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Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsPonniyin Selvan is Kalki’s magnum opus based in the 10th century and presents the early life of Raajaraajan and the kings of Chozha Empire. Though written more than 60 years ago this saga is timeless, reeling the readers in its gripping plot which is interwoven with intrigue, conspiracies and romance... -
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Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams... -
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![The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley]()
The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe Sun Sister is the sixth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the number one international bestseller Lucinda Riley.To the outside world, Electra d'Apliese seems as though she is the woman who has everything: as one of the world's top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous... -
![The Cypress Maze by Fiona Valpy]()
The Cypress Maze by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn this haunting tale from the bestselling author of The Storyteller of Casablanca, Beatrice kept a wartime secret to protect the innocent. Now, could telling it set her free?Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice’s dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered... -
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![Troy by Stephen Fry]()
Troy by Stephen Fry
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies... -
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Aztec by Gary Jennings
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America... -
![The City of Tears by Kate Mosse]()
The City of Tears by Kate Mosse
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFollowing on from the Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers, Kate Mosse's The City of Tears is the second thrilling historical epic in The Burning Chambers series, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown... -
![The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell]()
The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail... -
![Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey]()
Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSuddenly, it became hard to breathe and the sound of the engine throbbed in Eva’s head. The plane crashed and skidded. She heard the wail of sirens. The last thing she remembered was pulling her body across the tarmac an inch at a time—before her world went black.Sweetwater, Texas, 1943. Eva has always wanted to fly away... -
![Heretic by Bernard Cornwell]()
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWith Calais in English hands, hostilities are suspended, but Thomas' quest to find the Holy Grail continues. His cousin Guy of Vexille still pursues him with deadly purpose, convinced that there is a link between Thomas and what he covets... -
![Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières]()
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn his first novel since Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières creates a world, populates it with characters as real as our best friends, and launches it into the maelstrom of twentieth-century history. The setting is a small village in southwestern Anatolia in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Everyone there speaks Turkish, though they write it in Greek letters... -
![Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima]()
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsTokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial familes, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them... -
![The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 2 by Riyoko Ikeda]()
The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 2 by Riyoko Ikeda
Oscar Fran�ois de Jarjeyes, female commander of the royal guard, is at the center of events as Marie Antoinette's involvement in the scandalous Affair of the Diamond Necklace and her passion for Count Fersen of Sweden cause chaos at the court of Versailles. This deluxe hardcover volume contains chapters 23-44 of Riyoko Ikeda's historical fiction masterwork... -
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![Golden Stage by 苍梧宾白 [Cang Wu Bin Bai], 苍梧宾白]()
Golden Stage by 苍梧宾白 [Cang Wu Bin Bai], 苍梧宾白
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe notorious imperial court lackey and the meritorious military general were well-known for their mutual dislike, a pair of arch-enemies set in stone. Who could have foreseen the unexpected change in the winds of heaven: the general injured on the battlefield, both legs disabled, and even forced by the emperor to marry his nemesis... -
![The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi]()
The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTHE BESTSELLING EPIC OF THE GLORY AND THE GRANDEUR INTRIGUES AND PASSIONS OF ANCIENT GREECE...AND THE WARRIOR KING WHOSE CONQUESTS BUILT AN ETERNAL LEGEND.ALEXANDER Volume THE SANDS OF AMMONA thousand years after Agamemnon fought the Trojan War. Alexander, the king of Macedonia and descendant of Achilles, follows in the footsteps of Greek legend... -
![On Mother Brown's Doorstep by Mary Jane Staples]()
On Mother Brown's Doorstep by Mary Jane Staples
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe big event of the Walworth year was to be the wedding of Sammy Adams, King of Camberwell, to Miss Susie Brown. Everyone was looking forward to it, and Susie was particularly overjoyed when her soldier brother suddenly turned up on leave from service in India in time for the approaching 'knees-up'... -
![Heir to the Crown by Ron C. Nieto]()
Heir to the Crown by Ron C. Nieto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe raiding season might be over, but the court is a new threat on its own …A victorious Oren, newly minted Lord Commander of the Mountain Guard, returns to the capital to receive the King’s accolades and to ask for the one thing he wants as his prize—the right to marry the woman he loves.But the court is a dangerous place, and nothing is as Oren expects when he arrives at his childhood home... -
![Two For Three Farthings by Mary Jane Staples]()
Two For Three Farthings by Mary Jane Staples
