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A Dance with Fate

A young woman who is both a bard—and a warrior—seeks to repay her debts and settle scores in this thrilling historical fantasy series.The young warrior and bard Liobhan has lost her brother to the Otherworld. Even more determined to gain a place as an elite fighter, she returns to Swan Island to continue her training. But Liobhan is devastated when her comrade Dau is injured and loses his sight in their final display bout. Blamed by Dau's family for the accident, she agrees to go to Dau's home as a bond servant for the span of one year. There, she soon learns that Oakhill is a place of dark secrets. The vicious Crow Folk still threaten both worlds. And Dau, battling the demon of despair, is not an easy man to help.When Liobhan and Dau start to expose the rot at the center of Oakhill, they place themselves in deadly danger. For their enemy wields great power and will stop at nothing to get his way. It will take all the skills of a Swan Island warrior...
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The Golden Mole

'A rare and magical book. I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson'A total miracle.' Max Porter'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's wondrous creatures.' Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped.' Sunday Times** SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR **The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings.In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth's most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That's far enough to get to the moon and back twice over - and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip, a Greenland...
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Runnymede and Lincoln Fair: A Story of the Great Charter

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Runnymede And Lincoln Fair: A Story Of The Great Charter; Everyman\'s Library<author> John George Edgar<publisher> J.M. Dent, 1908<subjects> Great Britain --This text refers to the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 170</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//john-g-edgar.freenovelread.com">John G. Edgar</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/1707051555/3749_hurricane_island_preview.jpg" href="//h-b-marriott-watson.freenovelread.com/3749-hurricane_island" title="Hurricane Island">Hurricane Island</a></h3><b>This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 170</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//h-b-marriott-watson.freenovelread.com">H. B. Marriott Watson</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/katherine-rundell/why_you_should_read_childrens_books_even_though_you_are_so_old_and_wise_preview.jpg" href="//katherine-rundell.freenovelread.com/495024-why_you_should_read_childrens_books_even_though_you_are_so_old_and_wise" title="Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise">Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise</a></h3><b>'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' ObserverKatherine Rundell – Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children – explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 170</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//katherine-rundell.freenovelread.com">Katherine Rundell</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/1707052152/8146_peregrines_progress_preview.jpg" href="//jeffery-farnol.freenovelread.com/8146-peregrines_progress" title="Peregrine's Progress">Peregrine's Progress</a></h3><b>"Nineteen to-day, is he!" said my uncle Jervas, viewing me languidly through his quizzing-glass. "How confoundedly the years flit! Nineteen—and on me soul, our poor youth looks as if he hadn\'t a single gentlemanly vice to bless himself with!" "Not one, Jervas, my boy," quoth my uncle George, shaking his comely head at me. "Not one, begad, and that\'s the dooce of it! It seems he don\'t swear, he don\'t drink, he don\'t gamble, he don\'t make love, he don\'t even—" "Don\'t, George," exclaimed my aunt Julia in her sternest tone, her handsome face flushed, her stately back very rigid. "Don\'t what, Julia?"</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 170</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//jeffery-farnol.freenovelread.com">Jeffery Farnol</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/joanna-shupe/the_devil_of_downtown_preview.jpg" href="//joanna-shupe.freenovelread.com/552914-the_devil_of_downtown" title="The Devil of Downtown">The Devil of Downtown</a></h3><b>"Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!"—Sarah MacLeanThe final novel in Joanna Shupe's critically acclaimed Uptown Girl series about a beauitful do-gooder who must decide if she can team up with one of New York's brashest criminals without losing something irreplaceable: her heart.Manhattan kingpin. Brilliant mastermind. Gentleman gangster. He's built a wall around his heart... Orphaned and abandoned on the Bowery's mean streets, Jack Mulligan survived on strength, cunning, and ambition. Now he rules his territory better than any politician or copper ever could. He didn't get here by being soft. But in uptown do-gooder Justine Greene—the very definition of an iron fist in a velvet glove—Jack may have met his match. She wears hers on her sleeve... Justine is devoted...