Книги жанра об истории серьезно

Реконструкция обстоятельств исчезновения, расшифровка элементов дела, забавные детали и собственные теории – в этой книге Виктория Чарльтон рассказывает истории, от которых у читателей замирает сердце, кружится голова и возникают сильные эмоции. Но дело не только в чувствах и ощущениях – она надеется вновь привлечь внимание к этим реальным историям. Как знать, может быть, вы и есть тот самый свиде…

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 centuriesCharmed and seduced! Benedict Silvester is a rogue and a flirt! His skill as a musician means he is always travelling…and he charms women wherever he goes. Yet he is on a special mission…

FORBIDDEN FRUIT ALWAYS TASTES THE SWEETEST…Elise keeps her cards close to her chest. Few people know that she’s also Blanchefleur le Fay, the celebrated singer. But she has an even greater secret… Her baby daughter is the result of a brief but intense affair with Gawain, Count of Meaux.Duty-bound to marry, Gawain is back in Troyes to meet his bride. So why can’t he stop thinking about the sweet si…

這是一部敘述一個希臘漁民家庭在第一次布匿戰爭期間歷史記憶的小說。 年輕的漁民阿爾米奇·特奧普勒斯與家人住在希臘多德卡尼斯以北的薩摩斯島。他們無心營救的一個難民卻釀成了一家人的悲劇。在公元前264年，亞歷山大帝國衰退後，迦太基和羅馬成為當時兩個最大的競逐對象，這兩大國在地中海沿岸地區的衝突導致了他們的第一次布匿戰爭。這一部激動人心的小說，將使讀者沉浸在圍繞著各角色展開的驚心動魄的斗爭中–他們面對的矛盾與危機，與疾病和挫折的抗爭。這是一部描述在地中海西部–從希臘島嶼到的亞歷山大帝國或者迦太基王國的日常生活的歷史書卷。它也是一部將主要人物的演變與歷史事實相結合的小說。本書從地中海歷史文明的深入研究中，挖掘出一個陌生但引人入勝的古典時代–敘述了腓尼基人建立迦太基城，羅馬人組織海盜團，自由主義者掙脫奴隸枷鎖的故事。儘管當時的道德觀念完全忽視了人類就個體而言的價值，但他們依然可以憑藉強烈的意志为成就自…

You have a debt to pay. You owe me your life.'Anwen, bastard of Brynmor, has fought hard to find her place in the world. But she’s forced to rethink everything when she’s saved from death by her enemy Teague, Lord of Gwalchdu. Instead of releasing her, he holds her captive…Teague trusts no one. So with ominous messages threatening his life he must keep Anwen under his watch, no matter how much her…

Locked in a Deadly Game!Physically and emotionally scarred, Lady Taryn knows no man would want her for a wife. Nonetheless, she’s determined to free her father from his merciless overlord and enlists powerful warrior Killian MacDubh to help.He has his own motives for confronting the High King… Born a bastard, Killian longs to carve out a place for himself. Unaware of her true beauty, Taryn is an a…

BEING BAD HAS NEVER FELT SO GOOD! The first time Miss Bryn Rutherford meets Captain Kitt Sherard he scales her balcony and kisses her breathless! And, after years of trying to behave, she can’t help but think Kitt’s piratical wildness is just what she needs. So when she must venture across the Caribbean seas only one man will do…Daredevil Kitt agrees to help – as long as Bryn plays by his rules. A…

Адмирал Николас Хорти занимал пост регента Королевства Венгрия с 1 марта 1920 года по 15 октября 1944 года. Исполняя обязанности регента, Хорти пытался проводить политику восстановления Венгрии в ее прежних, до крушения Австро-Венгерской империи границах. Эта политика, в конечном счете, привела его к союзу с Гитлером. В результате Венгрия вернула себе часть своих исконных земель в Сербии, Хорватии…

Елена Елохина – «римлянка в душе» – родом из Санкт-Петербурга, бакалавр и магистр СПбГУ и университета La Sapienza, профессиональный гид в Риме и Ватикане. Живет в Вечном городе более 15 лет и отлично знает местную культуру и язык. Она ведет популярный блог о Риме, где рассказывает о неизвестных местах города. Книга написана на основе ее опыта и экскурсий, которые она проводит для индивидуальных п…

‘From This Day Forward, You Are Mine.’The moment Merewyn sets eyes on the warrior standing atop a Viking raiding ship something inside her stirs.By all rights she should fear him, should run from him, and yet she cannot help but be drawn to him.Eirik has never before taken a woman captive, but Merewyn inspires a longing that calls to the darkness within him. He takes her back to his homeland as hi…

DESIRED FOR HERSELF ALONE…When fallen beauty Daphne, Lady Faville, is carried to safety from a rampaging fire, she’s horrified to recognise her rescuer as Hugh Westleigh – a man with every reason to despise her!But Hugh has been blinded and Daphne must nurse him back to health. Unable to see, he is driven to distraction by her tantalising scent and gentle touch. For the first time Daphne feels tru…

В 2002 году была установлена мемориальная доска на доме, где Кабидолла Тургумбаевич провел последние дни жизни. На митинге, посвященном этому событию, я сказал: «Кабидолла Тургумбаевич стал легендарным ещё при жизни – о нём слагались мифы, легенды, байки…. Жизнь этого человека достойна быть описана в книгах. Я бы дал им рабочее название «Учитель» - ибо таковым он был по жизни для многих из нас. Та…

MARRYING A STRANGEROn the eve of battle, Lieutenant Edmund Summerfield rescues mysterious Amelie Glenville from attack by marauding soldiers. Heady from the anticipation and uncertainty in the air, they spend the night together – but their scandalous actions have one inescapable consequence…!The illegitimate son of an aristocrat, Edmund won’t consign his unborn child to the same fate, so he offers…

AWAY FROM SOCIETY’S PRYING EYES…After suffering the loss of her beloved husband, quick-witted Lady Margaret Roberts has sworn off the pursuit of passion…that is until she meets Giles Hadley.Bitterly estranged from his family, reluctant viscount Giles knows all too well the devastation of an unhappy marriage. So, whilst he is prepared to indulge in an illicit affair, he must beware – for spirited M…

‘I FIGHT DIRTY, I KILL FOR A LIVING AND I’M NOT CAPABLE OF BEING FAITHFUL.’The words might come straight from Major Adam Flint’s mouth, but they certainly don’t describe the man who saved vulnerable Rose’s life. Yes, Flint is illegitimate, a roughened soldier and an incorrigible rake – but Rose has never met a man so defined by honour.Who else, when faced with a lady rendered memory-less by the tr…