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHorace was ten, Ethel seven, when Jim Cooper, home from the trenches, minus an arm and just about managing on his own, found them huddled in a doorway on a wet night in Walworth. Slightly against his better judgement he took them in, fed them cocoa, and put them to sleep in his bed. A few days later he found that - somehow - he had become the unofficial guardian of Horace and Ethel... -
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Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail... -
![The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen]()
The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Netherlands,1940: Stasia Niemec might call the port city of Rotterdam home, but it is the summers she spends in the idyllic French countryside that she looks forward to every year. Here, in a land of medieval folklore and courtly romance, she finds the inspiration for the fairy tales she writes and illustrates... -
![The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker]()
The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander... -
![Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini]()
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 34 ratings“Last Wednesday he had been engaged in moving an audience of Rennes to anger; on this Wednesday he was to move an audience of Guichen to mirth...”Once he was André-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France’s lower class—until his friend was mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy.Now he is Scaramouche... -
![The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley]()
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia... -
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![Down Lambeth Way by Mary Jane Staples]()
Down Lambeth Way by Mary Jane Staples
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Adams family of Walworth were poor, cheerful, and above all respectable - even though they sometimes had to seek a little help from the pawnbroker. Mrs Adams - affectionately called Chinese Lady by her children - was a widow, her soldier husband having gone, rather carelessly, to a hero's death on the Northwest Frontier... -
![The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy]()
The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBritannia, AD 117: Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure, overseeing his wife's estate and doing his best to resist the urge to murder an annoying neighbour – until someone else does it for him... -
![The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 4 by Riyoko Ikeda]()
The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 4 by Riyoko Ikeda
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrance spirals towards a civil war, as nobles continue to ignore the people of France. Noblewoman Oscar François de Jarjayes is forced to reconsider her life as a soldier and a woman, her loyalties and her love. Marie Antoinette and the royal family seek escape, while Robespierre and the National Assembly take up arms and demand democracy... -
![Poison Genius Consort by 芥沫 (Jie Mo)]()
Poison Genius Consort by 芥沫 (Jie Mo)
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEasily cowed and bullied, she was the useless, ugly woman with no talent in medical skills. Supported by millions, he was Tianning’s most respected duke with the power to move all under Heaven. On their wedding day the bridal sedan was carried to the front doors, but the Duke of Qin’s gates were shut tight.They told her, ‘Come back tomorrow... -
![Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw]()
Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAriantes is a Sarmatian, a barbarian warrior-prince, uprooted from his home and customs and thrust into the honorless lands of the Romans. The victims of a wartime pact struck with the emperor Marcus Aurelius to ensure the future of Sarmatia, Ariantes and his troop of accomplished horsemen are sent to Hadrian's Wall... -
![The Princess and The Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh]()
The Princess and The Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAward-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh brings a cherished Mexican legend to lifeA Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book! Izta was the most beautiful princess in the land, and suitors traveled from far and wide to woo her. Even though she was the daughter of the emperor, Izta had no desire to marry a man of wealth and power...Categorized as:
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![The Watchmaker's Daughter by Dianne Haley]()
The Watchmaker's Daughter by Dianne Haley
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHiding the worn piece of paper among her father’s watch deliveries, her eyes fill with tears at the memory of her brave friend walking towards the Nazi soldiers, and the sharp sound of gun fire. Her friend sacrificed herself so that she could deliver this message... -
![黄金台 [Huángjīn Tái] by Cang Wu Bin Bai, 苍梧宾白]()
黄金台 [Huángjīn Tái] by Cang Wu Bin Bai, 苍梧宾白
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe notorious imperial court lackey and the meritorious military general were well-known for their mutual dislike, a pair of arch-enemies set in stone. Who could have foreseen the unexpected change in the winds of heaven: the general injured on the battlefield, both legs disabled, and even forced by the emperor to marry his nemesis... -
![The Circus Train by Amita Parikh]()
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAt the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems--especially for the people who put on the show Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo... -
![The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters]()
The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDorset, 1642. England is on the cusp of civil war.Jayne Swift, a daughter of the Dorset gentry, has resisted all offers of marriage and instead trained as a physician, using her skills to tend to her Royalist father's tenants and the local population. When civil war sweeps England she vows to remain neutral and aid the injured whether they be Royalist or Parliamentarian... -
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![J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter]()
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty... -
![A Year of Ravens by Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray]()
A Year of Ravens by Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBritannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Celt . . . and these are their stories. A calculating queen sees the sparks of revolt in a king’s death... -
![Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman]()
Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace... -
![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 10 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 10 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the creator of RANMA 1/2 and INUYASHA comes one of Rumiko Takahashi's most beloved series, the romantic (sort of) comedy MAISON IKKOKU, re-presented in a second edition in its original episodic order, with a "missing" episode! Take a trip down memory lane back into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager;... -
![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 8 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 8 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollows the tenants of Japan's nuttiest apartment house where Kyoko, the manager, Yusaku, the college student, Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip, Akemi, the boozy bar hostess, and Mr. Yostuya, the mooching peeper, reside... -
![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 5 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 5 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollows the tenants of Japan's nuttiest apartment house where Kyoko, the manager, Yusaku, the college student, Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip, Akemi, the boozy bar hostess, and Mr. Yostuya, the mooching peeper, reside... -
![다정한 그대를 지키는 방법 2 (Saving My Sweetheart (Manhwa) #2) by Yujeong Han, Jiei Kim]()
다정한 그대를 지키는 방법 2 (Saving My Sweetheart (Manhwa) #2) by Yujeong Han, Jiei Kim
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratings마지막 순간까지 날 위해 준 사람이번 생에는 반드시 내가 당신을 지킬게요정말 과거로 돌아온 걸까.모든 것이 기억과 같긴 했다.그녀가 입고 있는 흰 웨딩드레스, 풍성한 수국 부케, 신부 대기실 벽에 걸린 액자까지.급히 소매를 걷고 자신의 팔 안쪽을 살피던 레티샤가 숨을 멈추었다.상처를 내려다보는 그녀의 눈에선 기쁨의 눈물이 흘렀다.“신이시여, 감사합니다.”그녀는 무릎을 꿇고 신께 기도를 올렸다.“그 사람을 살릴 수 있는 기회를 주셔서, 감사합니다.”사랑하는 남자를 잃고 모든 걸 포기한 순간, 모든 걸 돌이킬 기회가 주어진다면?서로를 지키기 위해 무엇이든 할 수 있는 두 사람 사이에 켜켜이 쌓이는 다정한 오해. 그 속에 담긴 설렘과 감동! 서로를 향한 마음은 끝내 이루어질 수 있을까... -
![Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott]()
Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsDreaming the Eagle is the first part of the gloriously imagined epic trilogy of the life of Boudica. Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word "boudeg"). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome - and triumph... -
![Wait for Me: A Novel by Santa Montefiore]()
Wait for Me: A Novel by Santa Montefiore
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom #1 internationally bestselling author Santa Montefiore comes a gripping new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, sweeping across England during WWII to Australia five decades later, based on a true story.Rupert promised he was going to come back. All Florence had to do was wait... -
![Dawn of Empire by Sam Barone]()
Dawn of Empire by Sam Barone
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFive millennia ago, on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, the course of human history changed forever . . .The people of Orak cherish their peaceful village and the life they have made. Though not proficient with the bow or sword, they possess a weapon far stronger: the ability to coax food from the ground. This is why the barbarian leader Thutmose-sin hates and fears them... -
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![Palace by Katharine Kerr, Mark Kreighbaum]()
Palace by Katharine Kerr, Mark Kreighbaum
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBestselling author Katharine Kerr joins with Mark Kreighbaum to present a vivid, alluring and terrifying world of the future. They call it Palace, the capital of a planet located in a region of space known as the Pinch... -
![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 9 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 9 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollows the tenants of Japan's nuttiest apartment house where Kyoko, the manager, Yusaku, the college student, Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip, Akemi, the boozy bar hostess, and Mr. Yostuya, the mooching peeper, reside... -
![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 11 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 11 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the creator of RANMA 1/2 and INUYASHA comes one of Rumiko Takahashi's most beloved series, the romantic (sort of) comedy MAISON IKKOKU, re-presented in a second edition in its original episodic order, with a "missing" episode! Take a trip down memory lane back into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager;... -
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Ghost Fire by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe brand new Courtney Series novel. A brand new Courtney Series novel by bestselling author, Wilbur Smith. 1754. Inseparable since birth and growing up in India, Theo and Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents. Theo, wracked with guilt, strikes a solitary path through life... -
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The Bloody Throne by S.C. Emmett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Intricate, elegant and sharp as a blade―sweeping political fantasy at its finest." ―Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneA richly detailed epic of ambition, honor, and sacrifice, The Bloody Throne is the masterful conclusion to Hostage of Empire, a medieval East Asia-inspired fantasy trilogy. The great Zhaon empire is in turmoil... -
![A Young Lady Finds Her True Calling Living with the Enemy Vol.1 by syuu, Kashi Kamitoma]()
A Young Lady Finds Her True Calling Living with the Enemy Vol.1 by syuu, Kashi Kamitoma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We demanded reparations, not a bride.”Pressed into marrying a general of the enemy nation, she would find only her future husband’s rejection and a cold reception in her new homeland…As the daughter of a powerful marquess in a small, prosperous nation, Bertine was raised with all the privileges and expectations befitting her station...Categorized as:
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![Golden Stage by 苍梧宾白 [Cang Wu Bin Bai], 苍梧宾白](https://s3.amazonaws.com/romance.io/books/small/67b18f5b4bcff8a72e4450c7.jpg)
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