Historical
epub, mobi |eng | 1977-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

tacks will give him more confidence.' 'He's going to need it,' Southwick said grimly. 'If he arrives five minutes late it might be all up with us!' 'And if we ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 1986-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

Chapter Ten Ned did not think four men in a boat could take so long to get alongside theGriffin and board. Yes, Julio could not rush back because if any ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 1958-01-01 | Author:Douglas Reeman [Reeman, Douglas]

I’m so very sorry about the way I treated you when we last met, but I now know that we both understand. If you still want to see me, I ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1959-01-01 | Author:Douglas Reeman [Reeman, Douglas]

BRING PARCEL TO JUNCTION OF ROYAL PARADE AND WESTCLIFF PROMENADE. COME ALONE AND BE THERE AT 10 A.M. IF YOU UNDERSTAND TAKE IN THE SIGNAL. DON’T FORGET, NO TRICKS. The ...
( Category: War January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 2000-12-31 | Author:Allan Mallinson [Mallinson, Allan]

CHAPTER ELEVEN THE PEN AND THE SWORD Brighton, next day ‘What the fornicating hell do you mean, Captain Hervey? A halftroop’s horses gone, Strickland’s troop’s uniforms in tatters, dragoons killed!’ ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 1978-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

This is an obvious trap. 'Are they, milord?' 'I saw ten of them a few days ago. Perhaps more have arrived by now.' 'Very interesting, milord. There might be fifty, ...
( Category: Sea Stories January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Allan Mallinson [Mallinson, Allan]

CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE NIGHT HORSE Talavera, late evening, 27 July 1809 ‘Stand down one in three, off-saddle and feed by half-sections.’ Sir Edward Lankester, pleased with what he saw at ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1988-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

Chapter Ten Ramage's cabin was crowded: as usual Southwick sat in the armchair, Aitken, Kenton and Martin were crowded together on the settee and Hill and Rennick stood either side ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 2009-12-31 | Author:Dewey Lambdin [Lambdin, Dewey]

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT They got beyond Montdidier by farm roads as the unhappy Fleury family, then the Plumbs altered their disguises to those of a pair of old crones, Sir Pulteney ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 16,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1969-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

Every captain--and master too--making the Atlantic crossing had one fear about making his landfall: that he'd be a few miles ahead of his reckoning so that in the darkness the ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1981-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

He had searched the fo'c'sle and found half aparmigiano of an age, size and hardness, so Stafford claimed, making it suitable for repairing the stonework of St Paul's Cathedral. Certainly ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 1992-01-01 | Author:Dewey Lambdin [Lambdin, Dewey]

"Yon visitor aboard La Malouine" Ayscough continued, sounding hoarse as a bear with a head cold. "Seen him before, have you?" "No, sir." "Well, Mister Hogue informs us he departed ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 16,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1975-01-01 | Author:Dudley Pope [Pope, Dudley]

"Save himself a hundred miles. Or Bordeaux." "No," Ramage said, "from Lisbon he'll head for St Malo - once the Channel Fleet's back in Plymouth. Apart from pride, he'll make ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

Any doubts I might have had about the military bandobast of the Wollo Gallas were banished entirely in the next few hours when I conferred with their commanders. They were ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1982-01-01 | Author:Richard Woodman [Woodman, Richard]

'Your standing at Trinity House must be high, Mr Drinkwater,' said Griffiths, 'they have approved the issue of a warrant without recourse to further examination. The Navy Board have acted ...
( Category: Military January 16,2015 )