In 1901 a young frontiersman named Peter Force comes to New York City and finds a job digging the first subway tunnels. Into his path falls the beautiful mathematical prodigy Cheri-Anne Toledo, whose memories appear to come from another world: the long-forgotten Kingdom...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2011-02-24

ePub

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'Fabulously witty' Stephen Fry'Incisively witty, quietly subversive' Joanne Harris'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet what a treat you have in store' Harriet...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-22

ePub

Set in Australia in the 1840s, A FRINGE OF LEAVES combines dramatic action with a finely distilled moral vision. Returning home to England from Van Diemen's land, the Bristol Maid is shipwrecked on the Queensland coast and Mrs Roxburgh is taken prisoner by a tribe of...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2011-02-22

ePub

A gripping Second World War novel, from the bestselling author of NOTHING LASTS FOREVER and THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL.Liverpool, 1937. Jessica is married to Bertie, a mean, patronising man who she has stayed with purely for the sake of her two young children. To make up...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2011-02-17

ePub

1066 - Senlac Ridge, England. William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, defeats Harold Godwinson, King Harold II of England, in what will become known as the Battle of Hastings.The battle is hard fought and bloody, the lives of thousands have been spent, including that of...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2011-02-17
Collection : The Making of England Quartet
ePub

Passions run high and play out at court in this glorious depiction of Edward II's reign from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. Perfect for readers of Philippa Gregory. 'Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

From the pen of international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy comes a rare insight in to the complicated and passionate emotions of Mary Queen of Scots - hers is a tale of love, romance, politics, plotting and bloody murder... Perfect for fans of Philippa...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

Readers of Philippa Gregory will love this gripping account of Edward I and his private and political battles by multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. 'Outstanding' -- Vanity Fair'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting' -- Observer'Jean Plaidy...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The second of Jean Plaidy's flamboyant French Revolution series.No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

From childhood Alice Salisbury has learnt obedience in all things and at fourteen dutifully marries the man her father has chosen for her - at the cost of losing for ever the love of her mother and the family she holds dear. But merchant Janyn Perrers is a good and...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The public pay a price for personal excess in this captivating and dramatic historical novel by multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory. 'It's hard to better Jean Plaidy ... both elegant and exciting as...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

With Spain now united, Ferdinand looked to his daughters to further his ambitions. All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the royal...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The first of Jean Plaidy's flamboyant French Revolution series. France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers.The country hopes Louis will bring back glory and prosperity to France. However, he is too...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

Jean Plaidy's hugely popular Plantagenet series draws to a dramatic close with this final volume.Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But even Warwick's...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The powerful story of the troubled times when the Tudor succession was in dispute.These are dark days for England; the Tudor succession hangs precariously in the balance, along with the lives of its people.The wrong religion can all too easily mean a brutal death in a...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

Multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy paints an incredibly vivid portrait of one of history's most controversial - and terrifying - monarchs... Readers of Philippa Gregory will not be disappointed. 'Plaidy excels at blending history with...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for FictionCaryl Phillips’ ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora. It tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The novel is set just after World War Two, in a fictitious Germany.The Allies have decided to punish the country for Nazi war crimes by forcing it to develop back in to a pre-industrial society. All the achievements of technology - railways, streets, power, ships - have...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The lives of three women who transformed history are brought vividly to life in this unforgettable novel.On the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub

The Earl of Warwick, known as the 'Kingmaker' had the power to make a king... and to unmake him.When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard, Duke of York, is convinced that he would make...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

ePub