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Genre: historical fiction
| Title | Author | Type | Reviews | Credits | Date | ||
![]() | Death of Darkness | Doinmybestatlast | Novel | 0 | n/a | May 11, 2008 | |
Summary:I am sending this out to agents after editng the novel. I believe there are eagle-eyed readers that may find a nit, or many of them. I am going blind looking for them. So thanks ahead of time. The novel is set in China between the two World Wars. Lots of kungfu action. The historical period is accurately portrayed. Li Ma is blind and the leader of the School of the Blind Masseurs. Originally posted with 100k, but cut to <70,000. I have book two started.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | The Willow Tree of Tullamaine | Roisin Moriarty | Novel | 1 | n/a | May 6, 2008 | |
Summary:The Willow Tree of Tullamaine tells the story of Caitlin Donovan, a sixteen-year old, Irish tenant-farmer's daughter. Her only ambition is to marry Dillon Banion and raise a family with him in Tullamaine, a small village tucked into the hills of Wicklow, but she becomes enmeshed in the tangle of Anglo and Celt, Protestant and Catholic, faerie and mortal that is Ireland. She is forced to take a path not of her choosing. The novel explores the moral dilemmas that occur in a politically charged atmosphere, dilemmas no less relevant today than they were in 1892 Ireland. It is also a story about the persistence of the human impulse to love.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Ching-Ling and Dr. Sun | Doinmybestatlast | Short Story | 4 | 1.54 | May 4, 2008 | |
Summary:An interpretation of the fleeing of Ching Ling Soong from her family to her lover, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Ching-Ling would later become the vice-premier of China, second only to Mao Tse-Tung. The story has been edited out of Death of Darkness, but can stand alone as a short story.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Providence | becket | Novel | 2 | n/a | May 3, 2008 | |
Summary:Providence is the story of an American tall ship's voyage around Cape Horn to San Francisco. The story is set in 1872. It is also a story about character transformation. I wrote the story to appeal to the readership established by the late Patrick O'Brian. If he were alive, I hope he would approve of my effort as his inspiration is very evident. My goal is to set the reader on board the deck of an American clipper. I want my reader to not only imagine being there, but to also imagine working the ship and feeling the courage of the men who manned her. The characters in Providence are unique. This novel is about heroism, but courage is not limited to physical bravery in Providence. Kayleigh MacKenna, my heroine, is as much a hero as the ship's captain. Her story will appeal to men and women alike. The lyrical beauty and awesome might of the sea should appeal to everyone. It has for centuries. This novel was meant to accompany a good bottle of wine, an easy chair, and an evening away from the TV and the 21st Century. Escape awhile. Tell me if you do so.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | The Female Factory | Pamala J | Novel | 1 | n/a | Apr 27, 2008 | |
Summary:It is the beginning of the 19th century in England when two sisters, Bridget and Ivy, find themselves separated by a series of untimely events in their homeland of England. This story is about their search to reunite, Bridget's unwanted journey to an untamed land called New South Wales and to a prison called The Female Factory, the finding of love and resolution. None of this may have happened had it not been for the women Bridget meets in the English gaol. These prisoners become her world and her hope in finding her sister. Two of the prisoners are Cossette and Annie. Cossette makes Bridget a promise in the following excerpt: "After a few moments, Bridget lifted her head and stared at Cossette and Annie. She must survive to find her beloved Ivy, she told herself. Drying her tears, she said to Cossette, “I am so afraid I will never find my sister.” Cossette recognized the fear, all too well, behind her words. Her fear was existence, without recognition, stretching into an unknown future. It was being, completely and utterly, alone in the world, with no one who loved you. Cossette promised, “I will help you, little one, find Ivy. The day will come, be patient. But first, let’s find a way to leave this place.” This is the beginning, you will want to know the ending. I promise.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | THE SEVENTH HOUR | rlvs | Novel | 1 | n/a | Apr 14, 2008 | |
Summary:seven hours to save the world and kill the devil.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | Moving Shadows | Kay Lovell | Novel | 1 | n/a | Apr 8, 2008 | |
Summary:The story is based upon real facts but with the added writers license to indulge. Romance, and intrigue are part of the story. The development of the harbour in a remote Cornish village, the leading figure of this area was a Solicitor and a Banker, the Cornish family of long standing with connections to the throne. He has an affair with a male clerk, although married, not very satisfactory and his wife eventually meets an officer in the Royal Navy, whose frigate regularly berths at Georgetown, they immediately strike up a relationship. Poverty in a Fishing Village, a hamlet of nine houses and the wonderful backdrop of the cornish scenery provides the setting for this gentle story. Feedback: constructive critism please, any weaknesses please point out. development suggestions. Thanks: I would like to thank those of you that have taken the trouble to give an opinion and it has been taken on board. The rest of the book is still under construction, and yes I do use too many words. But the editing is still underway. I have only just realised that I could alter the layout, still learning you see. Ooops!Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | The Thracian Connection | emma rooney | Novel | 4 | n/a | Apr 7, 2008 | |
Summary:my story begins in thracia 44AD during the thracian/roman wars. it describes early thracian life focusing om the thracian leader Hermious and his family. Future chapters will make a connection with the present day via a school teacher called Olivia. it follows her on a journey of discovery to bulgaria were she understands the meaning behind the gold bracelet she wears. she falls in love with a bulgarian archeologist and together they discover both her past and her possible future.Chapters: | |||||||
![]() | The Captain's Head | Eben Wilson | Novel | 2 | n/a | Apr 6, 2008 | |
Summary:A beautiful young woman stows away on a Yankee Clipper in the 1830's to escape her tumultuous life. Tragically she dies at sea, but not before she is reunited with an extraordinary woman from her past who has the power to bring resolution to both of their lives and carry on a special family legacy in a most remarkable and surprising way.Chapters: | |||||||

