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"History is just one damned thing after another" - Arnold Toynbee Just One Damned Thing After Another - Book One in The Chronicles of St Mary's A madcap new slant on history that seems to be everyone's cup of tea... Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical...

At the peak of Rome's might a dragon is born among eagles, an heir to a line both blessed and cursed by the Gods for ages. It is the year A.D. 208, and Emperor Septimius Severus’ legions are set to invade Caledonia in an effort to subdue the rebellious tribes north of Hadrian’s Wall once...

DRAGON AWARD NOMINATED SERIES. Both previous entries in the Witchy War series, Witchy Eye and Witchy Winter, were nominated for best alternate history novel at the Dragon Awards. SEASON OF THE WITCH An encounter with her father’s goddess has not turned out to be the end for Sarah Elytharias...

John Buchan is one of the finest writers of historical romances, novels packed with beautifully described landscapes and rich powerful characters.

*** Bronze Medal (Cultural Fiction), 2015 Readers' Favorite Book Award ** *** Honorable Mention (General Fiction), 2015 Eric Hoffer Literary Award ** *** Honorable Mention (Fiction), Writer's Digest 22nd Annual Book Awards (2014) ** *** Gold Medal Winner (Historical Literature...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: These guide-books will deal more particularly with the Great Towns where objects of art and antiquity are numerous. In every one of them, the general plan pursued will be some what as follows. First will...

Bonaparte’s troops are pushed to their limit in this thrilling historical adventure. 1806: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armeé is poised for war. But this is no ordinary mission. Having crushed the forces of Austria and Russia the year before, Bonaparte now seeks to avenge the French Army’s annihilation...

A history like no other. An eccentric, exotic parody of history. A compilation of odd bits of factual and fictional history. Nowhere else can be found such a wealth ofmisinformation, regarding both the famous and the previously unknown including:Dimaryp, the builder of inverted pyramids, Kahfre the...

The Texas State Historical Association is pleased to offer a reprint edition of Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas, Gregg Cantrell’s path-breaking biography of the founder of Anglo Texas. Cantrell’s portrait goes beyond the traditional interpretation of Austin as the man who spearheaded American...

The first biography to appear in more than a generation on the most influential Tejano leader of the nineteenth century, José Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth-Century Texas fills one of the most glaring gaps in the current historical literature on Texas. The product...

"Most archaeologists, including myself, rarely have the time or the inclination to read historical novels, particularly those whose themes are archaeology. There are so many errors in the research or the stories are so unrealistic that it is difficult to truly enjoy reading.  But The Coffins...

Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. Scott was the first modern English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime,[with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many...

A dark historical fantasy short story. A Japanese picture bride in San Francisco finally finds peace at an internment camp on Angel Island.

It was risky to change. Leaving a small village where family had lived for a century or more took courage. From Devon to Northumbria, from Montgomeryshire to Sussex, families in Britain struggled. They owned little and expected little, but they hoped for more than subsistence in the future. Meet the...