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Post by Mythica » Sat October 27th, 2012, 6:52 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]I picked that up earlier this week as a freebie. Sorry if I forget to post here, work's been insane. This looks like it was first published in 2008, there's a MMPB issue available used.[/quote]

That makes sense, the Tudor craze seemed to start with Showtime's The Tudors which started in 2007.
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Post by Mythica » Wed October 31st, 2012, 11:42 am

Freebies:
Leaden Skies: A Silver Rush Mystery by Ann Parker
Cold Lonely Courage by Soren Petrek

A Cruel Harvest by Paul Reid - $3.58
The Song of Achilles (Enhanced Edition) by Madeline Miller - $3.99
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Post by Mythica » Thu November 1st, 2012, 11:36 am

Weird combo but there's a bunch of non-fiction and Mr Darcy novels at bargain prices today.

The Emancipation of Robert Sadler, The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave by Marie Chapian and Robert Sadler - $2.99
Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored by Mary Gabriel - $1.99
Lincoln on War by Harold Holzer - $1.99
The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth by Matthew Algeo - $3.99

Truth about Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani - $1.99
Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton - $1.99
Mr. Darcy's Diary: A Novel by Amanda Grange - $1.99
Mrs. Darcy's Dilemma: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Diana Birchall - $1.99
Darcys & the Bingleys: Pride and Prejudice continues by Marsha Altman - $1.99
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Post by Ludmilla » Wed November 7th, 2012, 2:36 pm

Can't remember if this one has been posted...

The Secret Riverby Kate Grenville is selling for $1.99 at Amazon US.
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Post by Mythica » Sun November 11th, 2012, 11:02 am

Today's US Kindle Daily Deal is nine books in honor of Veteran's Day for $1.99 each.

Similarly, the UK Kindle Daily Deal is World War 2: Last War Heroes by Stephen Bull for £0.99 in honor of the Remembrance Day.
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Post by Mythica » Wed November 14th, 2012, 9:37 am

Today's US Kindle Daily Deal: Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) by David M. Kennedy - $2.99 today only
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Post by Mythica » Sat November 17th, 2012, 12:06 pm

US Kindle Daily Deal: Freeman by Leonard Pitts - $1.99 today only.
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Post by Mythica » Tue November 20th, 2012, 9:52 am

US Kindle Daily Deal: Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 by William Shirer - $1.99 today only.

This one is short but free: World War One: History in an Hour by Rupert Colley

More bargains:

A Kingdom's Cost, a Historical Novel of Scotland (The Black Douglas Trilogy) by J.R. Tomline - $0.99
Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation Into War by Steven M. Gillon - $3.82
Day of the Panzer: A Story of American Heroism and Sacrifice in Southern France by Jeff Danby - $3.70
Beyond the Bougainvillea by Dolores L. Durando - $3.60
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Post by Vanessa » Tue November 20th, 2012, 11:04 am

Time's Echo by Pamela Hartshorne is 99p on Amazon UK today - it's a dual timeframe story.
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Post by Mythica » Wed November 21st, 2012, 11:50 am

Freebies:
Cruel Music: A Tito Amato Mystery #3 by Beverle Graves Myers
Four For A Boy: A John, the Lord Chamberlain Mystery #4 by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
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