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1794. Free from jail,
John Pearce is not free
from the smugglers whose
boat he stole - they want
revenge and are prepared
to chase him to the ends
of the earth to get it.
And that is not the only
danger, as a collision
with the French fleet
climaxes in one of the
greatest battles of the
Revolutionary War: the
Battle of the Glorious
First of June.
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In August 1945 a British
prisoner of war is in
Nagasaki when the atomic
bomb falls. Alive, but
reeling with shock and
horror he staggers
through the remains of
the devastated city.
Suddenly he is
transported back in time
to the year 1645 - a time
of feudal lords and
samurai warriors.
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Hookson and his journey
and pursuit for the
greatest relic, the Holy
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into a world where lovers
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The Grail Quest series is
read by Tim Piggot-Smith.
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Ever since he gunned down
Appaloosa's marshal,
Braggs and his men have
owned the town,
stealing, beating,
murdering with impunity -
living off it like
coyotes feeding off a
dead buffalo carcass.
Summoned by Appaloosa's
oppressed aldermen,
Virgil Cole and Everett
Hitch are here to restore
the rule of law.
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January 1829: Cuts in the
army mean that
Lieutenant-Colonel
Matthew Hervey's Dragoons
are to be reduced to a
single squadron. With his
long-term plans in
disarray, Hervey
undertakes a six-month
assignment as an observer
with the Russian army.
Soon Hervey and his
faithful groom are
sailing north to St
Petersburg, and on to
the East...
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The dreams of an idle
life in the paradise of
the Bahamas are shattered
when the discovery of a
derelict, bullet-ridden
yacht brings in the local
police and the
drug-runners. Nick
Breakspear, desperate to
escape his famous
parentage, invalided out
of the Marines, was
heading only for peace,
but the quixotic impulse
makes him take up a
challenge.
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Once upon a time Orlov
the Conjuror was a
celebrated stage
magician, but now he is
an old man, a psychic
medium, contacting the
spirits of the departed
for the grieving loved
ones left behind. When a
seance goes horribly
wrong, Felix Orlov is
abducted by strange men
wearing gas masks and
rubber suits. Molly finds
herself on the run.
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It is 1827: Britain and
the Mediterranean Captain
Sir Laughton Peto,
engaged to Matthew
Hervey's sister, is
sailing his
line-of-battle ship
towards Navarino Bay. All
is set fair for Matthew
Hervey's marriage to Lady
Lankester, and his
return to active duty at
the Cape. But trouble
lies ahead as familial
commitments clash with
affairs of the heart.
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1936. Returned from
Abyssinia, soldier of
fortune Cal Jardine's
abhorrence of fascism
leads him to travel to
Barcelona and help
facilitate rival athletic
games to the Berlin
Olympics. But as the
first shots of civil war
ring out; friendship,
love and political
conviction converge to
persuade Jardine to once
again embroil himself in
a foreign war.
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As war against Bonaparte
rages to its bloody end
upon the field of
Waterloo, a young
officer goes about his
duty in the ranks of
Wellington's army. He is
Cornet Matthew Hervey of
6th Light Dragoons.
Cornet Hervey faces
decisions, both military
and romantic, which will
change the course of his
life, and possibly the
outcome of Waterloo.
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It is 1704 and Europe is
at war. 'Take this sword
as your own and wear it
with more honour than the
man from whom you took
it'. With Lord
Churchill's words ringing
in his ears, the
courageous young Captain
Daniel Rawson leads his
men into battle against
the French enemy. He must
succeed at all costs -
the future of England is
at stake.
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Despite the resounding
victory at the battle of
Oudenarde, the Duke of
Marlborough finds his
position as
captain-general
threatened by political
enemies back in England,
and his campaign stalled
at the siege of Lille.
Captain Daniel Rawson is
drafted in with the
treacherous task of
entering Lille undercover
to steal vital plans.
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Patrick O'Brian's
Aubrey-Maturin tales are
widely acknowledged to be
the greatest series of
historical novels ever
written. To commemorate
the 40th anniversary of
their beginning, with
Master and Commander,
these evocative stories
are being re-issued in
paperback with smart new
livery. This is the
second book in the
series.
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Alchemists and courtiers
seek to confound Francis
Wyld as he investigates
the death of a Frenchman
in London in 1663.
Tragedy and treason are
destined to follow. Can
Wyld bring to justice the
fanatical mastermind who
threatens the highest
officer in the land?
