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A snail's journey through a traditional cobbled street in England on a very special day Read More

Chapter 7

Book / Historical Fiction

February 26, 2025

Reads: 470

1891. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is ruled by the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I. Its capital is Vienna. Baron Julius T. Drashe is a wealthy brick factory and sand pit owner from the upper class with a villa in a hamlet at the gates of Vienna. He is of good… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

February 24, 2025

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Amid the chaos of World War II, an injured Allied soldier finds an unlikely refuge in a secluded french convent. Captain Thomas Grayson, haunted by the weight of war, is nursed back to health by Sister Evangeline, a Compassionate yet conflicted nun hiding from her own past. As the form… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

February 15, 2025

Reads: 135

Shelves: 1

In an out-of-the-way valley in northern England, Secretary-General of the United Nations, William “Mac” MacCrarey - the last living descendant of the man known to history as King Arthur - learns of the existence of a two-millennia-old gospel. But unlike the Dead Sea scrolls or the Nag Hammadi texts, this… Read

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Fictional global saga by Willam Cleerfloore. Read

Chapter 10

Book / Historical Fiction

February 11, 2025

Reads: 594

Maria Knight is a smart woman. She knows her way out of any situation she gets herself stuck in, but running away from the clutches of the infamous Black Market Baron is proving to be her toughest challenge yet. No matter what, though, Maria is determined to not let her… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

February 09, 2025

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The Kingdom of Tundok stands on the edge of war. The Torogan Throne, a seat of power that has ruled the archipelago for generations, is now contested by ambitious rulers hungry for dominion. Alliances shift like the tides, betrayals lurk behind every oath, and at the heart of it all… Read
In this act, the castaways reach a beach in some unknown land. A group of strange men mesmerized by these strange sea people, approach them cautiously. Good reader, if by some chance you are knowledgeable in the Mayan language. I would be grateful if you could amend my mistakes written… Read

Chapter 1

Book / Historical Fiction

January 27, 2025

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bringing history to life through storytelling Read

Reads: 22

Shelves: 1

Extracts from the 1914 diary of Jack Bromley, born and bred on Coalpit Lane in Nottingham. In this lively community Jack continually juggles the competing demands of his needy family, his struggling shop and his disapproving father-in-law. Read
Un regalo lleno de amor, pero que en cambio se convierte en una maldición que lo cambia todo. En 1794, Oakley, un niño de 10 años, le regala a su madre una ramita de lavanda por su cumpleaños, sin saber que esto causará su trágica muerte. Luchando con la culpa… Read
A heartfelt gift meant to show love, but instead, becomes a curse that changes everything. In 1794, 10-year-old Oakley gives his mother a lavender sprig for her birthday, unknowingly causing her tragic death. Struggling with guilt and shame, Oakley must confront his past, his fears, and learn to find his… Read

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The digest is the 12 most popular chapter reads and seven editor's choice selections. Read
"Whispering Dead" is the first in a series of murder mysteries following the sinister deaths in Rewley Abbey (Cistercian monks) and Godstow Abbey (Benedictine nuns) from the end of the 13th century to King Henry VIII's dissolution of the convents and monasteries in the 16th century. Intrigue and secrets abound… Read

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We are women. Our work has always stretched beyond the lines of sunrise and sunset. Do not think us weak because we do not fight by killing. We fight by giving birth to life, we feed our young from our own bodies, we raise up new life from our own… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

October 18, 2024

Reads: 119

When widower Phillip Atkinson finds a letter from his late wife with a peculiar message coded in betwixt the words, he finds himself getting deeper and deeper involved in a hidden world of both nightmare and fantasy as he stumbles through speakeasies and secret meetings. Truthfully, Phillip is in over… Read

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He was her captive, she was a pirate. The infatuation with him was instant; but the heart is no good when it can't love. She wanted control, he yearned to escape. Perhaps there was always something more? Read

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Shelves: 1

When the Cicadas start to attack the citizens of Chinsar County, Noah quickly takes action to try and stop these beasts. With his friends by his side, he discovers the source of the cicadas and must figure out how to stop it. Read

