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Święta handlarki starociami – ebook
Dilly Court
Nie przegap zachwycającej sagi autorki bestsellerów nr 1 „Sunday Timesa” Dilly Court! Paradise Row, Londyn. Grudzień 1865 r. Śnieg pada gęsto, gdy Sally Suggs pracuje niestrudzona, by zarobić przynajmniej na chleb na świąteczny stół. Jej ojciec, doświadczony handlarz starociami, zaniemógł, więc przejęła jego obowiązki. Wkracza w świat mężczyzn i brutalnej konkurencji, a rywal Sally – Finn Kelly...Data dostępności:
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The Fifth Queen – ebook
Ford Madox Hueffer
The first book in the triology, „The Fifth Queen” recounts Katharine’s arrival at court and the early stages of her relationship with England king Henry VIII. Growning up far from court, she is wholly unused to the corruption and intrigue that now surround her. Soon Katharine is locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, as she fights for political and religious change. The...Data dostępności:
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The Star-Chamber – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
It is a good gothic thriller. Sir Giles Mompesson is a gloomy and all-powerful villain who sows destruction and suffering with the help of the Star Chamber court, it seems, just like that.Data dostępności:
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The Spoilers – ebook
Rex Beach
The protagonist is Roy Glenister, a young and ambitious man who has been exploring for three years with his partner, an elderly man named Dextri. Their Midas mine is one of the richest in the area. Returning by boat from Seattle, where they spent the winter, they learn that their lawsuit is being contested in court, and until the lawsuit is settled, Midas is under the control of lawyer Alec McNama...Data dostępności:
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Swordsmen of Saladin – ebook
Henry Bedford-Jones
In the Twelfth Century an intrigue at the court of the great Sultan Saladin brings forth the Sphinx Emerald to play its strange magic role. A miniature image of the sphinx hypnotizes its owners and inspires them to make history-changing decisions. Ninth story in the series about the Sphinx Emerald from the master story tell H. Bedford-Jones!Data dostępności:
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Privy Seal – ebook
Ford Madox Hueffer
Ford Madox Ford was a prolific English novelist and poet in the early 20th century. Ford wrote the best-selling novel „The Good Soldier”, as well as the „Parade’s End” series. „Privy Seal” is the second novel in the well-known „Fifth Queen” trilogy that recreates Tudor England in a masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Here Ford focuses on the figure of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful...Data dostępności:
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The Fifth Queen Crowned – ebook
Ford Madox Hueffer
This is three novels bound as one. The wonderful „Fifth Queen” trilogy by Ford Madox Ford (1873 – 1939) is about Katharine Howard, the 5th wife of Henry VII which present Katharine Howard’s arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death. Depicting some of the era’s most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Throckmorton, Bloody Mary, and the King himself,...Data dostępności:
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The Queen’s Necklace – ebook
Alexandre Dumas
French author of famous swashbuckler novels Alexandre Dumas again chooses 18th century France for his milieu. No musketeers in this one, for it is the Queen, Marie Antoinette, who needs defending. Set a few years before the deluge of the French Revolution this plot is convoluted beyond belief; schemes, counter-measures, vicious personal agendas, love-struck young people, royal revenge and ecclesiastical...Data dostępności:
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Uncle Bernac – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
This was one of several fictional historical works that Doyle wrote during the last five years of the 19th century, as he tried to find something to replace Sherlock Holmes. First published in 1897, this murder mystery relates the story of a young Frenchman, Louis, who, having grown up in England, returns to France at the false invitation of his Uncle Bernac. Louis quickly finds himself in personal...Data dostępności:
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Saga rodu Whiteoaków 4 - Młody Renny – ebook
Mazo de la Roche
Klasyk sprzedany w 11 milionach egzemplarzy! Jak zmieniło się życie w Jalnie? Co planują dzieci Adeliny i Filipa? Akcja książki rozgrywa się w 1906 r., a jej bohaterami są 18-letni Renny i jego 20-letnia siostra Meg. Kiedy Renny przyzwyczaja się do myśli, że teraz on jest gospodarzem Jalny, Meg szykuje się do małżeństwa z synem sąsiadów. Niestety jej uczucie do przyjaciela z dzieciństwa będzie wystawione...Data dostępności:
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