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*** This novel received a Bronze Award in the 2018 Global eBooks Awards Competition. Doctor Margaret in Delhi is Book 2 of The Azadi Series and a sequel to, Book 1: Doctor Margaret's Sea Chest. This historical fiction novel continues with Margaret's journey from the time she and her Canadian...

Fans of Aaron Mahnke's "Lore" will be thrilled to read this top bestselling historical-fantasy novel that blurs the line between folklore and reality. Ninety years before the Brothers Grimm penned their version of "Little Red Riding Hood," an historic, gruesome series of...

Zadig or The Book of Fate is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. Disillusioned with women, Zadig turns to science but his knowledge lands him in prison. Upon his release from...

Catalina Flores de la Peña's tongue got her in more trouble than any other part of her body, even though there were far more likely candidates. But when a storm rolls into her sleepy port town, she finds herself embroiled with a gang of adventurers, mercenaries, and prostitutes on a journey to free...

Nicholas Karamzin (1766–1826) was a remarkably active thinker and writer during a time that was trying to all Europeans. A first-hand witness to the French Revolution, Napoleonic suzerainty over Europe, the burning of Moscow, and the Decembrist revolt in St. Petersburg, he presented in his voluminous...

Midnight Honor is the much acclaimed historical romance based in Scotland during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. It tells the story of Colonel Anne Moy who called out the clan for Prince Charles Stuart even as her husband, the Chief of Clan Chattan, was serving as an officer in the Hanover army. Many...

A Union spy is pulled out of retirement to find a killer in this “action-packed” historical mystery (Publishers Weekly). It’s 1862, and as far as Harrison Raines is concerned, the Civil War is finished. Since the First Battle of Bull Run, he has served the Union Army as a spy, crisscrossing...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace chronicles the lives of five Russian aristocratic families during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Many considered this book to be the best Russian work of literature...

Editorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyCalifornia joined the Union in 1850; just in time for the state's sesquicentennial comes this big, ambitious and well-researched debut, the first in a planned historical trilogy from Santa Ynez valley lawyer Alef. In 1829, a light-skinned daughter is born to...

Lily’s Story tells the tale of a remarkable pioneer woman, born in the backwoods of Lambton County, Ontario in 1840. Lily’s struggle to survive and grow and discover her place in the scheme of things is complicated not only by the ordinary travail of frontier living, but by the impact of historical...

“We felt like another one of the characters,”- Un Lector Indiscreto (Blog). “I want more, please, you can’t finish now,” -Libros en el Petate (Blog). “Full of intrigue and suspense,” -Books and Companies (Blog). “It holds your interest from the first page to the last,...

The Abbot (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. A sequel to The Monastery, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary, Queen of Scots. The story follows the fortunes of certain characters Scott introduced in The Monastery, but it also introduces...

'The Prisoner' recounts the Life of the Apostle Paul, in a fresh and very different way. Paul's life story is shared through various conversations he has with visitors as they come to see him in his prison in Rome. This historical fiction is set late in Paul's life - mostly during his "first"...

New York Times bestselling author Julia London has thrilled readers of historical romance for more than a decade. Now, together for the first time as an ebook bundle, here are the novels that launched her captivating career. THE DEVIL’S LOVE Abigail Carrington sails to England to marry the...