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  The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay -...

  Flora Johnston

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  'A captivating blend of fact and fiction. This fascinating story transports the reader back in time' People's Friend
  1927. Transatlantic flight fever grips the globe.
  The Honourable Miss Elsie Mackay, glamorous ex-film star turned bold aviator, sets her sights on becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Her friend Stella Campbell once felt at the heart of world events, but post-war hopes are frayed and marriage and motherhood have worn away her sense of self. Meanwhile, Stella's sister Corran, a determinedly single academic, or so it seems, keeps her emotions tightly guarded - until hidden truths begin to surface.
  For these intertwined lives, a daring journey and an uncertain future lies ahead in the landscape of a rapidly changing world.
  'Utterly captivating' Sue Lawrence
  'I was drawn into the lives of the characters and got caught up in Elsie's transatlantic challenge' Caroline Scott

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  Winter's Silence

  Elia N. H.

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 
  In the western provinces, winter arrives with hunger, death, and a burden no harvest can bear. Bernhard, a provincial lord who works the fields beside his people, is ordered by the Crown to surrender a crushing levy of grain. He knows obedience will leave the villages without enough to survive the cold. 
   
  As the first deaths begin, Bernhard chooses to resist—not with armies or rebellion, but by protecting what little his people have left. With the quiet support of farmers, craftsmen, and those willing to risk the Crown's anger, he hides grain, keeps records, and refuses to let the suffering of the West disappear into distant royal ledgers. 
   
  Beside him stands Farrah, a miller's daughter whose clear-eyed understanding of hardship challenges his growing sense of failure. But as winter takes more lives and the cost of resistance rises, Bernhard must decide how far he is willing to go. 
   
  When the Crown finally demands that he answer for his defiance, Bernhard leaves the valley carrying the names of the dead and a record of what happened. He rides east toward the capital, where powerful men have never known the hunger they imposed on the West. 
   
  Winter's Silence is a quiet, atmospheric tale of hardship, conscience, grief, and resistance, set in a kingdom where the most dangerous act may be refusing to let the suffering of ordinary people be forgotten.

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  Flodden - Tudor Warrior Book 3

  Griff Hosker

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  The exciting third instalment of Griff Hosker's incredible Tudor Warrior series! 
   
  James of Ecclestone is now a rich man, a family man and a respected landowner. Once the spy of two kings, his life is peaceful. When a Scottish raid touches his family he is forced to draw a sword and go to war once more and when the Scottish king opts for belligerency and threatens war then James has to don a cloak, take his dagger and become a spy once more. Retelling the greatest defeat in Scottish history, Flodden narrates the battle from the viewpoint, not of the great and the good but the billmen who won the victory against all odds.

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  Barbara Blomberg - A Romance of...

  Georg Ebers

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  Regensburg, 1546: a burgher's daughter with a great voice sings before the Emperor Charles V, and the son she bears him will grow up to be Don John of Austria and win Lepanto — but the novel stays with her, and with what the Empire does to a woman it has finished using. Ebers was an Egyptologist who found the medical papyrus that bears his name; he wrote historical fiction to fund the digging, and the sixteenth century here is documented to the ledger. Fifty-six plates, from Dürer and Lucas Cranach to Munch, trace the woman's portrait through four centuries of northern painting.

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  Koziniac Dynasty - Volume 1

  Sadique O. Grant

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  Prince Tonare of Ahdia is driven by an insatiable ambition that borders on obsession. His journey takes him and his loyal advisor, Posidius, to the realm of Bacrea, where opportunities for power abound amid political turmoil. King Sharadin's failing health and the incompetence of the spare, Folger, create a volatile environment ripe for manipulation. 
  Tonare's quest for power leads him into a web of intrigue, alliances, and betrayals. As he navigates the dangerous waters of Bacrean politics, he must contend with the cunning Queen Esevia, who has her own plans for the throne. Meanwhile, the ailing king's condition worsens, adding urgency to Tonare's schemes. 
  Throughout the narrative, Tonare's internal struggle is evident. His desire to achieve greatness is matched by the moral dilemmas he faces and the personal sacrifices he must make. The story explores themes of power, loyalty, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. As Tonare's plans unfold, the reader is taken on a journey through the complexities of court intrigue, the harsh realities of power, and the dark depths of human ambition. 
  This gripping tale of ambition and power will captivate readers with its richly drawn characters, intricate plot, and thought-provoking themes. Join Prince Tonare as he navigates a path fraught with danger and discover whether his relentless pursuit will lead to triumph or tragedy.

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  Blind Corner

  Dornford Yates

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  On his way back to England from an extended holiday in France, the young Richard Chandos stops his car on the side of the road for some lunch and a postprandial nap. He soon awakens to raised voices coming from the other side of the verge; an argument leads to a shot, and Chandos flees the scene with the dying man's dog and a mysterious message. A couple of weeks later, Chandos and his hastily assembled team step onto the continent once more, on a mission to find a treasure trove hidden nearly two centuries ago. The only problem: a criminal gang, including the mysterious killer, isn't far behind. Dornford Yates was already an established author of light comic short stories by the early 1920s, but decided to turn his hand to writing thrillers with Blind Corner , which would become the first book in the long-running Richard Chandos series . Following in the stylistic footsteps of Buchan's Richard Hannay , Chandos is a well-to-do protagonist with enough funds to procure anything necessary to achieve his goals. Indeed, it sometimes seems that there's little to distinguish him from his rivals for the treasure, apart from a sense of fair play and an unwillingness to shoot first. Dornford Yates (died 1960) was a significant literary figure of the 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. Adventure literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries captured the imagination of a reading public hungry for tales of exploration, danger, and heroism. Blind Corner belongs to this tradition of gripping narratives that transported readers beyond the boundaries of their everyday lives.

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