By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War

By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War

G. A. Henty

Children's / Historical Fiction

G.A. Henty was a well-known prolific author of historical adventure novels. Henty\'s books are also known for being historically accurate, making them both entertaining and educational for all readers. By Sheer Pluck is a historical novel that centers around the adventures of a young English student who travels to Africa with a famous naturalist.
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Robbie and Taron

Robbie and Taron

Abagail Eldan

Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance

The path down to the river may sweep her away ... to love or disaster, perhaps both.When Robeta Rutherford leads the horses to a nearby river, a mysterious cowboy appears. Is he there to help her family or to derail her plans forever?Robbie studies all of her life to become a doctor. To establish a medical practice, she travels west with her parents until illness and inclement weather force them to a stop.Robbie must survive the challenges or her plans for the future will be dashed forever. When she walks down to the river, the mysterious cowboy changes her life ... in ways she never could have guessed.*Clean, wholesome, western historical romance.* Part western, part whodunit, part romance wrapped up in a complete story. A refreshing take on the genre. Get your copy today!
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Yuletide Miracle

Yuletide Miracle

Robert Appleton

Science Fiction / Steampunk / Historical Fiction

On Christmas Eve, an old fugitive soldier with a clockwork leg saves the life of a troubled young schoolboy. They strike up an unexpected friendship. But when danger descends on the Steam Emporium, they must enlist the help of unlikely protectors--a ragtag group of wounded veterans--and find their own extraordinary courage. A night of miracles is about to begin.A Steam Clock Legacy novella.By day, London’s Steam Emporium is a bustling Christmas market, an all-ages toyshop full of technological marvels. By night, its volunteers assemble—a ragtag community of wounded servicemen and women—under the tallest Christmas tree in England. They are the empire’s forgotten heroes, fallen on hard times.But this year they have an exciting addition: old Red Mulqueen, newly arrived from abroad, has fighting spirit and the most extraordinary clockwork leg. He is here on a mysterious mission, and is wanted by the Leviacrum, Britain’s tyrannical authority. Red’s plans take a turn, however, when he saves the life of a troubled young schoolboy, Edmond Reardon, and becomes the object of the lad’s incorrigible curiosity. They strike up an unexpected friendship. But when danger descends on the Emporium, Red, Edmond and their veteran friends must band together to fight for what matters most during Christmas—each other.
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Cohesion Lost

Cohesion Lost

Justin Tyme

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Short Stories

Avar-Tek #3: For Alexander Sevik, providing for his family is hard enough without losing grip on reality. His dreams are real. When he wakes, he sometimes forgets who he is. His hands tingle for no reason, and the strange man who is following him talks about aliens. When he discovers the key to his dreams, he uncovers a national threat. And he has to choose between his own sanity or saving lives.Avar-Tek #3: For Alexander Sevik, providing for his family is hard enough without losing grip on reality. His dreams are real. One night, he lives the entire life of a deckhand on a Spanish galleon. The next night, it’s life as an ancient Roman senator. Next, he is a cyborg on a space cruiser. When he wakes, he sometimes forgets who he is. His hands tingle for no reason, and the strange man who is following him talks about aliens. When he discovers the key to his dreams, he uncovers a national threat. And he has to choose between his own sanity or saving lives.Cohesion Lost is a is a long short story at 14,000 words. It is the third short story in the Avar-Tek Series.
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Angel in the Shadows, Book 1 by Lisa Grace (Angel Series)

Angel in the Shadows, Book 1 by Lisa Grace (Angel Series)

Lisa Grace

Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers

Optioned and in development for a major movie through Motion Picture Pro Studios.Angel in the Shadows, Book 1 Fifteen-year-old Megan Laughlin has a gift; or what seems like a curse at times. Megan sees angels and demons.Megan knows her destiny is to protect her friends against dark angels who try to sway them into situations that can destroy their souls, their lives, and their eternity.The difference between vampires and angels? Angels are real.Books 1 and 2 are optioned and in development for a major movie through Motion Picture Pro Studios, which has been involved with five academy award winning movies.Fifteen-year-old Megan Laughlin has a gift--or what seems like a curse at times. Megan sees angels and demons.Megan knows her destiny is to protect her friends against dark angels who try to sway them into situations that can destroy their lives, their souls, and their eternity.At school, she recognizes Judas, an über popular boy, as an evil angel hell-bent on destroying her and everyone she loves. As Judas spreads horrible rumors and overdoses two of her classmates at a rave, Megan realizes the enormity of his power. While classmates die, Megan, with the help of an angel, Johnny, and a team of friends will face the fight of their lives as they battle Judas.Megan thinks God hasn't given her any "special" powers, but discovers she has what she needs as she confronts Judas and his seemingly unconquerable power."Ms. Grace rocks the originality!" werevampsromance.org"Lisa Grace creates a supernatural world, where the heroine is 100 percent human - a brilliant alternative to the vampire novels. If this is her first novel - I can't wait to see what else she has in store for readers. A page-turner from start to finish." -Alexis Del Cid, CBS NEWS, KOIN-TV, Portland, Oregon"Lisa Grace is a talented and exciting author. Suspense drips off each page. I look forward to her next work." -Gretchen Hegelson, Book Reviewer, Phoenix, Arizona
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Munich Signature

