marriage arranged by her cruel father. Even if her unexpected betrothed seems honorable kind, can she trust his motives. . . or…
ABANDONED, ALONE, PENNILESSWhen Lily St. Claire buried her father along the Santa Fe Trail her life of privilege and ease had ended. Her future had loomed ahead of her, empty and unknowable until North Walker–half-Cheyenne and all man–bargained for her with horses and hope for brighter days for his people, his family, his heart!North Walker personified the rugged frontier that spawned him. Elegant…
The Infamous Lord Sin Had Taken A WifeIan Sinclair, the lord of ill repute, had married a country vicar's daughter. Now he was sure there'd be the devil to pay, for the passionate Mary Fulton was the woman he held above all others, and a woman he knew he didn't deserve.The more she learned of Ian's world of privilege, the more Mary Fulton realized how impossible their union really was. Yet the web…
Justice Was A Hard Mistress And one who demanded all of Jake McConnell's devotion. Until the day Clair Travers insisted that the straight-arrow lawman remove himself from her saloon. The day he knew his life would never be the same… Clair Travers Was Living a Lie She had gambled on a new life.But she hadn't counted on falling for a man like Jake McConnell, a man whose dedication to the truth could…