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London, 1857. A series
of mutilated corpses are
pulled from the Thames.
Young surgeon Dr George
Phillips is first
consulted, and then
suspected, by police.
The Lazarus Club - a
gathering of the finest
minds of the age wish to
use their discoveries to
change the world. But
there are those who use
the club for their own
mysterious and black
ends.
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A cave hacked out of the
rock, lit by flickering
torches - two young boys
appeal to the famed Roman
oracle for a glimpse into
their future. The Sybil
draws a blood-red shape
of an eagle with wings
outstretched. An omen of
death. As they flee from
the cave in fear, Aulus
and Lucius make an oath
of loyalty until death.
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In twenty years, the de
Hauteville brothers have
gone from penniless
obscurity to become the
most potent warrior
family in Christendom:
depended on by the Pope,
feared by Byzantium and
respected by the Holy
Roman Emperor. Now, at
the head of the tribe
stands Robert, who has
only one aim: to expand
his power by military
conquest.
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In twenty years the de
Hauteville brothers have
gone from penniless
obscurity to become the
most potent warrior
family in Christendom:
depended on by the Pope,
feared by Byzantium and
respected by the Holy
Roman Emperor. Now, at
the head of the tribe
stands Robert, who has
only one aim: to expand
his power by military
conquest.
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THE GLADIATOR, the ninth
novel in Simon Scarrow's
Roman series, was on the
Sunday Times hardback
bestseller list for
several weeks, reaching
the No. 2 position, and
CENTURION was a number
one bestseller in
hardback and paperback.
Simon Scarrow's novels
have sold in excess of 1
million copies through
BookScan
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The third in this epic
quartet of novels. Arthur
Wellesley (soon to be
Viscount Wellington) and
Napoleon Bonaparte are
well established as men
of military genius.
Wellesley has shown
remarkable skill and
bravery in India. He
faces trials and
tribulations on the
political scene before
becoming embroiled
militarily in Copenhagen,
Portugal and Spain.
Napoleon is cementing his
control on Europe. The
time is approaching when
Wellington and Napoleon
will come face to face in
confrontation - and only
one man can emerge
victorious.. .
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January 1829: George IV
is on the throne,
Wellington is England's
prime-minister, and snow
is falling thickly on the
London streets as
Lieutenant-Colonel
Matthew Hervey is
summoned to the Horse
Guards in the expectation
of command of his
regiment, the 6th Light
Dragoons. But the
benefits of long-term
peace at home mean cuts
in the army.
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July, 1806. Commanding a
prison-hulk in the Medway
guarding French captives,
Martin Jerrold thinks
his war can't get much
better. He's far away
from storm, battle and
other disagreeable
elements of naval life.
But when one of the
prisoners goes missing,
Jerrold's comfortable
world is turned up-side
down.
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An epic heroic novel,
set in Ancient Greece,
and based on the true
story of the Battle of
Thermopylae in 480 BC.
This is the story of
Xeones, the only
survivor of 300 Spartan
warriors ordered to delay
for as long as possible
the million-strong
invading army of King
Xerxes of Persia.
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Hector Lynch follows his
quest for the young
Spanish woman, Maria,
with whom he has fallen
in love. His search takes
him and his friends on a
nightmare passage around
Cape Horn where they come
across a small warship
entombed on an icefloe,
her only crew two
skeletons - the captain
frozen to death in his
cabin and a dog.
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It's 1813, and Horatio
Hornblower is propelled
toward the heart of the
French Empire and his old
enemy, Napoleon.. .Sir
Horatio Hornblower has
received strict and
highly confidential
orders from the highest
rank: he must embark upon
a grave and perilous
mission to recapture the
Flame in the Bay of
Seine.
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His name was Alcibiades,
kinsman of Pericles and
protege of Socrates.
Undefeated on the
battlefield, Alcibiades
fled to Sparta after
being forced to leave
Athens when a trumped-up
charge of treason was
made against him. There,
he was instrumental in
guiding its legendary
army to triumph.
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Former pirate and captain
of Guardship, Thomas
Marlowe, is now a man of
property, keeping his
prosperous tobacco
plantation in Virginia
with his wife Elizabeth.
But the Anglo-Spanish war
has meant a decline in
tobacco prices, and
Thomas decides to come to
England to trade his
wares, thinking that he
will meet an old enemy
from his pirating days.
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Three men trek to the
remote African interior
in search of a lost
friend - and reach, at
the end of a perilous
journey, an unknown land
cut off from the world,
where terrible dangers
threaten anyone who
ventures near the
spectacular diamond mines
of King Solomon.
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Tells the story of a
family of English
children who, on being
sent by their parents
back to England from
Jamaica, fall into the
hands of pirates. As this
voyage of innocence
continues the events
which unfold begin to
take on a savagely
detached and haunting
quality.
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It is May, 1810 - and
thirty-nine-year-old
Captain, Horatio
Hornblower has been
handed his first ship of
the line. Though the
seventy-four-gun HMS
Sutherland is 'the
ugliest and least
desirable two-decker in
the Navy', Hornblower
knows that by the time
Sutherland and her
squadron reach the
blockaded Catalonian
coast, every seaman will
do his duty.
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Arriving home from the
Crusades, Hugh DeLuc
discovers his wife has
been abducted. Hugh,
taking on the role of a
jester, is able to
infiltrate the enemy's
castle where he believes
his wife is being held
captive. And when a man
is fighting for freedom -
for his wife, and for
everything he holds dear
- he will prove a
formidable opponent.
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It's 11th century Italy.
The Byzantines rule the
South, but do so in the
face of constant revolt
from their unwilling
subjects. The Lombards,
heirs to a northern
tribe, are no exception
and their leader, Arduin
of Fassano, brings into
the conflict the fearsome
mercenary brothers, the
de Hautevilles, to help
him in his quest.
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Captain Matthew Hervey is
suffering the effects of
unrest within his beloved
regiment, the 6th Light
Dragoons. Their new
commanding officer -
wealthy, arrogant and
cruel - has taken an
immediate dislike to him.
Somehow, Hervey must
earn promotion while
retaining his integrity
and the loyalty of his
men.
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Returning to camp from a
dangerous solo mission
behind enemy lines,
career soldier Daniel
Rawson finds himself
stranded on foot, with
French soldiers in fierce
pursuit. A kindly farmer
helps Daniel hide in his
barn, then loans him a
carthorse on which to
escape.
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John Pearce comes back
from Corsica demanding
that Captain Barclay,
the man who pressed him
and his fellow Pelicans
into the Navy, be tried
at home by a civilian
court. Against the
background of the siege
of Toulon and with the
Revolutionary Army
massing to attack,
no-one in authority sees
this as a good time to
accede to his requests.
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It is 1709, and Europe
is in the midst of the
coldest winter for a
century. France is
suffering profoundly.
King Louis XIV is at The
Hague, searching for
peace with the English on
almost any terms. To
assist these
negotiations, the Duke
of Marlborough sends
Captain Daniel Rawson on
a dangerous mission to
Paris.
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The bestselling author of
'Centurion' and 'The
Gladiator' returns with
another action-packed
Roman adventure. Rebel
gladiator Ajax and his
men have been posing as
Roman soldiers and
attacking naval bases,
merchant vessels and
villages. Prefect Cato
and Centurion Macro have
been charged with the
task of tracking Ajax
down. But the cunning
gladiator has other
ideas...
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AD256 - the spectre of
treachery hangs ominously
over the Roman world. The
sparks of Christian
fervour have spread
through the empire like
wildfire, and the
imperium is alive with
the machinations of
dangerous and powerful
men. All the while,
Sassanid forces press
forward relentlessly
along the eastern
frontier.
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Despite efforts of the
Pharaoh Senusret and his
generals, the beautiful
acacia tree of Abydos is
dying. But the beautiful
priestess Isis has an
idea: to save the 'Tree
of Life', a new pyramid
must be built in honour
of Osiris. Senusret
agrees to the plan - but
what the pharaoh doesn't
know is that a triple
conspiracy has been
hatched against him.
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Winter 1793 - the Reign
of Terror rips through
revolutionary France, as
every able-bodied man is
pressed into military
service. The city of
Toulon has turned itself
over to the British - the
red ensign of Lord
Admiral Hood's flagship,
Victory, offering a
defiant symbol of
protection to its people.
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At the festival of
Osiris, loyal subjects
of the Pharaoh gather to
pay homage to their
leader. Only Taita - a
wise and formidably
gifted enunch slave -
sees him as a symbol of
the kingdom's fading
glory. Danger surrounds
all those who oppose the
ruling elite.
