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XII век. Сирота Мартин воспитывался в приюте суровых крестоносцев, пока его не принял в семью священник Ашер. С первого взгляда юноша полюбил его дочь, нежную Руфь. Однако, чтобы назвать ее женой, ему нужно выполнить смертельно опасное задание Ашера — спасти его родных из осажденной Акры. А для этого — соблазнить сестру маршала ордена тамплиеров — прекрасную Джоанну. Мартин готов на все ради Руфь, но он не предполагал, что Джоанна так красива и умна...

Древняя Русь. Х век. Удачу и славу в походе предсказывает князю Игорю чародейка Малфрида. Ее неодолимого влияния на князя опасаются и бояре, и даже сама светлейшая княгиня Ольга. Люди князя ропщут, недовольные, что их правитель во всем слушается странную чародейку Малфриду, требуют ее изгнания. Но только одна Малфрида знает, остаться ли ей подле князя или оставить его, для того, чтобы не потерять своих сил и совершить чародейство, к какому взывает ее кровь ведьмы....

The story of a boy who grew up in a wealthy farming family, not avoiding hardships and always ready to lend a helping hand. The story of a love that didn’t happen, but rather happened, between the main character or Antonia, turns out to be more than growing up, more than just about the history of one country. This is a story about a change of mind.

The protagonist narrator serves as a common thread for stories that also feature humor. A young scientist travels the world in the footsteps of mysterious animals. This is an ironic and fantastic adventure of a self-confident biologist.

The main character landed in New York that very morning. At that moment, he was standing in the bar of the Astor Hotel, sober enough not to tell the bartenders everything he knew, and drunk enough to talk too much in a place where the enemy is always listening.

This fantasy novel would make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf and is highly recommended for fans and collectors of seminal works. A fantastic satire about the Art Nouveau poet and his eight daughters, who grew up in the countryside and in „nature”.

Set in the eighteenth century, the novel is a retelling of the story of real-life criminal turned tragic anti-hero Jack Sheppard. The sensational melodrama tells about the life of the eponymous anti-hero.

Lorraine is a story about a young woman and her country. Lorraine comes of age during the dramatic war years in France. Its growth, conflicts and possible renewal are reflected in the country’s struggle for its independence against Germany.

Lucy Gayheart is well known in her small Nebraska town for her great looks, energy and piano playing. Everyone assumes that she will marry the son of banker Harry Gordon, including Harry, but at 18 she goes to Chicago to study piano and ends up making money accompanying the famous international vocalist when he spends time in Chicago. Her life, other people’s lives and people’s expectations changed forever.

This book is about an actress and her growing up in a country full of secrets and strange people. Duff Lindsay faces a strange situation when he falls in love with Laura Filbert.

Guy Fawkes, a prominent figure in the history of England, was one of the leaders in the Gunpowder Plot, whose goal was to overthrow King James I, the Protestant king of England. The plan failed, and Fox and his accomplices were executed in front of the public.

Another romantic family adventure thriller by Robert W. Chambers about a young man who comes to an island with a gun he owns to hunt waterfowl. He meets the man who runs the club and falls in love. Everything is going well until he meets his daughter’s father.

The novel clearly includes a huge amount of historical research. And then there is the geography associated with it – Charles always stops in the middle of his flight to admire this or that beautiful prospect. The author also gives us the latest news about what happened to all these places. The author uses Boscobel as a guide to follow Charles’ steps.

Cardigan Novels is a conditional cycle that combines historical novels by Robert Chambers that tell about the period of the American Revolutionary War. The novels do not have a connected plot, but the same fictional and historical characters appear in the course of each: Sir William Johnson, Walter Butler, Jack Mount, etc.

The novel tells about the life of a French missionary in the southwestern United States. In the center of the novel are two Frenchmen, Bishop Jean Latour and Father Joseph Veillant, who left Europe and devoted their entire adult lives to creating a new Catholic parish in Santa Fe after the Mexican War.

This story begins with the termination of the protagonist’s engagement to his daughter-in-law. narrator with a fiancee who does not approve of the change. The protagonist decides to travel to Europe, to Italy and France. Travel provides an opportunity for witty observation of people and places, and by the end, romance has re-entered the storyteller’s life.

This novel is for lovers of romance novels. The author describes how a man meets a woman and their relationship develops. This romance will put you in a good mood as the love line will place you in pleasant memories.

This book is one of the most popular novels by Robert William Chambers and has been translated into several other languages around the world. No history of the 3rd Zouave or 8th Lancers has ever been written except in this narrative; and historians and veterans alike would look in vain for any record of these two regiments–regiments that could have been, but never were.

Bartley Alexander is a civil engineer and world famous bridge builder. He is going through a midlife crisis. While married to Winifred, Bartley rekindles a relationship with Hilda Burgoyne from London. This connection torments the moral principles of Bartley.

Mamie Vick from Chicago, USA travels alone to London to do some sightseeing, with the full approval of her family. Mamie does all the typical American tourist stuff; she visits Madame Tussauds, London Zoo, Epsom Derby, boat races in Oxford. The protagonist is full of little unexpected insights and surprises.

The action of the story takes place in the summer capital of the British Raj, is a narrative. The author questions the concepts of taste, distinction and pretension in a colonial context. The book keeps you in suspense until the very end.

Although it is a work of fiction and the story, dialogue and structure are perfect, the historical facts and perspective are very reliable as the author was a university professor specializing in this period. You will see how the pagan religions of that time influenced men and women. This book will appeal to fans of historical novels about the Roman Empire.

This novel is dedicated to the generation of builders of the first railway in the West. This subtle powerful novel and very touching. Beautifully written in sharp, stingy language that enhances the meaning of the simplest gesture and the slightest statement.

The regiment, as usual, lacked officers, and John had to hold daytime parades three times a week. This story is about a poor guy who tried to do everything to get out of poverty. This story keeps everyone to the end.