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The Wine-Dark Sea 16 by Patrick O'Brian
mobi |eng | 1993-04-29 | Author:Patrick O'Brian

CHAPTER SEVEN The little girls, stiff with pride and amazement, and fairly soused with holy water, were handed into the carriage after pontifical High Mass in Lima cathedral. They smoothed ...
( Category: Sea Stories January 18,2015 )
The Mauritius Command 04 by Patrick O'Brian
mobi |eng | 1977-12-07 | Author:Patrick O'Brian

CHAPTER SIX There were no banquets at the Cape for Jack Aubrey; there were few kind words from the Admiral, either, although the Commodore had brought in all his squadron ...
( Category: Historical January 18,2015 )
Radicals by Rose Frankie
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-22 | Author:Rose, Frankie [Rose, Frankie]

Steel meets skin. A low growl echoes off the tight walls of the musty-smelling room. Hands, feet, twisting bodies. The space is too small to tell how many people are ...
( Category: Dystopian January 17,2015 )
My Antonia. ILLUSTRATED. (mobi) by Cather Willa
azw |eng | 2008-11-20 | Author:Cather, Willa [Cather, Willa]

VIII The Harling children and I were never happier, never felt more contented and secure, than in the weeks of spring which broke that long winter. We were out all ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 17,2015 )
The Darkslayer: Book 01 - Wrath of the Royals by Craig Halloran
epub |eng | 2010-01-02 | Author:Craig Halloran [Halloran, Craig]

CHAPTER 40 Oran did not waste time traveling away with new information about the Darkslayer. The lords and masters of the Underland might find his musing useful. Oran the cleric, ...
( Category: Dark Fantasy January 17,2015 )
Hyena Dawn by Sherlock Christopher
mobi, epub |eng | 1990-01-15 | Author:Sherlock, Christopher [Sherlock, Christopher]

General Vorotnikov did not find the major’s barrack-room humour in the least bit funny. How such a common man could have risen to such high command was beyond him. The ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 17,2015 )
Night of the Predator by Sherlock Christopher
mobi |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Sherlock, Christopher [Sherlock, Christopher]

David moved slowly, taking his evening walk, as he always did, in the grounds of his Pretoria home. Above him were oak trees that had been planted a hundred years ...
( Category: Action & Adventure January 17,2015 )
Playing the Fool 01 - The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-08-26 | Author:Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock

Henry hated thunderstorms. Flat out hated them. Actually, he was terrified of them. Always had been. He didn’t know why, didn’t know if there even had to be a reason, ...
( Category: LGBT Romance January 16,2015 )
Enemy in Sight by Alexander Kent
epub |eng | 1970-01-01 | Author:Alexander Kent [Kent, Alexander]

Without looking at his watch Bolitho knew it was close on noon. The sun which had been in his face since early dawn now blazed down from directly overhead with ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
King's Commander by Dewey Lambdin
epub |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Dewey Lambdin [Lambdin, Dewey]

Sure enough, once Lewrie raised his telescope again, he could see pockets being turned out, boots and stockings stripped off, the bloody knapsacks being rifled. Taking his first close-up look ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
Company of Spears by Allan Mallinson
epub |eng | 2003-12-31 | Author:Allan Mallinson [Mallinson, Allan]

PART II THE TOUCH OF THE SPEAR Cape Colony XIV FIRST FOOTINGS Cape Town, 9 August 1827 Teams of sweating Hottentots heaved on the ropes at the quayside, and one ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
Ramage by Dudley Pope
epub, mobi |eng | 1974-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

In the great cabin Ramage found an elegantly carved desk, with an inlaid top set facing the stern lights. He sat down and looked out at the smooth wake the ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser
epub |eng | 1973-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

* * * I've been in a good few sieges in my time, from full-dress affairs like Cawnpore, Lucknow, and the Pekin nonsense a few years ago, to more domestic ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
A Close Run Thing by Allan Mallinson
epub |eng | 1998-12-31 | Author:Allan Mallinson [Mallinson, Allan]

A month passed without his venturing south or west of the city, for the Tallow troop was hard-pressed mounting smuggler-patrols around Youghal, and Hervey’s troop had been sent to assist ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
Flash for Freedom! by George MacDonald Fraser
epub |eng | 1971-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

9 If ever you have to run slaves — which seems unlikely nowadays, although you never can tell what may happen if we have the Liberals back — the way ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )

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