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The Byzantine Empire
rules in Southern Italy,
but the indigenous
populations are restless.
The Lombards are no
exception - unwilling
subjects to an
overwhelming military
empire - yet they have
been too divided to
threaten the hegemony of
Constantinople.
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It's May, 1810 - and
thirty-nine-year-old
Captain Horatio
Hornblower has been
handed his first ship of
the line.. .Though the
seventy-four-gun HMS
Sutherland is 'the
ugliest and least
desirable two-decker in
the Navy' and a crew
shortage means he must
recruit two hundred and
fifty landlubbers.
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His father in prison for
fraud, his ex-wife
bleeding him dry and his
spine shattered by a
bullet, Falklands war
hero Nick Sandman, VC,
has no money and no
prospects. Only his boat
- Sycorax - and his dream
of sailing her away from
his troubles is keeping
him alive. But Sycorax is
as crippled as Nick.
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The head of the SIS
recruits Cal Jardine to
help him prove that
Czechoslovakia is
threatened with invasion,
but mutual suspicions
within secret service
ranks make Jardine 's
mission near impossible.
Along the way he
rediscovers old friends
of dubious loyalty and
makes new enemies of
untested ruthlessness.
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A humiliated and shipless
captive of the French,
Horatio Hornblower faces
execution unless he can
escape and make a
triumphant return to
England.. .Forced to
surrender his ship, HMS
Sutherland, after a long
and bloody battle,
Captain Horatio
Hornblower is held
prisoner in a French
fortress.
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AD262 - the Imperium is
in turmoil after the
struggle for the throne.
Furthermore, Ephesus,
Asia's metropolis, lies
in ruins, shattered by a
mighty earthquake. Its
citizens live in fear as
the mob overwhelms the
city, baying for blood
to avenge the gods who
have punished them. Yet
an even greater threat to
the Empire advances from
the North.
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AD262 - the Imperium is
in turmoil after the
struggle for the throne.
Furthermore, Ephesus,
Asia's metropolis, lies
in ruins, shattered by a
mighty earthquake. Its
citizens live in fear as
the mob overwhelms the
city, baying for blood
to avenge the gods who
have punished them. Yet
an even greater threat to
the Empire advances from
the North.
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It's 1794, the height of
the French Revolution.
Charles Hayden sets off
aboard the ill-fated HMS
Themis with orders to
destroy a French frigate
sailing from Le Havre and
to gather intelligence
from a royalist spy. On
discovering French plans
for an imminent invasion
of England, Hayden must
return to Portsmouth to
give warning before it's
too late.
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The sons of Tancred de
Hauteville are following
in their father's
footsteps. As knights,
they have but one true
purpose: to fight. But
denied service with their
duke, they are forced to
take employment as
mercenaries: their
unequalled battle skills
are for hire to the
highest bidder.
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A deadly pursuit across
the Pacific, a savage
figure dealing in a
barbaric trade, six
notorious prisoners and a
tribe of cannibals in the
New Hebrides conspire to
make this swashbuckling
and life-threatening
adventure for the Royal
Navy's hero - Kit
Killigrew - and the crew
of HMS Tisiphone.
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The Cruel Trade tells the
story of a fascinating
and brave expedition as
it crosses the untamed
savannah. A tale of
betrayal and fear, but
also courage and great
love, this dramatic
story gives an
illuminating insight into
a turning point in the
long and bloody history
of East African slavery.
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As captain of His
Majesty's frigate
Unrivalled of forty-six
guns, Adam Bolitho is
required to assist the
senior officer of the
patrolling squadron. But
all efforts of the
patrols to curb a
flourishing trade in
human life are hampered
by unsuitable ships, and
by the belligerence of
the Dey of Algiers,
which threatens to ignite
a full-scale war.
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Revolutionary Paris,
1798. Adventurer Ethan
Gage - gambler,
sharpshooter and pupil of
the late Benjamin
Franklin - wins a
mysterious medallion in a
card game. Within hours
he is framed for murder
and, facing the grim
prospect of either prison
or death, he barely
escapes France with his
life.
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A suitcase in one hand
and hope in the other,
Archie Mullins clutched
the ticket as if his life
depended on it. Pulling
on his britches he
stepped over the swill
thrown from the windows
of Wickham Court and
followed the filthy water
to the corner of
Valentine Avenue, its
doorways a witness to
everything but love
harboured nothing but
poverty.
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When a mysterious
assassin looses his arrow
at the emperor, he has
more than a man in his
sights; the keystone of a
crumbling empire, he is
the solitary figure
holding its enemies in
check. If he falls, then
the mightiest power in
Christendom will be torn
apart.
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1936. Having returned
from Abyssinia, soldier
of fortune Cal Jardine is
convinced to travel to
Barcelona and help
facilitate rival athletic
games to the Berlin
Olympics. But now he
finds himself in Spain as
the first shots of civil
war ring out; and the
demands of friendship,
love, and politics
embroil Jardine once
again in foreign war.
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Paul Shanahan, the owner
of a yacht delivery
business in Belgium, now
lives a peaceful
existence after a
terrorist-active life. An
old colleague's request
for the secret transport
of a large amount of gold
is a welcome return to
the fold, and a chance
to get home to Boston.
But it turns out to be
the trickiest and
deadliest business of
all.
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Matthew Hervey is charged
with raising a new troop,
and organising transport
for India - for he, his
men and their horses are
to set sail with
immediate effect. What
Hervey and his soldiers
cannot know is that in
India they will face a
trial for which they are
ill prepared. A large
number of Burmese
war-boats are assembled
near Chittagong.
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Stricken with grief after
the death of Queen
Lostris, Taita becomes a
hermit, studies the
occult and transforms
himself into a warlock.
He discovers there has
been a divine purpose in
his suffering when he is
called upon to save the
dynasty of Queen Lostris
from the evil that looms
over Egypt.
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Its 11 September 1683,
Rome. The citizens of the
city wait anxiously for
the outcome of the battle
for Vienna as Ottoman
forces lay siege to the
defenders of Catholic
Europe. Meanwhile, a
suspected outbreak of
plague causes a famous
Roman tavern to be placed
under quarantine.
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The young Verne and his
best friend Andre Nemo
stow away on a ship bound
for the high seas, but
Jules' father catches
Jules and forces him to
come home in total
disgrace. Nemo goes on to
have all the adventures,
battling pirates,
fighting sea monsters,
being shipwrecked,
ballooning across Africa
and more.
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Matthew Hervey of the 6th
Light Dragoons is
urgently summoned to the
Cape Colony when he
learns that the Zulu
warrior King Shaka is
about to wage war. Soon
Hervey, his old friend
Eyre Somervile and their
escort of dragoons and
mounted rifles are riding
north. When they arrive
at Shaka's kraal it is a
horrifying place.
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'Fire as she bears. Rake
her, lads.' Winter,
1793. Newly promoted
Master and Commander
Charles Hayden's orders
are to deliver the
frigate HMS Themis to
Lord Admiral Hood, whose
fleet is sheltering in
the Mediterranean. Only
hours out of port,
however, and the Themis
is engaging with the
French navy.
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Aulus is dead. Hailed as
a hero of the republic,
his sons, Quintus and
Titus have new
responsibilities placed
upon them. Lucius, now
the most powerful senator
in Rome, is manipulates
the Cornelii family to
achieve his own goals.
Meanwhile the young
Aquila lives in Spain
with dreams of becoming a
solider to fight for
Rome.
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1793. John Pearce and his
Pelicans are homeward
bound, determined to put
the treacherous Captain
Ralph Barclay in the
dock. But first they must
evacuate Toulon where the
Republican Army and the
threat of the guillotine
wreak havoc. Pearce must
keep his wits about him
in order to survive.
Barclay and his wife
Emily are sharing the
voyage home.
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After near disaster on
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Horatio Hornblower is
given his first
assignment as Captain,
taking charge of the
Atropos, a 22-gun sloop
that will act as flagship
for the funeral
procession of Lord
Nelson. Soon Captain
Hornblower must execute a
bold and daring salvage
operation for buried
treasure lying deep in
Turk waters.
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1820s Britain: after the
wars with France, when
unemployment was high and
soldiers could be paid
off, when the government
was desperately afraid of
social unrest, any crime
was drastically punished
and thousands were hung.
But one could petition
the King and an
investigation might
ensue!
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A castaway tossed onto a
deserted beach is the
last survivor of a world
that no longer exists. He
has a terrible,
fascinating story to tell
- the true reason for
which the Trojan War was
fought. The protagonist
of this tale is Diomedes,
the last of the great
ancient Greek Homeric
heroes, who seeks to
return to his beloved
homeland.
