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A Scottish brother and sister leave the Isle of Skye in 1773 when their decided opinions and private war against the British endanger their lives. They are sent to relatives in Williamsburg, Virginia where they again find themselves at the center of conflicting loyalties and high feelings.
In 1582 a fourteen-year-old girl runs away to look for adventure in London but finds herself involved in a plot to overthrow the Queen.
Five episodes about the magic adventures of the royal family in Wychwood Castle.
In 1811, New Madrid, Missouri was shattered by a series of massive earthquakes. For weeks, the shocked citizens coped with a world gone mad. They all changed, fell apart, and endured. This is a fictionalized account of the true story of a family and a town who faced the terror and hardship of unthinkable, prolonged natural violence with courage, love, and even humor.
The adventures of a young girl with a troupe of players in Shakespeare's England.
The adventures of a young Scottish girl caught up in the attempt of Bonnie Prince Charlie to regain the English throne in 1745.
The language of war is a potent dynamic and key inhibitor of sustainable peace. A case study of the Northern Ireland peace process has been used as a background for research into Sinn Féin political discourses in the period 1969-2019.
One man’s last journey. One hundred and fifty-eight chances to save his life. The unforgettable new book from award-winning writer and comedian Mark Watson!
"No mama, no papa, no overseas pay""The day that utterly transformed David's life---and a score or so others---deceptivelypresented itself as a perfectly ordinary morning in Naples. Dawn erupted over the city, as ebullient as the inhabitants, if less noisy. Glittering silver fire over a bay already busy with innumerable small fishing boats, it glowed on the looming, still lava-encrusted slopes of Vesuvius, but passed over the clamor of the city itself: a shouting pushing crowd off in all directions for the day's activities. It lingered just briefly on two godlike soldiers of the Occupying American army enjoying a last furlough before discharge...." Another historical fiction gem by Sally Wat...