</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 170</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//joanna-shupe.freenovelread.com">Joanna Shupe</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/reina-torres/a_dance_for_christmas_the_ornamental_match_maker_book_6_preview.jpg" href="//reina-torres.freenovelread.com/459989-a_dance_for_christmas_the_ornamental_match_maker_book_6" title="A Dance For Christmas (The Ornamental Match Maker Book 6)">A Dance For Christmas (The Ornamental Match Maker Book 6)</a></h3><b>Mrs. Claus Is All About Spreading Christmas Cheer–This Year She's Sending Magical Ornaments To All The Lonely Hearts Looking For Love!Sometimes love could use a little push–Mrs. Claus is ready with a little magic for the Holiday Season.For the last ten years, Laura Chun put her heart and soul into becoming a physical therapist and sharing her love of dance with young students. When she receives an ornament and a mysterious message, she chalks it up to a Secret Santa–or in this case Mrs. Claus. It comes at the perfect time. A former student invites her to dance in the Nutcracker with her… & her father.Matthew Benson would do anything for his daughter, Juliet. After they lost her mother years ago to a sudden illness it’s been just the two of them. Now Juliet’s earned the role of her young lifetime in a local ballet company. The only obstacle is that each dancer’s parents are expected to appear on stage. Juliet asks her favorite dance teacher to step in, and soon Matthew understands why his daughter thinks Laura hung the moon. He’s losing his heart to her as well.Spending hours rehearsing together brings Laura and Matthew closer together and soon their onstage family may just become one offstage as well.Will they take the chance and have… A Dance for Christmas? Christmas Miracles Come In Small Packages...</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 170</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//reina-torres.freenovelread.com">Reina Torres</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/1707051756/5364_the_gay_rebellion_preview.jpg" href="//robert-w-chambers.freenovelread.com/5364-the_gay_rebellion" title="The Gay Rebellion">The Gay Rebellion</a></h3><b>Robert W. Chambers was a prolific American author who wrote a number of genres. 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But, before she can leave her home in Chicago she meets the leader of the Son’s of Rebellion, which is one of the most notorious motorcycle gangs in the city. He becomes obsessed with her. He is a volatile man who is used to getting what he wants. His desire for her will both terrify and excite her. However, when she finally finds her true love, will she be able to break free of this wild and powerful man? And will she ever make it safely to California? “A Time of Anarchy” is as exhilarating as a ride on a Harley at midnight. 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Brought to Newport, Rhode Island, from her native Ireland to nurse ailing millionaire Sean O'Riley, she's living a life few can imagine. But money can't hide the tension between O'Riley's trophy wife, his paranoid daughter, the eccentric aunt in the attic and the staff members who run the house. When O'Riley's business partner goes missing, family friend Zach Flynn arrives. Determined to help him solve the case, Caer becomes enmeshed in a mystery that weaves together the sins of the past with one family's destiny…and a spirit that watches the mansion, possessing a deadly gift.</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 169</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//heather-graham.freenovelread.com">Heather Graham</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/andrew-wareham/06_a_soldiers_farewell_man_of_conflict_6_preview.jpg" href="//andrew-wareham.freenovelread.com/481333-06_a_soldiers_farewell_man_of_conflict_6" title="06 A Soldier’s Farewell (Man of Conflict #6)">06 A Soldier’s Farewell (Man of Conflict #6)</a></h3><b> A Soldier’s Farewell… Septimus is sent to Canada in response to murderous raids across the border by uncontrolled American irregulars who are using the War of 1812 as an excuse for banditry. With the prospect of Bonaparte returning to France, he is called back and sent to the Low Countries to command Dutch-Belgic forces whose mission is to secure the coastal routes should the French seek to reconquer their lost territories. Books best read in series order. About the ‘Man of Conflict Series' Youngest son of a wealthy merchant, Septimus Pearce is a spoiled brat, wild and heedless. His recklessness promises to cost the family firm money and harm his father's hopes of social advancement. His father forces him to join the army in an attempt straighten him out. However, even the disciplines of army life fail to completely exorcise his nastier character traits. But his callousness and indifference to suffering sometimes proves to be advantageous in the heat of battle, and he slowly gains the respect of his men. Books best read in series order. Published by The Electronic Book Company   </b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 169</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//andrew-wareham.freenovelread.com">Andrew Wareham</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/david-donachie/blood_will_out_preview.jpg" href="//david-donachie.freenovelread.com/530748-blood_will_out" title="Blood Will Out">Blood Will Out</a></h3><b>1787. Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention, but those from whom he could seek help have no idea where he is – although neither do his enemies. With his beloved Betsey currently imprisoned by her brother Henry, who is considering committing her to an asylum to take her off his hands, time is running out for Brazier to rescue her and end the tyranny of the local smuggling ring of Deal once and for all.</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 169</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//david-donachie.freenovelread.com">David Donachie</a></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="content-button"><div class="nut-button"><a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="/historical-fiction/p/441">< Prev</a><a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="/historical-fiction/p/443">Next ></a></div><div class="mobile" rel="nofollow" style="padding-top:50px;"></div></div><div class="row page" style="text-align:center"><ul class="pagination"><li><a href="/historical-fiction">1</a></li><li class="active"><span class="nav_ext">...</span></li><li><a href="/historical-fiction/p/438">438</a></li><li><a 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