Alison Stuart: 14 books

The second in a tantalising trilogy from award–winning author Alison Stuart, about warriors, the wounds they carry and the women that help them heal. London 1654: Kit Lovell is one of the King's men, a disillusioned Royalist who passes his time cheating at cards, living off his wealthy and...

The breath–taking conclusion to Alison Stuart's English Civil War trilogy introduces a heroine with nothing left to lose and a hero with everything to gain… England, 1659: Following the death of Cromwell, a new king is poised to ascend the throne of England. One by one, those once loyal...

From award–winning author Alison Stuart comes a stirring historical trilogy about soldiers, spies, and the strong women that love them. England 1650. In the aftermath of the execution of the King, England totters once more on the brink of civil war. The country will be divided and lives lost...

From award–winning author Alison Stuart comes a stirring historical trilogy about soldiers, spies, and the strong women that love them. By The Sword England 1650. In the aftermath of the execution of the King, England totters once more on the brink of civil war. Kate Ashley...

England 1995: Dr. Jessica Shepherd's peaceful summer afternoon is shattered by the abrupt arrival of a wounded soldier claiming to be from the seventeenth century. If he is to be believed, Nathaniel Preston has crossed three hundred years bringing with him the turmoil of civil war and a request...

Can the love of an honourable man save her from  the memory of a desolate marriage? From the battlefield of Waterloo to the drawing rooms of Brantstone Hall, Sebastian Alder's elevation from penniless army captain to Viscount Somerton is the stuff of dreams. But the cold reality of an inherited...

Reports of ghostly music playing in the dead of night, apparitions drifting along the tower parapet, a mischievous child ghost stealing keys and an old butler lurking in the shadows . . . they can't all be rumours, can they? Built on the grounds of an old Roman ruin, Livingstone Hall Country House...

Before Lord Somerton*, he was just plain Captain Alder, a penniless career officer in Wellington’s army. As Napoleon makes his last great bid for power, he will meet an Iron Duke and an indomitable force of English and allied troops in the fields just south of a little village called Waterloo. For...

England 1923 and the Great War still casts a dark shadow over the lives of ordinary people. Grieving widow, Helen Morrow and her husband’s cousin, the wounded and reclusive Paul, are haunted not only by the horrors of the trenches but ghosts from another time and another conflict. The...

England 1643: Deliverance Felton has been left to defend her home, Kinton Lacy Castle in a time of civil war. She can shoot and wield a sword as well as any man and anything she needs to know about siege warfare she has learned from a book...but no book can prepare her for what is to come. Everything...

England 1642: Hardened mercenary, Adam Coulter returns to England sickened by violence, seeking only peace, but he finds England on the brink of civil war. He has seen first-hand what that will mean for every man, woman and child and wants no part of it. King or Parliament? Neutrality is not...

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The rhetoric and political communication of the 2016 Presidential Election was arguably unconventional, partisan, and polarizing—becoming a defining characteristic of the tone and feel of the campaign. In this volume we examine how rhetoric and various political communication strategies influenced...

Intended as a practical approach to helping children who have spoken language difficulties because of general language delay or specific language impairment, this book contains ideas and activity sheets as well as structured guidance. Areas of language difficulty are identified, activities are suggested...