Reads: 27

Shelves: 1

The Qing Dynasty crumbles and the Confucian order fades. Bai Lang, denied a scholar's path, finds solace in tales of righteous outlaws who fight for the people. He joins Sun Yat-sen's Republican revolution, but destiny leads him to become the White Wolf, a formidable bandit in lawless North China. Chasing… Read

Reads: 25

Shelves: 1

In some ways, P. Scott Corbett’s book Uniformly Underserved is a book of remembrance; in some ways Uniformly Underserved is breaking news. Although many of the events that occurred during World War II are kept alive in the minds of people from the United States through movies, education, and the… Read

Chapter 1

Book / Historical Fiction

October 08, 2024

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A fictional global saga by William Cleerfloore. Read

Book / Historical Fiction

September 18, 2024

Reads: 85

Amarilla, and Miranda were young, but they were brought up good. Read

Chapter 4

Book / Historical Fiction

August 23, 2024

Reads: 816

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

This book presents the terrible epochs of the French Empire, whose national security was breached by foreign powers through espionage. As a result, King Leomeu III of France fled the nation and settled on an island in the English Channel. Following that, he orders his court to carry out several top-secret… Read

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Nora Lee Woods struggles to find her identity and understand her origin of birth in this memoir starting in 1868. Raised on a farm by former slaves in the Appalachian Mountains, not far from the West Virginia border, she questions her appearance, birth and age. This fictional story is told… Read

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In the shadow of a history rewritten by victorious oppressors, lies a tale of awakening, courage, and a quest for redemption. Meet Augusta, a young Prinzessin entangled in the opulent yet oppressive confines of the Großdeutsches Reich, a world where the echoes of past sins reverberate with a chilling resonance.… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

July 04, 2024

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The idea came to me so I decided to follow it through. Read
Daniel Peters, Ace Reporter; B-29 Found / Fifty years after the Korean War, a kindred spirit haunts a newspaper reporter’s dreams in order to help his crew to come home to rest. first book of two Read

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Shadow Patriots: The Unsung Heroes of American Independence" This blurb emphasizes the clandestine nature of spy work and portrays the spies as hidden heroes. Read

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Imagine a world where everywhere you go, your greatest enemy lies. Well, folks, that’s exactly what happened in the Second Punic War. Think you have the attention span of a goldfish and can’t learn stuff if it isn’t entertaining? Well, Jacob Ramos (that’s me) has got you covered! The Survivors:… Read

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In the midst of the Revolutionary War, Elizabeth Fairfield, the daughter of a loyal British family, finds herself torn between her duty to the Crown and her growing sympathy for the American cause. As the conflict intensifies, Elizabeth witnesses firsthand the bravery and determination of the Colonial rebels, causing her… Read

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Fictional global saga by William Cleerfloore. Read

Book / Historical Fiction

June 10, 2024

Reads: 1296

History has its way with Billy Cohen, charmed offspring of Holocaust Survivors Rozsa and Bertie Cohen. His mother's story of survival from the 1944 Vienna Death March to Dachau's deadly forced labor, disease and starvation, Bergen-Belsen's typhus, and inhuman conditions, to her last minute escape with her sister, Lili, and… Read

Chapter 1

Book / Historical Fiction

June 07, 2024

Reads: 113

Some history with fiction. Read

Reads: 112

When John Wilkes was elected as the 45th President of the United States, he vowed to drain the swamp and restore integrity to the White House. But behind closed doors, Wilkes was secretly abusing his power to enrich himself and his inner circle at the expense of the American people.… Read

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A fictional global saga by William Cleerfloore. Read

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A fictional global saga by William Cleerfloore. Read

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Shelves: 1

A fictional global saga by William Cleerfloore. Read

Chapter 46

Book / Historical Fiction

April 25, 2024

Reads: 7390

Out of an unnaturally quiet night, a bedraggled woman in noble finery requests access to the southern capital. Who she is has been lost to time for most, but her continued existence will throw everything further out of balance. Janurana had barely survived her royal house's destruction at the hands… Read