Virgin Earth
by Philippa Gregory | 
The Bastard King
by Jean Plaidy | 
The Eagle in the Sand
by Simon Scarrow | 
The Forever Queen
by Helen Hollick | 
The Mercy Seller
by Brenda Rickman Vantrease | 
The Wet Nurse's Tale
by Erica Eisdorfer | 
Figures in Silk
by Vanora Bennett | 
The Passionate Enemies
by Jean Plaidy | 
The Sword of Attila
by Michael Curtis Ford | 
The Murder in the Tower
by Jean Plaidy |
By England's Aid
by G. A. Henty |
The Girl in the Glass Tower
by Elizabeth Fremantle |
By Pike & Dyke
by G. A. Henty | 
The Favored Child
by Philippa Gregory | 
Meridon
by Philippa Gregory | 
With Lee in Virginia
by G. A. Henty | 
In Freedom's Cause
by G. A. Henty | 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith | 
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck | 
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro |
They heard from the headman that the whole country near the river was densely covered with bushes, and that the ground was swampy and very difficult to cross. They agreed, therefore, that they would form a strong intrenchment at the spot where they were to embark. It was unlikely in the extreme that the Romans would seek to penetrate such a country, but if they did they were to be opposed as soon as they entered the swamps, and a desperate stand was to be made at the intrenchment, which would be approachable at one or two points only.