This work is set in March 1814. Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months rigorous patrolling off the North American coast. War with the United States has not yet ended but news of Napoleons defeat & abdication has stunned a navy & a nation bled by years of European conflict. Victory has been the impossible dream & now for Bolitho a vision of the future & a personal peace seems attainable. However an unsympathetic Admiralty dispatches him to Malta. In this appointment a compliment or a malicious ploy to keep Bolitho from the woman he loves & the freedom he craves? He cannot know but the voice of duty speaks more insistently even than the voice of the heart & in this familiar sea where both glory & tragedy have touched his life Bolitho must confront the future the renaissance of a hated tyrant & the fulfilment of destiny. ...

It is the darkest hour of the darkest Age. King Arthur is dead killed by his wicked nephew Mordred. Saxon invaders rampage across the land & forces of evil are gathering. The path to the throne lies open to Arthurs only remaining flesh & blood
- Mordred. But there is one with a better claim than Mordred
- Arthurs secret child. Brought by Merlin to enchanted Avalon as a baby & raised there for protection the kings heir must take up a vital quest: to search for the four magical Lights with the power to restore Arthurs soul to his body. Introducing Rhianna Pendragon: unlikely princess & Camelots last hope.

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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
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From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror violence & revenge are the cursed swords constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356 as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries it brings nothing but bad luck & disgrace to all who possess it. ...

Long ago the world of the Four Lands was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale the half-human half-elfin Shea Ohmsford now lives in peace
- until the mysterious forbidding figure of the druid Allanon appears to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives again. Shea must embark upon the elemental quest to find the only weapon powerful enough to keep the creatures of darkness at bay: the fabled Sword of Shannara. THE SWORD OF SHANNARA is the first volume of the classic series that has become one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time. A masterful work from a master storyteller.
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The deadliest weapon is the truth. After a life on the front lines Army Ranger John Holliday is now teaching at West Point Military Academy. But when his uncle passes away Holliday discovers a medieval sword among his things
- sinisterly wrapped in Adolf Hitlers personal battle standard. Then someone viciously burns down his uncles house & Hollidays secret fears about the mysterious sword ring alarmingly true. Holliday must delve into the past & piece together the puzzle that was his uncles life
- his involvement with the enigmatic warriors known as the Knights Templar. But his search for answers soon becomes a race against a ruthless & cunning opponent willing to die for their cause. Can Holliday live long enough to reveal the treacherous but critical truth?

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The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885 & England is at peace divided between the Danish kingdom to the north & Alfreds kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs a dead man has risen & new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time & it falls to Uhtred half Saxon half Dane a man feared & respected the length & breadth of Britain to expel the Viking raiders & take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide Englands future. A gripping tale of love rivalry & violence Sword Song tells the story of Englands making. ...

The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885 & England is at peace divided between the Danish kingdom to the north & Alfreds kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs a dead man has risen & new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time & it falls to Uhtred half Saxon half Dane a man feared & respected the length & breadth of Britain to expel the Viking raiders & take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide Englands future. A gripping tale of love rivalry & violence Sword Song tells the story of Englands making. ...

ATTENTION! Amy & Dan Cahill have been located once again this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair Oh. Could they have been foolish enough to make an alliance? Spies report that Amy & Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If thi fearsome warrior was a Cahill his secrets are sure to be well-guarded...and the price to uncover them just might be lethal. Think you've gone everywhere books can take you? Think again. Books ae going to a new place but you have to follow the clues to get there. Join Amy & Dan as they continue the hunt for the 39 Clues in Book Three: The Sword Thief. The high-octane adventures will continue for a total of ten exhilarating books written by well-known authors over two years. The 39 Clues also encompasses hundreds of game cards & an online world that that means that you can play a part in the story & compete for 100s of prizes totalling over U50 000. ...

A thousand years after they fell in battle two heroes
- Druss & Skilgannon
- are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the

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