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FEUDING FAMILIESThe Medwins and the La Vallons were longtime enemies. After Silas La Vallon's sister was taken by the Medwins, the wealthy merchant had no choice but to retaliate and abduct Medwi…

From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill’s remarkable journey from the wilderness to No 10 Downin…

Her children or her crownFrance, 1399: The Duke of Brittany is dead and his widow, Joanna of Navarre, has inherited control of their land – a testament to her intellect, integrity and political p…

His Cinderella BrideJasper Challinor, Marquis of Lensborough was a man well usedto getting exactly what he wanted–and he wanted Hester!Convinced that the redheaded, badly dressed waif was a poorr…

A Lady's DeceptionWhen the Earl of Carlyle suddenly decides to leave London to become better acquainted with the young daughter he barely knows, Miss Antonia Hadley's plans go awry. Believing the…

A novel of the American West narrates the story of a dying man's attempts to make peace with his daughter, their struggle to rescue his granddaughter from renegades and slave traders, and his lif…

The first in-depth, authoritative discussion of the role of the press in China and the way the Chinese government uses the media to shape public opinion China's 1.3 billion population may make th…

An intensely moving account of George III’s doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.George III came to the t…

The second volume of the crusades trilogy from bestelling Swedish author Jan Guillou.THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR follows Arn's adventures in the Holy Land, where he discovers that the infidel Saracens are…

Сборник содержит рассказы авторов о геологии, различных происшествиях, о охотничьих и рыболовных историях, о воспоминаниях, фронтовые и исторические случаи. Внимание! Книга содержит нецензурную л…

In 1987 Michael Harrold went to North Korea to work as English language adviser on translations of the speeches of the late President Kim Il Sung (the Great Leader) and his son and heir Kim Jong …

This is a unique, eye-witness account of everyday life right at the heart of the Nazi extermination machine. Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Gr…

The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have atte…

The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and n…

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has o…

Россия за свою историю не один раз проходила через радикальные изменения социального, экономического, политического устройства. От таких потрясений никому не легко. Боль испытывает и государство,…

Очерки из жизни губернского города Смоленска на основе документов фонда смоленской городской управы конца 19 начала 20 века.

Здравствуйте, мой уважаемый читатель! В этой книге, основываясь на архивных данных, расскажу о том, как геройски сражались с гитлеровцами дивизии РККА в первый год Великой Отечественной войны. Ум…

Роман чеченского писателя и переводчика Усмана Юсупова «Обреченный на одиночество» во многом необычное произведение. Невозможно определить его жанровую принадлежность. Это исторический роман, но …

Восстание Спартака потерпело крах. Юлий Цезарь и Марк Брут возвращаются из римских колоний в Испании, чтобы бросить вызов могущественным сенаторам и стать консулами Рима. Но имперские воззрения Ц…