Munich Signature

Bodie Thoene

Literature & Fiction / Historical Fiction

Opening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of Hitler's Third Reich. A new study guide is included in each book.
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Something New

Something New

Rebecca Connolly

Romance / Historical Fiction

Harrison, Lord Basset, wants a simple, polite marriage of convenience. Nothing emotional or dramatic, nothing that will give him any cause for concern or strife. Arranging a match with the beautiful Miss Adelaide Dyer fits his needs perfectly, and all seems rather straightforward. Until he meets her.Adelaide has no say in this marriage her father agreed to, but that does not mean she must submit quietly. Lord Basset might be strikingly handsome, but if he thinks to have a calm, biddable wife, he is mistaken. And as for living an uncomplicated married life in the wiles of Cornwall... Well, she would see about that.
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Winged Victory

Winged Victory

Barbara Cartland

Romance / Contemporary / Historical Fiction

While her beloved parents were alive, the beautiful young Cledra Melford had basked in the radiance of their love, barely noticing that they were poor and had to scrape by. To make ends meet.But, since they were tragically killed in an accident and she came to live with her hateful and bitter uncle, Sir Walter Melford, she has been cruelly abused and ill-treated. His violent beatings the lovely Cledra can almost bear, but when he decides to sell her adored horse, Star, to a man known for his cruelty, it is the last straw for her.So Cledra appears at the door of the dashing Earl of Poynton, who is famed among the sporting fraternity for his pedigree stable and in the Social world for his many affaires de Coeur with fashionable ladies.Cledra begs him to secretly buy Star from her to ensure that her stallion will be safe and well cared for and he insists on renaming him 'Winged Victory' and then the Earl agrees. Soon, when Sir Walter attempts to wreak violent revenge on his niece,...
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Warrior's Secret (The Pict Wars Book 2)

Warrior's Secret (The Pict Wars Book 2)

Jayne Castel

Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy

Some secrets will break your heart. Friends to lovers and unrequited love set in Ancient Scotland.Ailene is the bandrui—seer—of The Eagle tribe. With her role comes much responsibility. She lives a solitary existence and prefers it that way. Ailene doesn’t realize that her best friend Muin is in love with her.  Muin is The Eagle chieftain's son. He's loved Ailene since they were children yet has never gotten up the courage to tell her. But with their island under siege from marauders from the mainland he's running out of time. It’s only when Ailene dreams of Muin's death that she starts to see her best friend in a different light … only has her change of heart come too late? 
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Backdrop to Murder

Backdrop to Murder

Persia Walker

Mystery & Thrillers / Literature & Fiction / Historical Fiction

For 1920's society reporter Lanie Price, the photographer found shot through the eye in the back of his studio isn't just another story. It's personal.On a dank night in September, Lanie is called to the scene of a grisly double murder. The victims: a popular photographer and a Cotton Club beauty. The suspect: the dead man's jealous wife. Found weeping over his body, her wails of grief and regret condemn her on the spot. The cops say the wife did it and an outraged community believes it. Can Lanie Stop an innocent woman from getting a date with the electric chair — or is this innocent woman not so innocent after all? Set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance, Backdrop to Murder is the latest book in the Lanie Price mystery series. If you like suspense, then you'll love this 1920's noir mystery. Pick up Backdrop to Murder to discover this exciting series today.
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Hollywood

Hollywood

Gore Vidal

Biography / Fiction / Historical Fiction

Hollywood marks the fifth episode in Gore Vidal's "Narratives of Empire," his celebrated series of six historical novels that form his extended biography of the United States.         It is 1917, and President Woodrow Wilson is about to lead the country into the Great War in Europe. In California, a new industry is born that will irreversibly transform America. Caroline Sanford, the alluring heroine of Empire, discovers the power of moving pictures to manipulate reality as she vaults to screen stardom under the name of Emma Traxler. Just as Caroline must balance her two lives--West Coast movie star and East Coast newspaper publisher and senator's mistress--so too must America balance its two power centers: Hollywood and Washington.                         Here is history as only Gore Vidal can re-create it: brimming with intrigue and scandal, peopled by the greats of the silver screen and American politics.         "Hollywood shimmers with the illusion of politics and the politics of illusion," wrote the Chicago Sun-Times. "A wonderfully literate and consistently impressive work of fiction that clearly belongs on a shelf with Vidal's best," said The New York Times Book Review.         With a new Introduction by the author. From the Hardcover edition.
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The Grass Crown

The Grass Crown

Colleen McCullough

Historical Fiction / Romance / Memoir

In this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul an unprecedented six times, has fallen into decline. Sulla, his closest associate, has withdrawn himself from his commander's circle in preparation for his own bid for power. As a deadly enmity develops between the two men, Rome must fight its own battle for survival - first against her neighbouring Italian states, then against the barbaric Asian conqueror. Births, deaths, prophecies and rivalries combine to create a whirlwind of drama, and a remarkable insight into the passion and torment of ancient Rome.
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