Historical
mobi |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Dudley Pope

She gave the hammaco another angry push. "You cannot buy more brandy because there is none to buy. You can use the money in your pocket to buy so much ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-06-19 | Author:Alexander Kent

So many ifs and maybes. Suppose the plan to land on and capture the French islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe misfired? Without overwhelming superiority at sea the scheme would certainly ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1999-03-30 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER SIX 'We therefore commit his body to the deep,' said Captain Aubrey, 'to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body (when the Sea shall give ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 8 The happy days followed. The far ship was indeed the Revenant. Chase had never seen the French warship at close quarters and, try as he might, he could ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-04-20 | Author:George Macdonald Fraser

For 'tis my delight Of a shining night, In the season of the year! Behind came Native Cavalry and marching sepoy battalions, with Sappers and artillery—Paddy had 15,000 men now, ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:David Gemmell

XIX ____________________ WINGS OVER OLYMPOS I The days were becoming increasingly strange for Hekabe the queen. The statues that lined the garden path often smiled at her, and yesterday in ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1977-12-31 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER SIX Knowing of the presence of a hostile ship of the line in the same ocean, the Leopard redoubled her attention to gunnery. Although the presence was remote and ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1980-11-08 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER EIGHT It was a black night for the squadron when the Ariel slipped her moorings and stood out into the rain-swept midnight sea, for she carried with her most ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

CHAPTER 7 'Sharpe! Sharpe!' It was Colonel Gudin who, at nightfall, burst'into the barracks room. 'Come, quick! As you are, hurry!' 'What about me, sir?' Lawford asked. The Lieutenant had ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

Part Three Chapter 9 Orders came from Richmond that directed the Legion to the rail junction at Manassas where the rails of the Orange and Alexandria met the Manassas Gap ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-10 | Author:James Clavell

Buntaro was waiting for him a hundred paces away in the center of the path that led down to the village—squat, immense, and deadly. The guard stood beside him. It ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-10 | Author:Jean Auel

15 The seasons changed in reverse as the hunting party traveled south, from winter to fall. Threatening clouds and the smell of snow hurried their departure; they had no desire ...
( Category: Family Saga February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1998-02-28 | Author:Patrick O'brian

CHAPTER SIX At Durazzo they stood out to sea, leaving the blaze on their larboard quarter and sailing across an uneventful sea with a fine topgallant breeze. But two days ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-11 | Author:Agatha Christie

Chapter 17 Richard Erskine I Anstell Manor had a bleak aspect. It was a white house, set against a background of bleak hills. A winding drive led up through dense ...
( Category: Murder February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:Alexander Kent

* * * 6 No Quarter * * * The deck seemed unusually crowded, all thought of rest and food forgotten. Some men were in the bows, peering or gesturing ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )