Fiction - Christian - Historical

It is 1940, the time of the Phoney War. Britain stands alone with German invaders waiting across the Channel and an anxious population preparing for the bloody battle ahead. In an isolated girls' boarding school, sixteen-year-old Judy Randall watches the coming of war with...

Despite the ever-present oppression of the Jim Crow South around him, Tobit Messager had become a prosperous and well-respected man. Then one day forces beyond his control start a cascade of misfortune that leaves him blind and nearly destitute. It is then that an...

Katharina Sch tz is a young woman growing up in sixteenth-century Strasbourg. Immersed in the mystique and works-righteousness of medieval Catholicism, Katharina's life is one of curiosity, mischief, sorrow, fear of purgatory, indulgences and all the struggles of a regular teen in a busy...

Award-winning author Connie Lounsbury expertly weaves nonfiction and fiction together in a story that will have the reader weeping in both sorrow and joy. When Irene's husband abandons her and their children in the early 1920s she tries, in various ways, to earn an...

Seattle Debutant Sofi Andersson will do everything in her power to protect her sister who is suffering from shock over their father's death. Charles, the family busy-body, threatens to lock Trina in a sanatorium--a whitewashed term for an insane asylum--so Sofi will rescue her...

Milcah tells a straightforward tale about the five daughters of Zelophehad struggling to achieve their goals as they travel through the wilderness and into the Promised Land with their fellow Israelites. A modern Midrash from the perspective of a redeemed womankind, it is faithful...

In a quiet corner of northern Edwardian England, Margaret Lounsbury diligently works in her grandmother's millinery shop, making hats and caring for her young sister. Several years earlier, a terrible event shattered their idyllic family life and their future prospects. Maggie is resilient and...

Uncover the true love story behind the famous hymn that stirs the hearts and ignites the faith of millions around the globe. Amazing grace How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found... Now remembered...

At the wood's edge cultures collide. Can two families survive the impact? The 1757 New York frontier is home to the Oneida tribe and to British colonists, yet their feet rarely walk the same paths. On the day Fort William Henry falls, Major Reginald...

The first book in the Treasures of the Nile series Anippe has grown up in the shadows of Egypt's good god Pharaoh, aware that Anubis, god of the afterlife, may take her--or her siblings--at any moment. She watched him snatch her mother and infant...

Night's chill tickled her skin. Lonnie pressed her hands together and glanced up. He was even more handsome up close. Having grown up the shy, awkward daughter of Joel Sawyer, she'd hardly spoken to any boy, let alone the one who had mothers whispering...

It is the spring of 1348, at the start of the 100 Year's War, just months before the Black Death spreads across Europe and William de Simpson finds himself "twice" orphaned. His father's death in the Battle of Neville's Cross was followed closely by...

The Regency in England This period boasted Jane Austen and Lord Byron. High society, the gentry, the working classes-they all knew their place. From coaches and curricles to Almack's and Regent's Park, from lorgnettes and quizzing glasses to Drury Lane and Pall Mall, it's...

Author Carol Umberger combines her love of history, romance, and God in a quartet of powerful stories set in 14th-century Scotland during the reign of Robert the Bruce, Scotland's great hero king.Author: Carol UmbergerISBN-10: 1591450055ISBN-13: 9781591450054Publisher: Thomas NelsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2002Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.53h...

Writing against the dramatic backdrop of beautiful Brunswick, Maine, and following the story's main characters into the Battle of Gettysburg-a critical turning point in the Civil War-author Al Lacy spins a tale of courage and lost love as heroic Captain Shane Donovan mourns the...

Inheriting his slighted forefathers' bitter hatred for Queen Victoria, Nigel Whitaker has finally found a way to punish the Queen: kidnap her great-grandson David, "the apple of her eye," and whisk him off to America. But when fortune-seeking emigrants Jeremy and Cecelia Barlow, unable...

Picking up where the second book in the Fort Bridger series leaves off, No Place for Fear finds Hannah Solomon befriending Betsy Fordham, a woman whose husband was captured and killed by Cheyenne Indians. Through friendship, Hannah talks with Betsy of the help God...

This is the story of forgiveness for a small girl who grew up during WWII on the island of Java in the Far East and who was imprisoned in Tjideng, the notorious Japanese concentration camp for women and children. After the war, she was...

Travel back to 1863 to a small mountain town, Seasonsville, in South-Central West Virginia that is embroiled in the American Civil War. The battles in this local conflict were not that of vast armies like those that clashed in Gettysburg or Antietam. Rather, the...

By reading Law and Grace Cannot Coexist, you will learn: The details and the truths of the gentiles' salvation How and why it was revealed to the Apostle Paul in his "my gospel"How the way to salvation changed during the period of Acts of...

How does an act of kindness result in... marriage?One carefree cowboy is about to find out in this sweet historical romance! Born dirt-poor into a life of hardship, Allie Tillman seizes the opportunity to better her situation by answering an advertisement for a mail-order...

Shortly after the burial of Jesus Christ, the Sanhedrin of Jerusalem posted five guards at the mouth his tomb, fearing that his followers might steal the body, and claim he had risen from the dead, as Christ himself had foretold. All five guards saw...

Mr. Darcy is tempted beyond what he can endure when Elizabeth Bennet leaves her private journal entries in the parlour of Netherfield. Upon reading her writing, he is appalled to find that she overheard his unflattering remarks at the Meryton Assembly and despises him...

This Study Guide is a companion for 'Pergamum: Satan's Throne' and is suitable for ages 12 and above. 'Pergamum: Satan's Throne, ' a Biblical Historical Fiction novel, is appropriate for a novel study for Grades 8 - 12, a selection for a high school...

