Aimee Lamb
1) Fiona
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In the late 1700s in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona MacKenzie returns from living in London and comes of age during desperate times. On the verge of womanhood, Fiona struggles with conflicting emotions; her anguish at her grandfather's death, her hatred of the occupying English forces under a ruthless commander, and her first love, Ian Campbell. Determined to follow her beloved and help rescue a fugitive Scottish patriot, Fiona sets out for London...
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Temuchin, from a herding family grew up to be a fearsome warrior/conqueror always supported by his three natural brothers, and one half-brother, as well as his warrior sister through whose eyes we follow Temuchin as he becomes the great Genghis Khan and ruler of the largest then known dominion in the world. When Temuchin and his family, stalwart friends and followers moved, they moved their homes, horses, livestock and chickens, as they covered thousands...
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When her convoy is attacked and everyone massacred, a young French girl, Anne, manages to flee across the unknown prairies where she is later found by scouts from a Mandan hunting party. Taken in by the tribe, Anne, who is given the name Red Deer by her 'captors' because of burns sustained during her flight and her red hair, must learn their ways and language in order to survive. Life is hard but good until the smallpox epidemic almost wipes out the...
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Hatshepsut, the only legal heir of Thutmose I, was married to her half brother Thutmose II an ineffective ruler at best, who preferred to be thought of as a great military commander and left the ruling of Egypt to his half sister/wife. Hatshepsut had all the attributes of a male Pharaoh, even leading troops into battle. She ruled Egypt with a firm hand, was admired for her ongoing building of some of Egypt's most famous temples, funerary sites as...
5) Boadicea
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Recently widowed, Queen of the Iceni, Boadicea, was flogged and her two daughters violated by avaricious Roman thugs. She retaliated by leading a large force of Celtic tribes and totally, destroyed three large settlements, before she faced famed Roman General Suetonius, and his disciplined legions and lost... but did she?
In order to keep their domination of the Celts in Britain the Romans were, forced to bring in more troops from overseas. This...