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In the spring of 1884, a
young man packs his bags
in Victoria, BC, and
heads for the prairies,
looking for a new life
and hoping to get
involved in an Indian
'war.' Instead, he lucks
into a job in the fur
trade and befriends many
of the great chiefs of
the Cree nation, and
ends up between a bullet
and a target when the
North-West Rebellion
erupts.
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Having destroyed
Kerbogha''s army, the
crusaders are at last
secure in Antioch. But
internal quarrels still
consume them: Raymond and
Bohemond are almost at
war over who should
possess the conquered
city, and with Adhemar
dead there is no-one with
authority or inclination
to enforce unity.
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A story of Theoderic the
Goth, a man who rose to
the equal of Emperors,
who raised his people to
a pinnacle of power and
wealth. It is a story
that spans Europe, from
the intrigues and wiles
of Constantinople to the
battlefields of the
future France, from
North Africa to the
Balkans.
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Lieutenant John Pearce is
considering his future.
Lacking funds, an
occupation if he leaves
naval service, or the
evidence of perjury he
once held against Captain
Ralph Barclay, the brute
who pressed he and his
friends into the navy,
his prospects are not
promising. Ralph Barclay
meanwhile has problems of
his own.
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It's 1812 and the fate of
Europe lies in the hands
of newly appointed
Commodore Hornblower.
..Dispatched to northern
waters to protect
Britain's Baltic
interests, Horatio
Hornblower must halt the
advance of Napoleon's
empire into Sweden and
Russia. But first he must
battle the terrible
Baltic weather: fog,
snow and icebound
waterways.
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As the War of
Independence begins in
earnest, American
merchant seamen prepare
to strike the first
blows. None strikes more
deftly than Isaac
Biddlecomb, captain of
the Judea, whose
smuggling activities are
making a mockery of His
Majesty's Royal Navy.
Pursued by the HMS Rose,
he sacrifices the ship he
loved to the depths.
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From the bestselling
author of THE GLADIATOR
and FIRE AND SWORD comes
the final volume in his
epic quartet of novels
about Wellington and
Napoleon It's 1810, and
both Viscount Wellington
and Emperor Napoleon have
made great names for
themselves as outstanding
military commanders. With
Napoleon's power waning
at long last, Wellington
must seize the
opportunity to crush the
tyrant once and for all
-- and so the two giants
face each other for the
final time, at
Waterloo...
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The year is AD 255 - the
Roman Imperium is
stretched to breaking
point, its authority and
might challenged along
every border. The
greatest threat lies in
Persia to the east,
where the massing forces
of the Sassanid Empire
loom with fiery menace.
There the isolated Roman
citadel of Arete awaits
inevitable invasion.
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Ambushed by a gang of
hardened sea robbers,
Hector, pirate and
fugitive, is obliged to
navigate their vessel on
a nightmarish journey.
When his ruthless
shipmates abandon him in
Peru, he learns that
Maria, the young Spanish
woman who stole his
heart, is now living on
the remote Ladrones, the
Thief Islands, on the
far side of the Pacific
Ocean.
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With President Thomas
Jefferson's blessing,
Ethan Gage embarks upon
an expedition into
America's wild frontier
impelled by a legendary
prize: the mythical
hammer of the Norse god
Thor, allegedly carried
to America more than a
century before Columbus.
Gage's skills are tested
as never before en route
to the most incredible
discovery of all time.
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An ancient murder! A
clandestine society! A
conspiracy that will end
in death...Former SAS
operative Ben Hope is
running for his life.
Enlisted by the beautiful
Leigh Llewellyn - world
famous opera star and
Ben's first love - to
investigate her brother's
mysterious death, Ben
finds himself caught up
in a centuries-old
puzzle. An electrifying
and utterly gripping must
read for fans of Dan
Brown, Sam Bourne and
Ludlum's Bourne series.
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One vital convoy can
break Mussolini's
stranglehold on Malta,
but it is intercepted in
the Mediterranean by
enemy warships. This work
recounts life aboard a
British warship during
some of the darkest days
of the Second World War,
capturing the urgency of
the blazing guns, the
rupturing of deck plates,
the screams of pain and
the shouts of triumph.
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Patrick O'Brian's
Aubrey-Maturin tales are
widely acknowledged to be
the greatest series of
historical novels ever
written. To commemorate
the 40th anniversary of
their beginning, with
Master and Commander,
these evocative stories
are being re-issued in
paperback with smart new
livery. This is the
twentieth book in the
series.
