A bundle of short historical thrillers situated in the 2nd and 3th century AD.
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21 kirjaa tekijältä Rashid Dossett
When the governor of the Codfish colony dies, the colony is divided into captaincies that are governed from the Azores. The widow of the governor is suspected of involvement in her husband's death. This is soon forgotten when a Portuguese sailor becomes the new governor of a part of the Codfish colony which was named New Sintra. As part of his office he needs to marry and he selects the daughter of the former governor as his consort. This, however, was not a good idea...
Andr s, a Portuguese librarian, married the daughter of an Anglo-French farmer. During their honeymoon, his sister-in-law, Natalia, discovered the secret of her parent's property...
The stagnating economy of Yucatan was briefly revived by the export to the United States. Several Spaniards moved to the Kingdom due to its booming economy. A mestizo woman, Huelva, was removed from her home due to the construction of a road that required the demolishment of her home village. It was only after she moved to Merida, that she realised that her loss was actually a blessing in disguise.
A Spanish diplomat is burdened to inform Swedish and Norwegian investors that, due to the independence and collapse of Central America, they lost all their investments in the former Kingdom of Guatemala. After informing the Norwegian leaders, he wanted to leave immediately. However, his daughter found reasons not to return to Spain.
Eunyeong is a Sillan girl who was captured by the army of the Yamatai confederation as a spoil of war. As a result she ended up as a slave in the palace of the shaman-Empress Himiko. After two years she is returned back to King Isageum of Silla, on the command of Himiko, to work as a hostess for an envoy from Gaul.
With the sudden declaration of independence, the farmers in San Salvador lost all their subsidies from the Crown. To compensate, several locals plotted to loot the wealthy Spaniards amongst them. A local jeweller came with a plan to undo the unrest caused by the unexpected change.
After an agreement between Spain and Great Britain, colonists from England and Canada settle in the Spanish Kingdom of Oregon. Among them was the British Georgina (20) and her relatives. The Spanish, mestizos, natives and British lived side by side in harmony. The societal peace was disrupted when a fleet from the Qing dynasty occupied the Spanish and British ports. Meanwhile, Georgina was distracted by her horses.
After Spain's re-conquest of East-Florida, mestizo migrants from South America settled between St. Augustine and Saint Marys River (the border with the United States). Rahul, his wife Damaris, their children, and their servant Yuliya, settled in an abandoned village at the border. Rahul trained new soldiers, Damaris opened her own shop and Yuliya made American friends. Sudden events caused Damaris to doubt whether their family's migration was a good idea to begin with...
All hell broke loose after Kevin, Louisa's brother, disappeared. The case revealed much hidden conflict in the migrant community of Cuba. Meanwhile, Louisa's friends noticed that the young American lady needed a fresh new start. This fresh new start came after she suddenly left Santa Clara, her place of birth. However, she figured out the hard way that escaping would not be that easy...
Sixteen years after Fiona Rodrigues moved to Quilmes, local society shunned the (former) Spanish duchess. To make peace, she pledged allegiance to the Argentine Confederation. For a moment, it appeared as if she was accepted by the community. However, soon the public demanded a sacrifice from her to prove her loyalty...
A lot of people fantasise about building wealth that will last for generations. But... what if worldly power is a trap that comes with many side effects that can harm an entire family (or a whole community) for multiple generations? In this bundle, we'll see both the benefits as the dark side of the prosperity of Dagmar's extended family-the good, the bad, the ugly and violence that haunted them from within covered by the deceptive glitter, glamour and fame they ''enjoyed'' according to society. Always remember: not everything that glitters is gold
The wife of Danilo (the head of the lvarez cartel) left him for a Brazilian lover. She also robbed half of the cartel's money before she vanished! Vincente, to both console his father-in-law and to bring closure for the family, searched for someone to replace Danilo's ex-wife. The cartel's financial woes caused the collapse of the economy. Civil unrest, riots and lootings followed within days. The viceroy of New Granada threatened to annex the colony if the (local) politicians failed to solve the crisis. At the yearly vice-regal beauty pageant, Vincente selected Giovana--who won the beauty contest of the Margarita province earlier that year. As the 'trophy wife' and new 'lady of the house' of society's ruling family, she enjoyed many privileges and a life of ease. At least, that is what it seemed unto outsiders...
During the early 1860s, some of the Guaj n merchants sailed to Japan. Victoria (from the Portuguese community), and some of her Spanish friends, joined the business trip. In Tokyo, however, they were drawn into a local political conflict between the supporters and opposers of the Meiji reforms. They were arrested, on false charges, and scattered throughout the country. While the conflict escalated further, Victoria adapted to her new life in a remote village in the Japanese Alps. She joined a temple choir and she even made two friends. There was a dark side to this: her success, as a foreigner, also made her a target...
Following the defeat of Napoleon, many Frenchmen, who fled to the Americas, return to their homeland. Several families from Bordeaux, Nantes and Toulouse remained in Guatemala where they settled near Tegucigalpa. The French migrants rent land from Amalia, the widow of a Spanish knight. Amalia spend her days, with her pets, wandering in her castle and private gardens. Her life suddenly changed when some of her renters were arrested for planning a coup d'etat against Spain.
After the successful expedition of Malaspina, many mestizos from New Spain and Peru migrated to the southwestern pacific to populate the Spanish settlements. The viceroy of Peru appointed an audiencia, led by a captain, to govern the Spanish towns in Nova Zeelandia. Lydia, the niece of the captain, usurped and eventually replaced her paternal uncle when she realised the natives had a tradition of a female-centred leadership. Can she handle the conflicts between the Spanish settlers, the British competitors and the natives?