British & Irish
mobi |eng | 2005-10-29 | Author:Terry Pratchett

“What do you mean, ‘nothing’?” said Vimes. “It’s got to be the book! He licks his fingers to turn a page, and every day he gets a little dose of ...
( Category: Comedy February 9,2015 )
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 February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 14 There was one priority in Sharpe's head, just one, and he ran towards the Convent, arms waving, voice bellowing. 'Captain Gilliland! Captain Gilliland!' He pounded over the road ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 6 “He's mad, Hogan,” Wellington said. "Stark mad. Gibbering. Should be locked up in Bedlam where we could pay sixpence to go and mock him. Ever been to Bedlam?" ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2009-10-05 | Author:Terry Pratchett

The next day there was a piece in the Times about the mysterious disappearance of the fabulous ‘Jewels’, which made Glenda smile. They just haven’t read their fairy stories, she ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-06-30 | Author:Harry Sidebottom

About three miles down the coast west from Sebaste was the town of Corycus. The most notable thing about it was the island lying offshore. It shared a name with ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

PART THREE Nimue’s Curse Queen Igraine sat in my window and read the last sheets of parchment, sometimes asking me the meaning of a Saxon word, but otherwise saying nothing. ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

'I told the Colonel.' 'You did!' Harper laughed. 'Mind you, you should marry her. Make an honest woman of her.' 'And what about Jane Gibbons?' Harper grinned. He had met ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1999-09-06 | Author:Terry Pratchett

“What’s the matter? What’s the matter?” said the oh god. He took Susan by the shoulders. They felt bony under his hands. “DAMN,” said Susan. She pushed him away and ...
( Category: Paranormal & Urban February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1973-05-30 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER EIGHT The Surprise lay at single anchor, well out in the channel: the wind was fair, the tide near the height of flood, and her captain stood at the ...
( Category: Sea Stories February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-05-26 | Author:Alexander Kent

Face to Face Richard Bolitho awoke from the dream, and for a few lingering moments was confused by the sounds and movements around him. He lay on his back in ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2007-09-16 | Author:Terry Pratchett

MOIST’S PAST LIFE flashed before his eyes. He didn’t even need to go to the bother of dying, although he felt as though he was going to. It was Cribbins! ...
( Category: Humorous February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-05-27 | Author:Alexander Kent

Unknown ?charge!’ Then the mood changed. ‘They just gave the word to douse the galley stove. You know what that means.’ Jago pushed the thought aside and said roughly, ‘When ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2002-02-04 | Author:Terry Pratchett

The Librarian forced the page open and chained it down. The book tried to snap at him. Its contents had made it what it was. Evil and treacherous. It contained ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 7 Dodd called his new gelding Peter. “Because it's got no balls, Monsewer,” he informed Pierre Joubert, and he repeated the poor joke a dozen times in the next ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )