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The story of the legendary Captain James Cook.It is 1768. War has broken out in Europe and the British Admiralty wants a base in the Western Pacific.So Captain James Cook and a company of nearly a hundred seamen and philosophers are despatched into those beautiful but...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2012-05-24
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This is the story of lives under the constant scrutiny of the N.K.V.D.Here is a monumental novel that shows how the fantastic Communist will-to-power has led to the enslavement of the Russians themselves. Here are the intellectuals, factory workers, spies, soldiers,...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2012-05-24
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Jack the Ripper's London...an eerily quiet dining room on the Titanic...and a series of murders that covers two decades.1912. Locked in an eerily quiet dining room on the Titanic, a mysterious man tells a young girl his life story as the ship begins to sink. It all...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2012-04-26
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'Fans will be pleased to hear that Susanna Gregory has yet again hit on a winning formula of taking a likeable main character, involving him in a gripping plot and setting them within a commendably realistic setting. It is another bravura performance' - Historical...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2012-01-19
Collection :
Adventures of Thomas Chaloner
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Calcutta 1971. A city in black-out as India declares war on Pakistan. Even so, the backpackers who end up in the flea-pit Lux Hotel are determined to have a good time. That is, until two mysterious deaths amongst them change their lives forever. Thrown together in the...
Editeur :
Review
Parution :
2011-12-08
ePub
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Laddish Marcus Corvinus is spending his time in ancient Tuscany, sampling wine and ogling local talent (under the beady eye of his lovely wife Perilla) when his stepfather is accused of murder. It doesn't take long for Marcus to get him off the hook, but finding the...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-11-10
ePub
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When Licinius Murena, wealthy owner of a fish-farm, is found dead, drowned in one of his own eel tanks, not many tears are shed. Certainly not by Trebbio, who had just been booted out of his cottage by the landowner, and was heard bad-mouthing him drunkenly in public...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-11-10
ePub
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London, 1900: while Monet paints the wintry mists over the Thames, the bodies of two young women are dragged from its murky depths arousing fears of a return of Jack the Ripper By now a celebrated and successful artist - despite the controversy stirred up by the...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-10-31
ePub
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A stunning and epic finale to the series, pitting Fandorin against both Ninjas and terrorists on the Trans-Siberian Express!The first of the interlinked plotlines is set in Russia during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Fandorin is charged with protecting the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-09-08
Collection :
Erast Fandorin Mysteries
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Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Wilbur Smith and Bernard Cornwell, this is breathtaking and atmospheric historical historical mystery set in Ancient Egypt from bestselling author Nick Drake. "In Drake's hands, ancient Egypt comes to life with all its treachery,...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-08-04
ePub
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Boris Akunin's well-loved, inimitable hero faces two very different adversaries: one, a deft, comedic swindler and master of disguise, whose machinations send ripples spreading through the carefully maintained calm of Moscow in 1886. The other is a brutal serial killer,...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-06-10
Collection :
Erast Fandorin Mysteries
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The night before brilliant but erratic composer Charles Jessold's opera - about a betrayed husband who murders his wife and her lover - is due to open, Jessold is found dead, having apparently murdered his wife and her lover. Leslie Shepherd, music critic and Jessold's...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-05-31
ePub
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Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor, C. J. Sansom will absolutely love this gripping page-turner of a historical mystery from multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Full of twists, turns and tension - you'll be hooked from page one...'Surely...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-04-30
ePub
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'Lindsey Davis combines an engrossing plot with pithy dialogue and a comic (though not cartoonish) depiction of the past in all its gory splendour' The Guardian'Modern, exciting and plausible' Sunday Times_________________GANGSTERS AND GLADIATING. . . BOTH BLOODYFor...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-03-31
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1210 and a black force is sweeping England. For a vengeful King John has seized control of the Church, leaving corpses to lie in unconsecrated ground, babies unbaptized in their cradles and the people terrified of dying in sin. And in the village of Gastmere, the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-03-03
ePub
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Another engrossing historical mystery bringing Ancient Rome to life in all its gruesome glory from the pen of multimillion-copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom will not be disappointed...'Davis's...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-03-01
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Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor, C. J. Sansom will absolutely love this captivating page-turner of a historical mystery from multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Full of twists, turns and tension - you'll be hooked from page...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-03-01
ePub
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Another engrossing historical mystery bringing Ancient Rome to life in all its gruesome glory from the pen of multimillion-copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom will not be...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-03-01
ePub
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Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor, C. J. Sansom will absolutely love this gripping page-turner of a historical mystery from multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Full of twists, turns and tension - you'll be hooked from page one...'Queen...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-02-28
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'Non-stop action, excitements and astonishments - a real cracker!' The Good Book Guide'Absolutely smashing' Daily Telegraph'Davis's writing zings with fun' Daily Mail__________________________EVIL SENT INTO EXILE - BUT CRIME NEVER GOES AWAY. Petronius Longus, captain of...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-02-15
ePub
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