Although the Bible gives insights into David's grief and repentance after his adulterous behavior toward the wife of Uriah, we hear very little about Bathsheba herself. In Bathsheba's Journey Lorita Boyle delves realistically into what this faithful Hebrew wife must have experienced in a...

Catherine Pinkiss is a chambermaid. Her employers are ungrateful and expect too much of all their employees. Knowing that only she can change her life, she takes her chance and replies to an advertisement in the Matrimonial Times. She knows she could be risking...

A stranger fleeing from his past. Two sisters married to the same man, now bitter rivals for his love. A family torn apart by the deception of the father, who holds the lives of all he loves in his hands. Jacob - a man...

Following a devastating tragedy in his family, Rufus, the adventurous younger son of Simon of Cyrene journeys to the mysterious kingdom of Egypt in answer to a call from God. He soon finds himself fighting for his life in an exotic land, his divine...

"Mystery, romance, and family secrets. I give it 5 stars...""...Secrets, lies, revelations and the search for forgiveness and truth..."In a remote farmhouse, during the worst blizzard in Ohio history, an old man falls down a flight of stairs to his death.Melody Knauff cannot accept...

A King David Novel (Book Two of the Davidic Chronicles) Book two of the Davidic Chronicles continues to follow David as he emerges as a warrior and leader among men. Marked for death by the Philistines and despised by his king, young David must...

A single photograph could cost his life ...Ian McAllister has searched the world over, hunting for that all-elusive perfect photograph.He finds it on a tourist trip to North Korea when he stumbles upon a young street kid foraging for roots.Unaware that this single act...

Three men. Three armies. One letter. One destiny. When World War II hits Walter Brewer's family in the worst possible way, he is torn between his love for two women, his family, and his country. A rural postal carrier in his hometown of Jamesville,...

How can two walk together except they be agreed? College student Doris Farrand has her life all planned: She'll earn her living as a schoolteacher until her boyfriend Richard graduates from seminary school as an ordained minister; then they'll be married. Their future is...

The Romans rule Israel with an iron fist, and young Hanan is angry and conflicted. The soldiers murder his father and take their livestock, and he becomes sole provider for his mother. Yet without the cattle that had been his family's livelihood, Hanan turns...

Four Texas-Set Novellas Based on Jane Austen's Novels Discover four heroines in historical Austin, TX, as they find love--Jane Austen style. Volume 1 includes: Simply Lila by Suzie Johnson, based on Lady Susan Yearning to find a real-life hero, a wallflower must learn to...

Discover four heroines in historical Austin, TX, as they find love Jane Austen style. Volume 1 includes: If I Loved You Less by Gina Welborn, based on Emma A prideful matchmaker examines her own heart when her prot g falls for the wrong suitor....

The British empire draws to an end... but the turmoil has only just begun. The Partition of India has sent millions to the roads, instigated riots as uncontrolled as wildfire...and caught up in its wake Captain Cam Fraser, his sister Miriam, and the beautiful...

Miriam paints the future...but can she change it? Chicago - 1890 Miriam watches the people jostle their way below the windows of her warehouse home, never thinking to look up at her as she paints their faces. But Miriam's gift as an artist goes...

This collection of four novellas takes the reader back to the days of Jesus, and into the lives of four unnamed women whose stories are some of the most compelling in the Gospels. Included in this compilation are: TRAPPED: THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN When Anna...

In a world that would keep her broken... Tirzah was determined not to follow in the footsteps of her mother, and of her mother's mother before her, into the life of a harlot. But when she is orphaned as a young woman, with no...

Always alone...always thirsting for love. Marah's life has been difficult. Orphaned and left in the care of a cold step-father, she thought she found escape in marriage. But when tragedy leaves her alone again, with a house full of children to tend, harsh reality...

Katherine Bains lost everything when her parents died of consumption in England and she was shunted off to Canada to live with an aunt she never knew. Once she met and married Frank McLean, however, she thought her pain and sadness were gone forever....

This book is an epic love story set in the time of Nero and Christian persecution. Quo Vadis (where are you going?) - is a usage of the phrase that refers to the Christian tradition. It refers to the apocryphal Acts of Peter (Vercelli...

The year is 1800 and young Daniel Lowe forges weapons for the defense of America, still a fledgling nation. He also protects his heart from the allure of Susannah Dobbins who seems so far above his station in life he cannot win her. Susannah...

In a world where the media relentlessly enflames fear and hatred, here is a quiet voice espousing the triumph of love and peace. --Archbishop Desmond TutuThis book shows the many similarities between Buddhism and Christianity, such as the practices of compassion, love, contemplation, and...

Daughter of a noble Roman family, Agnella had heard tell of the vain beliefs and foul practices of the Christians. Everyone knew that they murdered infants and drank their blood from silver vessels. They venerated a criminal who died ignominiously on a cross. They...

In this unique novel, Gwen Hunter spins a tale centered on Mary, the Magdalene, telling--with a fiction writer's pen--a story of life, death, violence, and forgiveness. * * * When Mary of Magdala is healed, she remembers nothing about her years possessed by seven...

A young boy with 11 brothers; favourite of his father; chosen of God.Joseph, Rachel's son, lived a privileged life in Canaan until his jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. There, the favourite son learned hardship and faced undeserved punishment.Overcoming one trial after...

Josiah's tireless work for God continues to the​ very end, but can a king really change an unwilling nation?Josiah was close to death as the chariot passed out of the valley of Jezreel, and well before the small convoy stopped for the night, the...

In the newest high-stakes historical thriller from master storyteller Davis Bunn, skepticism vies with faith amid the grit and grandeur of post-World-War-I Europe. It s 1923, and a resilient Paris is starting to recover from the ravages of World War I and the Spanish...