Salah ad-Din or Saladin as he is known to the Franks was a Kurd the son of a despised people & yet he became Sultan of Egypt & Syria. He united the peoples of Allah recaptured Jerusalem & drove the Crusaders to the very edge of the sea. He battled & in the end tamed King Richard the Lionheart who well deserved his savage name. He was a great man the greatest man that I ever knew but when I first met him he was only a skinny child...- The Chronicle of Yahya al-Dimashq But alongside the legend of Saladin there is another story. When the Crusader army is routed beneath the walls of Damascus in 1148 a young Saxon named John is captured & enslaved. He is bought by Yusuf a slight bookish boy for the price of a pair of sandals. & so begins the story of two enemies brought together by fate & of a friendship that will change the face of the Holy L&. Timid Yusuf will grow up to become the warrior Saladin nicknamed 'the Eagle'; John will first teach his young master the art of war before returning west to serve first the King of Jerusalem & then King Richard himself. From spectacular set-piece battles to the political manoeuvrings of the corrupt Crusader court from the brutality of single combat to the sophistication of Islamic life this is the first in a remarkable trilogy that will chart the story of the greatest leader the Middle East has ever known. ...

A fascinating spiritual adventure. Rosemary Alteas journey of self-discovery reminds us that our existence is more mysterious than any of us have dared to believe James Redfield author of The Celestine Prophecy I recommend this book. One cannot deny the importance & truth of its message. Bernie Siegel author of Love Medicine & Miracles The Eagle & The Rose is Rosemary Alteas first book which Rider is now bringing back into print. When it was first published it became an international bestseller selling well over half a million copies & topping charts all over the world. It will be essential reading for her thousands of fans especially as it explains her early life & the beginning of her career. She also shows how she contacts the spirit world predicts future events performs spirit rescues for those unable to continue their journey & most of all she illuminates a plane of infinite goodness light & wonder beyond everyday life
- a place accessible to us all.
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The fourth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. It's 44 AD and? Vespasian & the Second Legion are forging ahead in their campaign to seize the south-west of Britain. Macro & newly appointed centurion Cato are ordered to provide Verica ?ruler of the Atrebatans with an army. They must train his tribal levies into a force that can protect him & take on the increasingly ambitious raids that the enemy is launching. But despite the Atrebatans' official allegiance to Rome open revolt is brewing for many want to resist the Roman invaders. Macro & Cato must?win the loyalty of the disgruntled levies
- but can they succeed whilst surviving a deadly plot to destroy both them? Macro & Cato face the greatest test of their army careers as only they stand between the destiny of Rome & bloody defeat...
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Late summer 1940. Hitler has conquered France. Now he intends to cross the Channel & defeat Britain before winter arrives. A group of young refugees led by British spy Charles Henderson faces a stark choice. To head south into the safety of neutral Spain or go north on a risky mission to sabotage the German invasion plans. For official purposes these children do not exist. ...

In the early morning hours of 6 November 1943 SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler receives the coded message he has been waiting for ' The Eagle has landed'. It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: Operation Eagle Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil. But despite spectacular secrecy there was to be no surrender without a fight.. . For in that remote corner of Norfolk an elite unit is gathered together. Ready to do battle for a nation against the most ruthless task force ever assembled. ...

With a dull but awful roar the Mirage bloomed with dark crimson flame & sooty black smoke the wind ripped flames outwards in great streamers & pennants that engulfed all around them & David staggered onwards in the midst of the roaring furnace that seemed to consume the very air. Drawn to the sky as though to his natural element young David Morgan spurns the boardroom future mapped out for him by his family for the life of a jet pilot. Then he meets Debra the beautiful Israeli writer for whom he will fight in another countrys war at the controls of his Mirage. Yet the breathless action which brings them together is also the very tragedy that will threaten to tear them apart.. . ...

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain
- & they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their
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The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their eagle standard was lost. Its a mystery thats never been solved until now.. . So begins the story of The Eagle of the Ninth set against a backdrop of Roman Britain & featuring a young soldier Marcus Aquila who sets off into the unknown north to find out what happened to the lost legion. Following on from this are The Silver Branch in which two young soldiers uncover a plot to overthrow the Emperor & The Lantern Bearers which is set at a time when the Romans are leaving the shores of Britain & tells of Aquila who having served in the Roman army is now returning home to his farm-but when he gets there everything he knows & loves has been destroyed & so he sets out to seek revenge. To have three such exciting stories in one volume is a treat for fans old & new. ...

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain...and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved until now... So begins the story of The Eagle of the Ninth set against a backdrop of Roman Britain & featuring a young soldier Marcus Aquila who sets off into the unknown north to find out what happened to the lost legion. Following on from this are The Silver Branch in which two young soldiers uncover a plot to overthrow the Emperor & the Carnegie Medal-winning The Lantern Bearers which is set at a time when the Romans are leaving the shores of Britain & tells of Aquila & his quest for revenge. This beautiful boxed set of these three classic stories is the perfect gift for readers young & old. ...

Federico Martin Bahamontes the Eagle of Toledo is rated by many as the greatest climber in cycling history. The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France & a six-time champion of the races gruelling King of the Mountains classification he became a national hero in a Spain struggling to rebuild after the devastation & atrocities of the Civil War. Indeed his success owed much to the conflict. When the Nationalist rebellion of General Franco finally overran the democratically elected Republic in 1939 vast swathes of the country were left impoverished & desperate. On the verge of starvation the young Bahamontes took to cycling as a means of running black market goods before realising that sport offered a more lucrative future. An impressive amateur career followed leading to his Tour debut in 1954 when he won the mountains competition on his first attempt. Success & a charismatic but temperamental racing style brought him fame at home & abroad
- as well as controversy. Today despite his appropriation by the Franco regime he remains the godfather of Spanish cycling & a sporting eccentric of phenomenal will power. He is also one of the few living witnesses to cyclings golden age &
- as Alasdair Fotheringham discovered when interviewing him for this compelling biography
- hes more than ready to tell the tale.


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