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In 1794, Lieutenant John
Pearce, returned from
the Atlantic, is caught
between the constant
feuding of 2 senior
admirals. One puts him in
a position of maximum
danger and another asks
him to undertake a
hazardous commission,
one he must undertake in
order to protect his
friends, the Pelicans.
They are his Achilles
heel and those in power
know it.
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IT TAKES A GENIUS TO HIDE
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The international
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intrigue and death
combine in a riveting
historical thriller that
reveals the unknown
secrets behind Leonardo
Da Vinci's controversial
painting of The Last
Supper.
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THE GLADIATOR, the ninth
novel in Simon Scarrow's
Roman series, was on the
Sunday Times hardback
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several weeks, reaching
the No. 2 position, and
CENTURION was a number
one bestseller in
hardback and paperback.
Simon Scarrow's novels
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Matthew Hervey and the
6th Light Dragoons are
stationed in India,
where conflagration looks
set to flair. The usurper
prince, Durjan Sal, has
taken refuge in the
infamous fortress of
Bhurtpore. Hot and
dangerous work lies ahead
for Matthew Hervey and
his courageous troop who
know their fortunes will
be decided by the sabre's
edge.
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1935: Harry Jardine is a
soldier of fortune.
Forced to flee Hamburg
after helping Jews escape
Nazi Germany, he is
recruited to smuggle guns
from Rumania into
Abyssinia, under threat
of Italian invasion. But
seeing how ill-equipped
the Ethiopians are to
face the Italian army,
can Jardine just walk
away?
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Rome has lost its
greatest warrior - for
Aulus, the doom-laden
prophecy of forty years
earlier has come to pass.
It is now left to Lucius
to defy the oracle's
curse alone, and the
corrupt senator leaves
nothing to chance in his
bid to survive. But one
boy, alone in the world,
holds the key to his
fate, and the future of
the Roman Republic.
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Thia Beresford, bored
with the demands of
nineteenth century
society, decides to
forego the luxuries of
Huntingley and embark on
a riding expedition
across the pampas of
Patagonia. Accompanied by
her father, brother, a
playwright, two servants
and her Newfoundland
dogs, Thia joins the
ship in Liverpool.
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From the cruelty of the
slave markets of Algiers
to the majesty of
Topkapi, the sultan's
seraglio in Istanbul, to
the convent of the noble
Knights of St John in
Malta, this is a novel
of the timeless struggle
between the religions and
cultures of the east and
west.
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Lieutenant John Pearce is
in London seeking
protection for his
friends, the Pelicans,
from a reluctant
Admiralty, unaware that
they have been turfed off
the ship on which he left
them in safety. Sitting
in the tavern where he
and the Pelicans were
first press ganged,
Pearce considers his
future.
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Thomas Marlowe, former
pirate and captain of the
Guardship, lives
prosperously on his
tobacco plantation near
Williamsburg with his
lovely wife Elizabeth.
But when King James, the
huge ex-slave who is in
command of Marlowe's
sloop, kills the crew of
a slaveship and makes
himself the most wanted
man in, Marlowe is
forced to go and hunt him
down.
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At the time of his death,
Patrick O'Brian had
begun to write a novel to
follow on from Blue at
the Mizzen, the
twentieth book in the
classic series. These are
the chapters he had
completed of the final
voyage of Jack Aubrey and
Stephen Maturin -- the
greatest friendship of
modern literature
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Lucius Falerius is dead,
and Rome mourns the
passing of its powerful
senator. It falls to his
son Marcellus to carry
out his father's legacy
and restore the rights
promised to the defeated
Sicilian slaves, yet
there are those who will
not see the honour of
Rome compromised and the
slaves assuaged.
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It was Libya, 1942 -
Rommel's Africa Korps is
sweeping across the
desert. Ragged Allied
forces are being torn
apart in brutal
fire-fights on the
scorched sands. A
desperate message to the
Prime Minister is
entrusted to First
Officer Madeleine Rose,
WRNS. Her codename is
Runefish.
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It is 1827, and Matthew
Hervey is on the look out
for a new posting. He
soon finds one in the
Cape Colonies, where
there is need of a man to
re-organise the local
forces, and in
particular to form a new
company of horse. As
Hervey and his greenhorn
troops are plunged into a
battle, death is only a
heartbeat away.
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