Невинное дитя, попавшее в руки тирана. Целомудренная дева, прозванная блудницей. Дочь великого князя всея Руси – Евпраксия. Ее путь начался с бегства, а любовь – с трагедии. Тринадцатилетней девочкой ее отдали замуж за деспота, который нещадно издевался над ней, а тот, кого она любила, безвременно погиб. Ненавидимая родственниками мужа, она была заточена в башне. Когда же Евпраксии удалось сбежать, она неожиданно оказалась в руках императора Ген ...
Tracing the historic arc of Abraham Lincoln's life from his picaresque days as a gangly young man in Sangamon County, Illinois, through his improbable marriage to Kentucky belle Mary Todd, to his 1865 visit to war-shattered Richmond only days before his assassination, I Am Abraham hews to the familiar Lincoln saga, seamlessly braiding Lincoln family members and military figures with a parade of fictional extras – wise-cracking knaves, conni ...
This riveting conclusion of Grace Winslow's fight for freedom carries her from England to America's Deep South. After learning that her husband, Cabeto, is on a South Carolina plantation, Grace dons a sailor's disguise and boards the only ship headed for America-a detestable slave ship. When her secret is discovered, Grace is locked up in the hold. In South Carolina, Grace is bought immediately, but soon sold to a man who is not a ...
Tis the season when lovers' eyes shine by the light of a blazing Yule log, when a quick kiss is shared beneath the mistletoe, and when love is the most splendid gift of all. Savor the beauty and passion of Christmas with two heartwarming stories by outstanding Regency author Elizabeth Mansfield. From A Sneeze on Tuesday: A broken engagement and a miserable cold were not in Elinor's holiday plans. But her spirited heart found its own re ...
Es war eine gemutliche und liebe Zeit in Munchen, die gute alte Zeit. Das Bier ist noch aus dem Fass gekommen und die Leute waren auch noch nicht so hektisch wie heutzutage. Haben noch ihre Nachbarn gekannt und auch noch die Zeit fur einen Tratsch miteinander gehabt. Es war halt vieles noch in Ordnung, damals in der guten alten Zeit in Munchen. Und davon handeln die kleinen, amusanten Geschichten von Julius Kreis ...
Продолжение книги «Как Гитлер украл розового кролика».
1940 год, Великобритания. Анна – пятнадцатилетняя девушка, в которой никто не узнал бы немецкую беженку, а ее брат Макс – один из лучших студентов Кембриджа. Семья Анны избежала смертельной опасности во Франции, но война настигает их и в Лондоне. Бомбежки, страх, ночные кошмары, а вдобавок – эмигрантская бедность, неустроенность и неожиданное притеснение со стороны английских властей. Все, ...
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was the daughter of famous transcendentalist, Bronson Alcott, but achieved notoriety herself as a writer of novels, letters and short stories. Growing up under the influence of such minds as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, Alcott took an early interest in writing, completing her first book in 1849. When she turned thirty, the Civil War was in full swing, and she left for Georgetown to serve as a nurse a ...
Little is definitively known of the life and schooling of Geoffrey of Monmouth, but his extraordinary literary works have survived centuries as a testament to his legacy. Around the time of Geoffrey's life, the written Arthurian legends were mostly fragmentary and often incoherent. He therefore took on the task of creating the first full biographies of King Arthur and Merlin, which from that point on remained the quintessential source for a ...
You don't have to be a history lover to enjoy Bernal Diaz del Castillo's first-person narrative «The Conquest of New Spain.» His personal tale about being a conquistador during the fall of the Aztec empire is filled with beautiful imagery, frightful battles, and unspoken orders that occurred during the 1500's. The account also describes the Aztec culture with profound detail and insight; Castillo was amazed at the wonders of the A ...
