Historical Letters

When the German march across Europe reaches France, young Michelle Naget and her family join the throngs fleeing for safety. But their flight ends in capture by the Nazis, with one member of the family taken, while the rest of the family is sent back to their village of Braquis, France, to serve the enemy who has commandeered their home.

Mary Rose Brooks lives her life under the watchful eye of her aristocratic parents. Radiating kindness, intelligence, and captivating beauty, she nurtures a deep affection for rescuing helpless animals. However, hidden beneath her privileged façade is a secret, a precious bond with her best friend and soulmate. As the years pass, their connection deepens into a love that defies the boundaries of their society. Can Mary Rose's love for Jack survive the weight of her family's expectations and the relentless gaze of society? Jack, the rugged blacksmith with a heart as robust as iron and a ...

Lady Lorelei Ashford has always been considered peculiar, a wallflower with more pets than prospects and a heart too gentle for a world that mistakes it for weakness. When her kitten causes chaos at her friend’s engagement party, the man she has despised since childhood ensures her complete humiliation. Yet, when a letter from a secret admirer arrives, she wonders if she might finally deserve love… Lord Arthur Harcourt, Viscount of Strathmore, wears pride like armour and cruelty like a shield. After Lorelei humiliates him publicly, he writes to her as a secret admirer in revenge. Her ...

A short, angst-free novella that occurs in the months after Hunsford. Darcy, realizing his mistakes, confesses his misdeeds to Bingley earlier, even before Elizabeth has the chance to visit Pemberley. As a result, Bingley returns to Hertfordshire in June, while Darcy retreats to Pemberley to reflect on his actions.

Lady Esther Langthorne has never fit society's mold. Preferring the company of abandoned animals to the excitement of ballrooms, she hopes for a quiet season with her equally eccentric aunt. Instead, she is forced to face the boy who made her childhood miserable, now grown into an infuriatingly handsome man. Yet as old wounds resurface, an unexpected correspondence with a mysterious admirer will offer a welcome distraction… Since his parents' deaths, Lord Moses Vale has sacrificed everything to keep his family's business afloat and care for his younger sister. Seeing Esther again stirs up...

Discover the timeless tale of love, sin, and redemption with "The Scarlet Letter: Adapted for Modern Readers." This refreshed edition presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic through a contemporary lens, featuring clean formatting, updated typography, and lightly clarified language. Perfect for today's audience, it offers an easier yet authentic reading experience, making Hawthorne's intricate prose and profound themes more accessible without losing the original's depth and nuance. Set against the rigid backdrop of 17th-century Puritan New England, this novel explores themes of guilt, ...

Lady Annabelle Rockwood, a timid debutante, invents a Scottish fiancé, Captain Campbell, to escape marriage. For years, she pours her secrets and desires into letters, believing no one reads them. When her uncle dies and leaves her a Highland castle, she kills off her imaginary fiancé, no longer needing him—but the real Captain Campbell soon arrives, claiming his right to marry her… Captain Callum Campbell never expected lovesick letters from a stranger, and yet somehow they become his lifeline during the horrors of war in France. Furious at his “death” in her final letter, he ...

A Window into the Church's Greatest Controversies and the Mind of One of Its Most Important Historians Discover the writings of Theodoret of Cyrus—bishop, theologian, and historian—whose works preserve firsthand insight into the doctrinal struggles and ecclesiastical life of the fourth and fifth centuries. Complete modernized edition of Theodoret's Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues (Eranistes), and selected letters. Revised from the classic Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers translation for improved readability and consistency. Essential source for the history of Arianism, the aftermath of ...

In 1978, a VA hospital clerk named Thomas Crane made a discovery that would change everything. While processing the personal effects of James "Rabbit" Morrison—a Vietnam veteran who had died alone in Richmond's VA hospital—Crane found something extraordinary: forty-seven letters that had been written but never sent. These weren't ordinary letters. Hidden in Morrison's footlocker were confessions that five soldiers from Firebase Charlie had carried in secret for a decade. Letters to fiancées explaining why gentle farm boys had become efficient killers. Letters to parents confessing to ...

