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The stagnating economy of Yucatan was briefly revived by the export to the United States. Several Spaniards moved to the Kingdom due to its booming economy. A mestizo woman, Huelva…
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After receiving reports from several spies, the intendent of the Spanish Essequibo district occupied the Dutch settlements in Guyana. Many Venezuelans and New Granadans praised his move to 'defend Spain…
After an agreement between Spain and Great Britain, colonists from England and Canada settle in the Spanish Kingdom of Oregon. Among them was the British Georgina (20) and her relatives…
After the successful expedition of Malaspina, many mestizos from New Spain and Peru migrated to the southwestern pacific to populate the Spanish settlements. The viceroy of Peru appointed an audiencia…
During a ball in Guadalajara, two politicians went missing. After a week, their bodies were found. The news alarmed the Viceroy, the vice-regal ministers and the people of New Galicia…
All hell broke loose after Kevin, Louisa's brother, disappeared. The case revealed much hidden conflict in the migrant community of Cuba. Meanwhile, Louisa's friends noticed that the young American lady…
Sixteen years after Fiona Rodrigues moved to Quilmes, local society shunned the (former) Spanish duchess. To make peace, she pledged allegiance to the Argentine Confederation. For a moment, it appeared…
A lot of people fantasise about building wealth that will last for generations. But... what if worldly power is a trap that comes with many side effects that can harm…
Following the defeat of Napoleon, many Frenchmen, who fled to the Americas, return to their homeland. Several families from Bordeaux, Nantes and Toulouse remained in Guatemala where they settled near…
Jasper attended the 12th anniversary of Leyden, the town where he grew up. At the celebration, he encountered his niece Elsbeth. Elsbeth and her friends invited him to join them…
The wife of Danilo (the head of the Alvarez cartel) left him for a Brazilian lover. She also robbed half of the cartel's money before she vanished! Vincente, to both…
During the early 1860s, some of the Guajan merchants sailed to Japan. Victoria (from the Portuguese community), and some of her Spanish friends, joined the business trip. In Tokyo, however…
Andres, a Portuguese librarian, married the daughter of an Anglo-French farmer. During their honeymoon, his sister-in-law, Natalia, discovered the secret of her parent's property...
The Spanish Navy sentenced Patrick, a British sailor, to indentured labour in San Luis (St. Louis). During his sentence, he witnessed a double homicide. Despite his cooperation with the investigation…
After Spain's re-conquest of East-Florida, mestizo migrants from South America settled between St. Augustine and Saint Marys River (the border with the United States). Rahul, his wife Damaris, their children…
When the governor of the Codfish colony dies, the colony is divided into captaincies that are governed from the Azores. The widow of the governor is suspected of involvement in…
Eunyeong is a Sillan girl who was captured by the army of the Yamatai confederation as a spoil of war. As a result she ended up as a slave in…
With the sudden declaration of independence, the farmers in San Salvador lost all their subsidies from the Crown. To compensate, several locals plotted to loot the wealthy Spaniards amongst them…
A Spanish diplomat is burdened to inform Swedish and Norwegian investors that, due to the independence and collapse of Central America, they lost all their investments in the former Kingdom…
Vera, born to a Spanish father, won the beauty contest of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the former colony had much difficulty recovering from the exhausting war of independence. After the pageant…
A bundle of short historical thrillers situated in the 2nd and 3th century AD.
