Blois, 1705. The château of Duc Hugo d’Amboise simmers with rivalry and intrigue. Henriette d’Augustin, one of five mistresses of the duc, lives at the chateau with her daughter. When the duc’s wife, Duchesse Charlotte, maliciously undermines a new...
Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard’s smile. The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift. Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales. The...
Embrace of the Wild is the story of how one woman overcame social barriers, botched surgeries, and early overdosing, to lift herself from the invalid’s bed and become the best-loved travel writer of her day. (1831-1904) Isabella Bird spent...
‘ALBERT ENTWISTLE WAS A POSTMAN.It was one of the few things everyone knew about him. And it was one of the few things he was comfortable with people knowing . . .’ Living alone since the death of his...
1237 BC: It is an age of panic. The great empires are in disarray – ravaged by endless drought, shaken by ferocious earthquakes and starved of precious tin. Some say the Gods have abandoned mankind. When Tudha ascends the...
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