I’m trapped beneath the same roof as the woman I never stopped loving… and wanting her again may ruin me. Five years ago, Marianne Everly left Alderwyn Park without explanation. Now her late father’s will has brought her back. Back to my estate. Back to my carefully ordered life. Back to the parts of myself I spent years burying beneath duty and silence. I built walls strong enough to survive losing her. Marianne dismantles them in days. She argues with me as though she never left. Remembers exactly how I take my tea. Looks at me as though the man I used to be still exists somewhere ...

Step back into the gaslit alleys of Victorian London, where a shadow known only as Jack the Ripper unleashed a reign of terror that haunts us to this day. In the autumn of 1888, the impoverished district of Whitechapel became the hunting ground for a phantom. A series of brutal, ritualistic murders of destitute women exposed the dark underbelly of the world's wealthiest empire and launched one of the most intense and frustrating manhunts in history. The killer was never caught, leaving behind a terrifying legend and a perfect, unsolved mystery. This meticulously researched book cuts through...

Now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix starring Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan and Joe Alwyn From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a sophisticated, page-turning double love story spanning forty years A sophisticated...

Pearl Harbor, 1941: On the morning of December 7, Ginny is flying her little yellow plane above the sparkling seas when she spots an unknown aircraft closing in on her. She recognises the red symbol of the Japanese fighter planes almost too late. Somehow, she manages to land unscathed, but the choices she is forced to make in the terrible hours that follow have tragic consequences....

The death of one’s spirit should come with a great deal of noise: weeping and wailing, if not thunder or the roar of a fire. Elizabeth could not have imagined a spirit forced into darkness by something so mundane as the scratch of pen on paper. Elizabeth Bennet has been certain of many things in her life: her place in society, the love of her family, her ability to choose her own future, and her ability to accurately judge the character of those she meets. Three days after the Netherfield Ball, a near tragedy shakes that foundation.

Nathaniel Hawthorne spent his entire career writing about one thing: the weight of what his ancestors had done, and what America refused to remember about itself. His great-great-grandfather was a judge at the Salem witch trials. Hawthorne added the "w" to his name in part to distance himself from that inheritance. It didn't work. The past — Puritan severity, inherited guilt, the violence concealed beneath respectability — runs through every page he wrote. He is the American novelist of conscience, the writer who understood before anyone else that the national mythology of innocence and...

A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers. As she delves into the contents, a startling revelation emerges: the letters allude to a clandestine union between two magician families, hinting at the elusive identity of Sylvia’s father. Full of hope, she embarks on a quest to find the author of the letters.

Germany, 1939. A tumbledown farmhouse, on the outskirts of a close-knit village in the heart of the rolling hills of Bavaria. A once happy family home torn apart by Nazi rule. And one young girl who refuses to give up on what she believes in...London, 2018: When 94-year-old Imogen receives a letter addressed to her in neat, unfamiliar handwriting, she notices the postmark is stamped from Germany - and it sends shivers down her spine....

What if Elizabeth Bennet wrote back? After the disastrous proposal at Hunsford, Mr. Darcy poured his heart into a letter. In Jane Austen's beloved novel, Elizabeth read it, reflected, and moved on. But what if she had not simply moved on? What if she had picked up a pen of her own? A Pride and Prejudice reimagining told through letters, through spoken words, and through the stubborn, reluctant, undeniable pull between two people who were wrong about each other in all the right ways.

Edwina is looking for a fresh start. So when a friend suggests she renovates a series of coastguard cottages in the tiny village of Sandy Cove, she wonders if the beautiful Irish seaside town might be her chance for a new beginning. Soon after she arrives, Edwina meets Shane O’Flaherty, a...

“A gorgeous and thrilling novel… Perfect for book clubs and fans of The Nightingale.” –PopSugar A historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families...