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  Bond Of Blood

  Martin Hicks

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  Bond of Blood tells the story of two Irish brothers, each of whom makes the life-changing journey to the new world as the second half of the 19th century draws on. Thomas and Michael Casey are linked by blood, but find themselves on opposite sides of the US Civil War conflict.Martin Hicks lives in Fraserburgh, Scotland and began writing after a career in education. He has published a series of US Civil War books, and "Bond of Blood" is his eighth title.By the same author: A Gathering of Soldiers Hard Passage North The Rappahannock Line Mirage of Victory The Bitterest Enemy A Season for Killing A Deepening Twilight

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  The Hidden Force

  Louis Couperus

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  In the lush, oppressive heat of colonial Java, nothing is as it seems. Behind the polished rituals of Dutch colonial life, a quiet unraveling begins. Governor Van Oudijck believes in order, reason, and control. But something else, something older and more powerful, is working against him. 
  As social tensions rise and his family begins to fall apart, Van Oudijck finds himself at odds not just with those around him, but with an unseen force that defies explanation. 
  The Hidden Force is a sharp, unsettling novel about power, pride, and the invisible threads that shape a crumbling empire. Written in 1900, this haunting story explores the clash between Western arrogance and the spiritual reality of the East. 
  For readers who appreciate layered literary fiction, political undercurrents, and psychological suspense set in colonial environments.

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  The Monastery

  Walter Scott

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  The Monastery by Walter Scott is a richly atmospheric historical novel that blends mystery, romance, and the supernatural within the evocative setting of 16th-century Scotland. First published in 1820, the novel unfolds during a time of profound religious and social परिवर्तन, as the country transitions from Catholic traditions to Protestant reform.
  
  Set in and around a once-powerful religious house now facing decline, the story centers on a young heir whose fate becomes entwined with the shifting world around him. Orphaned and vulnerable, he is drawn into a complex web of guardianship, rivalry, and hidden intentions, where loyalty and ambition often collide. As he struggles to understand his place in this uncertain landscape, questions of identity, inheritance, and trust come to the forefront.
  
  One of the novel's most distinctive elements is its use of supernatural imagery, particularly the mysterious presence that seems to guide—or mislead—the characters at critical moments. This haunting influence adds a layer of intrigue and symbolism, reflecting the tension between old beliefs and emerging ideologies.
  
  Scott vividly portrays the cultural and spiritual upheaval of the era, capturing the clash between tradition and reform, faith and skepticism. Through a diverse cast of characters, he explores themes of power, change, and the enduring human search for meaning in times of uncertainty.
  
  With its blend of historical depth, imaginative storytelling, and emotional complexity, The Monastery offers readers a compelling journey into a world where history and mystery intertwine, and where the past continues to shape the course of human lives.

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  Penny's Secret Mission - Women...

  Rachel Wesson

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  Loyalty, love, friendship, war, espionage. 
  Penny is hell bent on revenge on the man who caused her to flee France as a fourteen year old with little more than the clothes on her back. She lost everything, her friends, her home and her family. 
   
  Stifled by the restrictions of her father’s family, she aches to contribute more to the war effort. A brush with death puts her face all over the newspapers and almost breaks her heart in the process. 
  It's the second year of the war. Britain stands alone. Civilians face death and destruction on a daily basis through the Blitz. Penny throws herself into her translation job in order to forget about the man that broke her heart. Yearning to do more, she convinces her bosses to drop her behind enemy lines in Northern France as a spy. Working with the resistance in the darkness of occupied France her bravery, skills and resourcefulness are tested to the limit. 
   
  The Nazis are the enemy but the real betrayal comes from much closer to home…

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  The Windfall - A tale about the...

  Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

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  Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born in Valencia, Spain on 29th January 1867.  
   
  At university, he studied law and graduated in 1888 but never felt the urgency to practice - he was more interested in politics, journalism, literature and women.   
   
  Politically he was a militant Republican partisan and, in his youth, founded a newspaper, El Pueblo (The People). The newspaper was taken to court many times and he made many enemies. In one incident he was shot and almost killed. In 1896, Ibáñez was arrested and sentenced to a few months in prison. 
   
  Despite this colourful background he found time to write novels. His first published work was ‘La Araña Negra’ (The Black Spider) in 1892, a work that he later repudiated although at the time it was a useful vehicle for him to express his anti-clerical views. 
   
  In 1894, he published ‘Arroz y Tartana’ (Airs and Graces), about a late 19th Century widow in Valencia trying to keep up appearances in order to marry her daughters well.   
   
  Ibáñez’s next sequence of books studied rural life in the farmlands of Valencia and failed to gain much of an audience.   
   
  His writing now took on a new direction with its now familiar sensational and melodramatic themes in 1908 with ‘Sangre y Arena’ (Blood and Sand), which follows the career of Juan Gallardo from his poor beginnings as a child in Seville, to his rise to becoming a famous matador in Madrid 
   
  However, his greatest success was ‘Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) in 1916, which tells a tangled tale of the French and German sons-in-law of an Argentinian land-owner who find themselves fighting on opposite sides in the First World War.  It was a literary and commercial sensation and became the best-selling book of 1919.  It also propelled Rudolph Valentino to stardom in the 1921 film. 
   
  Ironically his fame in the English-speaking world has come not as a novelist but as the stories behind some of Hollywood’s greatest silent movies. 
   
  Vicente Blasco Ibáñez died in Menton, France on January 28th, 1928, the day before his 61st birthday.

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  El Ombu

  William Henry Hudson

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  El Ombu is a haunting tale of memory and loss set on the Argentine pampas, where a solitary ombú tree stands as witness to a vanished world. Through the recollections of Nicandro, the story recounts the rise and decline of the El Ombú estate, the brutal power of Santos Ugarte, and the tragedies that marked his household. William Henry Hudson weaves nostalgia, violence, and regret into a powerful meditation on time, sorrow, and fading lives.

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