Историческая литература
Различные книги в жанре Историческая литератураSeduction & Scandal
HE COULD SAVE HER…With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down, Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage – even if it is passionless. She saves her deepest desires for her novel, wherein a handsome lord with dark powers seduces her.But then her courtship with an appropriate suitor is threatened by the attentions of the reclusive Earl of Black… whose blue eyes and brooding sensuality are exactly as described in her book. Isabella tries to resist the mysterious Earl of Black.Yet he pursues her, with inexplicable knowledge of her past and kisses that consume her. If only the earl could tell Isabella the truth. With very real, and treacherous, thieves endangering her life, Black needs to protect Isabella from the people she trusts the most…
Outrageous Confessions of Lady Deborah
JUST WHO IS LADY DEBORAH?I am the Dowager Countess of Kinsail, and I have enough secrets to scandalise you for life. I will never reveal the truth of my soul-destroying marriage – some things are too dark to be told. But at least no one can guess that I, a famously icy-hearted widow, am also the authoress of the shamelessly voluptuous romances currently shocking the ton…!Only now I have a new secret identity, one that I will risk my life to keep – accomplice to Elliot Marchmont, gentleman, ex-soldier and notorious London thief. This adventurer’s expert touch ignites in me a passion so intoxicating that surviving our blistering affair unscathed will be near impossible…
The Earl's Countess Of Convenience
A countess in name only……tempted by a night with her husband!Part of Penniless Brides of Convenience: Eloise Brannagh has witnessed first-hand the damage unruly passion can cause. Yet she craves freedom, so a convenient marriage to the Earl of Fearnoch seems the perfect solution! Except Alexander Sinclair is more handsome, more intriguing, more everything, than Eloise anticipated. Having set her own rules for their marriage, her irresistible husband might just tempt Eloise to break them!
Salvation in the Rancher's Arms
‘He had more the edge of an outlaw than a shining knight…’Rachel Sutter’s world is turned upside down when Caleb Beckett rides into Salvation Falls. He brings news of a poker game gone disastrously wrong – not only has her wastrel husband been killed, he’s also gambled away Rachel’s home!Suddenly Rachel is left with nothing but an unpaid debt, and Caleb is holding all the cards – not to mention the deed to her land! There’s something about the enigmatic drifter that she is instinctively drawn to, but how can she begin to trust him when so much of his past is shrouded in mystery?
The Disgraceful Mr Ravenhurst
We hear the notorious Mr R– while searching for a stolen artefact, has had his attention caught by the unlikeliest of treasures… Stumbling upon his dowdy cousin Elinor on the Continent, Theo Ravenhurst hardly believes his luck. His dangerous lifestyle appears to have finally caught up with him, and her family connections could be put to excellent use…Theo is convinced Elinor’s drab exterior disguises a fiery, passionate nature. He gives her the adventure she’s been yearning for – and along the way discovers his new-found accomplice has talents beyond his wildest imagination…Those Scandalous Ravenhursts
Partisans
In wartime, people are either friends or enemies. In wartime, friends are friends and enemies die…PARTISANS While Tito’s rebel forces resist occupation, the Germans infiltrate and plan their destruction.PARTISANS Three Yugoslavs set out from Rome to relay the German battle plan – but their loyalties lie elsewhere.PARTISANS A dangerous journey with dangerous companions –where no one is who they seem –where the three find intrigue and betrayal around every corner…
Veneficus El Embaucador
“Una original novela histórica que afronta con maestría, lingüística y estilística, las intrincadas vicisitudes de la Corte francesa. Con extrema credibilidad cobran vida las dinámicas de palacio sin que nada sea omitido u otorgado a la casualidad. Una escritura coherente y adaptada al contexto de la narración acompaña al lector, de manera apasionante y nunca aburrida, gracias al dinamismo y al ritmo apremiante conferidos por los diálogos, en un placentero recorrido de experiencias. Intrigas, juegos de poder, mentiras, revelaciones, envidias, pasión e inteligencia son la flor del ojal de una obra digna de mención” Francesca Tuccio, IX Edizione Premio Letterario Internazionale Gaetano Cingari. Veneficus es una novela de ambiente histórico: sigue las vivencias del joven conde Mathis Armançon, que se entrecruzan con las de Cagliostro. Mathis es un galán de la rica e influyente duquesa Flavviene du Beaufortain, que dispone de él como le parece: ya sea desde el punto de vista sexual, aspecto en la que es secundada con gusto por el joven, ya sea desde el táctico y social. Manda a Matrhis en su lugar en ocasiones muy delicadas y con acompañantes muy particulares, y en este caso el conde obedece a disgusto. Los acontecimientos afectan a la figura importante y ambigua del conde Cagliostro: alquimista y siniestro embaucador, intenta engatusar a los nobles y ricos con sus pociones y las pantomimas masónicas para poderse enriquecer y obtener poder. Cagliostro es huésped del cardenal Rohan y esto molesta al Papa Pio VI que le manda una espía, una mujer noble, culta e inteligente, sagaz y contraria al mago. Los acontecimientos que entrecruzarán los caminos de Cagliostro y Mathis decretarán la caída en desgracia del segundo que, a causa de su insubordinación a la duquesa y al sórdido tío Nicolás, arriesgará la vida, será deshonrado y proscrito.
