Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century

No Place for Ladies: The Untold Story of Women in the Crimean War    by Helen Rappaport
Price: $7.99 USD. 106780 words. Language: English. Published by Victorian Secrets  on March 4, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

The pioneering work of Florence Nightingale has become legendary, but in 'No Place for Ladies' Helen Rappaport champions the contribution of the women whose stories have gone largely untold – the nurses, journalists and army wives who played a vital, but often overlooked, role in the theatres of war.
The First Adman: Thomas Bish and the Birth of Modern Advertising    by Gary Hicks
Price: $6.49 USD. 54480 words. Language: English. Published by Victorian Secrets  on February 1, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Business biography.

The First Adman reveals the untold story of how modern advertising was pioneered 200 years ago by the entrepreneur, self-publicist and dodgy Member of Parliament, Thomas Bish. Royalty and politicians courted this early media star and society figure, who was one of the best-known men in the land and allegedly more famous than the prime minister himself.
Zions Promise Volume 1: The Quest Begins    by Chris L Jefferies
Price: $4.99 USD. 76160 words. Language: English. Published on January 15, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

Jefferies brings to life what it is like for a family to immigrate to America under primitive conditions in this history-based, Mormon-themed novel set in the 1860's. Escaping a tyrannical father and arriving amidst the cross-currents of an emerging civil war, a growing westward expansion, and Brigham Young's colonization of the west, they find prosperity and freedom to practice their religion.
John Somerset Pakington: his first 50 years    by Andrew Harris
Price: $4.99 USD. 166440 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Political biography.

A biography of the Sir John Pakington of Westwood Park, Droitwich, born in 1799, who was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire for 37 years. At Westminster he served on many select committees, including that investigating the Andover Union scandal. He was also much involved in Worcestershire affairs..
Cotton and Cold Blood    by John Clayton
Price: $3.99 USD. 104260 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century.

The true story of a Victorian drama of life, love and murder. The story begins in the Staffordshire district and moves to the cotton weaving area of East Lancashire.