War
azw3 |eng | 2014-04-23 | Author:Kristian, Giles [Kristian, Giles]

CHAPTER TWELVE THE KNÖRR WAS a good vessel, forty-five feet long, eleven feet wide and with a draught of a little under three feet. She had half decks both fore ...
( Category: War & Military June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-07-23 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Six These days, whenever Englishmen talk of the battle of Æsc’s Hill, they speak of God giving the West Saxons the victory because King Æthelred and his brother Alfred were ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-09-30 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Eight I had told Finan to play the madman, a thing he could do well. Not mad as in moon-touched, but dangerously mad as though one wrong word could send ...
( Category: War & Military June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Eight We left Bearddan Igge in a thick fog just two mornings after Saint Oswald had been so miraculously discovered entangled in the fish trap. One hundred and thirty-three men ...
( Category: War & Military June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-10-12 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

I wrote Alfred a letter. I have always hated writing, and it has been years since I last used a quill. My wife’s priests now scratch letters for me, but ...
( Category: War & Military June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-01-05 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

The bell still tolled as I dressed. Eadith lay under the bed pelts, watching me. I dressed in the clothes I had traveled in, damp, stained, and smelly, then bent ...
( Category: War & Military June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Seven Osferth was not invited to Tamweorthin. “King Edward,” he had told me stiffly, “would prefer I did not attend.” “Or even exist?” “That too,” he admitted with a tight ...
( Category: War & Military June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-12-08 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Seven Water dripped from oar-blades, the drips spreading ripples in a sea that was shining slabs of light that slowly shifted and parted, joined and slid. Our ship was poised ...
( Category: Historical June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-10-12 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

SIX The red ship was close and was coming fast. Her bows were crowned with a black-toothed dragon’s head and filled with armed men in mail and helmets. She came ...
( Category: War June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-15 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Thirteen Doubt weakens the will. Suppose I was wrong? Suppose Sigelf was simply a stubborn and stupid old man who really did think it was too dark to retreat? But ...
( Category: War June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-02-16 | Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]

Nothing great is done without risk, but there are times I look back on those days and am amazed at the risk we ran in Frisia. It was, in its ...
( Category: War June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2016-02-27 | Author:Hosker, Griff [Hosker, Griff]

Part 3 The Dragon's Roar Chapter 9 Wolf Killer and the warriors from Cyninges-tūn did not return until the summer was almost over. The air was still warm and the ...
( Category: Historical June 6,2019 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-03-08 | Author:Hosker, Griff [Hosker, Griff]

Chapter 12 The next morning, we saw evidence of the unrest. There was a riot at the Forum of Constantine. As that was the closest forum to the Great Palace ...
( Category: War June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-10-04 | Author:Hosker, Griff [Hosker, Griff]

Chapter 9 The drekar, ‘Red Snake’, was not in the best condition but Snorri was happy that it was seaworthy. He refitted the steering board while the young men and ...
( Category: War June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-01-01 | Author:Hosker, Griff [Hosker, Griff]

Chapter 12 As we headed west, to return home, we were caught by strong winds. They were, fortunately, in our favour. We did not need to row. Haaken asked, “What ...
( Category: War June 6,2019 )

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