Yellow Peril: Aquela Horrível Cara Amarela
Dois eventos trágicos, o massacre de Los Angeles em 1871 e o tráfico das pequenas escravas, que resumem a difícil relação entre os Estados Unidos e a China nos anos entre 1820 e 1945. Um livro de críticas espirituosas e inteligentes que expõe verdades ocultas com um estilo simples e eficaz.
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The devastating attack claims the lives of over 2,400 American soldiers, sinks or damages 18 ships and destroys nearly 350 aircraft. The US Congress declares war on Japan the following day. <br /><br />In this vivid and lively book, Takuma Melber breathes new life into the dramatic events that unfolded before, during and after Pearl Harbor by putting the perspective of the Japanese attackers at the centre of his account. This is the dimension commonly missing in most other histories of Pearl Harbor, and it gives Melber the opportunity to provide a fuller, more definitive and authoritative account of the battle, its background and its consequences. Melber sheds new light on the long negotiations that went on between the Japanese and Americans in 1941, and the confusion and argument among the Japanese political and military elite. He shows how US intelligence and military leaders in Washington failed to interpret correctly the information they had and to draw the necessary conclusions about the Japanese war intentions in advance of the attack. His account of the battle itself is informed by the latest research and benefits from including the planning and post-raid assessment by the Japanese commanders. His account also covers the second raid in March 1942 by two long-range seaplanes which was intended to destroy the shipyards so that ships damaged in the initial attack could not be repaired. <br /><br />This balanced and thoroughly researched book deepens our understanding of the battle that precipitated America’s entry into the war and it will appeal to anyone interested in World War II and military history.
Comrade Kerensky
As one of the heroes of the 1917 February Revolution and then Prime Minister at the head of the Provisional Government, Alexander Kerensky was passionately, even fanatically, lauded as a leader during his brief political reign. Symbolic artefacts – sculptures, badges and medals – featuring his likeness abounded. Streets were renamed after him, his speeches were quoted on gravestones and literary odes dedicated to him proliferated in the major press. But, by October, Kerensky had been unceremoniously dethroned in the Bolshevik takeover and had fled to Paris and then to the US, where he would remain exiled and removed from his former glory until his death. The breakneck trajectory of his rise and fall and the intensity of his popularity were not merely a symptom of the chaos of those times but offer a window onto a much broader historical phenomenon which did not just begin with Lenin and Stalin – the cult of the leader. <br /><br />In this major new study of the Russian leadership cult, Boris Kolonitskii uses the figure of Kerensky to show how popular engagement with the idea of the leader became a key component of a cultural re-imagining of the political landscape after the fall of the monarchy. A parallel revolution was taking place on the level of creating a resonant political vocabulary where one had not existed before, and it was in the shared exercise of bestowing and dissolving authority that a politicised way of seeing began to emerge. Kolonitskii plots the unfurling of this symbolic revolution by examining the tapestry of images woven by Kerensky and those around him, and, in so doing, exposes his vital role in the development of nascent Soviet political culture. <br /><br />This highly original portrait of a revolutionary sheds new light on the cult of Kerensky that developed around this charismatic leader during the months following the overthrow of the tsar. It will be of value to students and scholars of Russian history and to those interested in political culture.