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Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Halfhyde and the Flag Captain written by Philip McCutchan and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Kent
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590132580
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Flag Captain written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy receives a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny. Returning home after eighteen-months' service, Flag Captain Richard Bolitho finds himself at the center of the crisis.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590131886
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde's Island written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is assigned as second-in-command of the heavy cruiser Viceroy and ordered to a volcanic island that has recently surfaced in the north Pacific. The Admiralty hopes to claim the island for the Crown and establish an outpost there, but the hostile Russians have other ideas and the wily Japanese are prepared to carry out their own agenda.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590131827
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde and the Guns of Arrest written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is once again dispatched to Africa. This time, his mission is to help capture a British traitor who carries secret blueprints of British warships. Assisted by a Scotland Yard detective and a handful of sailors, Halfhyde must outwit the clever Germans, who are determined to take the traitor and his secrets back to the Fatherland.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590131835
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde at the Bight of Benin written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the 1890s and Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde finds himself out of favor with the Navy and on half-pay ashore when he is summoned to the Admiralty. His mission: to sail to the Bight of Benin in West Africa and spy on the not-so-secret Russian presence there. As a Russian speaker who is familiar with Benin, Halfhyde is confident he's the man for the job—until he runs into Admiral Prince Gorsinski, cousin of the Czar and Halfhyde's former jailer.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 159013186X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde Ordered South written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old iron-clad Meridian steams south on her last journey under the British flag, on route to her new home in the Chilean Navy. Using the transfer of the ship as cover, Halfhyde and Watkiss are on a covert operation to protect British interests in South America from the encroaching Germans. Soon Halfhyde has an added mission: he must help a detective from the Metropolitan Police track down and intercept a traitorous civil servant who has escaped from prison and is on the run for South America.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590131851
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde on Zanatu written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All is not well on Zanatu: the idyllic Polynesian island is in rebellion, and the British Navy sends Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde to find out why. Halfhyde steams to investigate, braving typhoons and coral reefs along the way. But things go from bad to worse once he steps foot on the island, as angry natives armed with guns assault the British sailors. The natives swear allegiance to a mysterious god named John Frumm, who has appeared among them, promising wealth and prosperity. As the island slides toward anarchy, Halfhyde struggles to rescue the beleaguered members of Her Majesty's Colonial Service and find the elusive Frumm before it is too late.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590131843
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde for the Queen written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Andalusia, Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger, who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents. But when Halfhyde discovers a plot to kill Queen Victoria herself, the stakes are raised. Now he and the rest of his flotilla must face down the Spanish Navy and get the Messenger back to Britain with vital information.
Author : V. A. Stuart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590132114
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Brave Captains written by V. A. Stuart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: October 1854: Admidst brutal cannonade and flashing sabers, the Plain of Balaclava thundered to two of the most incredible military maneuvers of all time—the charge of the Heavy and Light Brigades. As the Russian cavalry prepares to launch a full-scale attack to seize Balaclava, the British find themselves in desperate straits. Dangerously outnumbered, they are hoping for reinforcements, but in the meantime they must hold their ground, calling for heroism that will test the courage of even the bravest man. Dodging bursting shells and Russian Cossacks, Hazard proves that the bluejackets fight as well on land as they do at sea.
Author : Philip McCutchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590131878
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Halfhyde to the Narrows written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a British sailing ship unlawfully detained by the Russians. Unfortunately, Halfhyde's first command comes complete with a pompous flotilla captain in love with his own voice, and the looming threat of the irascible Admiral Prince Gorsinski. Cutting out the sailing ship from amidst the Russian fleet and sneaking her back through the Narrows under the deadly batteries of the Turks and the Russians is the easy part. Facing Gorsinski's vengeance and the legendary wrath of the Romanovs is another matter!
Author : R. F. Delderfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 159013673X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Seven Men of Gascony written by R. F. Delderfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stirring saga, seven comrades and heroes slog through the swirl and tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, fighting for their lives across Europe, from Austria to Portugal, France to Russia, until the warriors confront their destiny at Waterloo. Drawn from true stories left behind by the soldiers of the First Empire, this dramatic tale rings true in both triumph and defeat.
Author : R. F. Delderfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590136764
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Too Few for Drums written by R. F. Delderfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale of the Peninsular Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars offers unforgettable adventure. A group of ten set out to wend their way out from behind French lines in Portugal and back to the British Army. In the lead is young ensign Keith Graham, trying desperately to elude capture and certain death. At his side is Gwyneth: beautiful, smart, experienced—a woman of the world.
Author : Janet Husband
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sequels written by Janet Husband and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference book for librarians and users of public libraries which provides easy access to information on good recreational reading. This revised edition features expanded coverage of mystery and science fiction. New indexes allow access by subject, genre and main characters.
Author : Mandy Hicken
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Now Read on written by Mandy Hicken and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keen on adventure stories, but have run out of favourite authors? Want to try gothic romances but are not sure where to start? Know that your favourite author writes spy stories, but also writes science fiction under another as yet unknown name?Now Read On will solve all these problems. It is a guide to popular modern fiction divided up into writing genres, such as historical novels, macabre stories and science fiction. Each author entry within these novel types gives a brief life history, outlines the writer's style and lists all the relevant published titles. In addition a Now Read... list indicates authors who write in a similar vein. Much had changed since the first edition. New writers have established themselves as genres writers, some have switched from one area of writing to another or have even added a new interest to an old one. Around 450 titles have been added to authors listed in the first edition (particularly in 'Family Stories' and 'Police Work'), 60 new names have been selected, and one new genre 'Women Detectives' has been created.All this is backed up by an author index, and a list of characters that reappear in related stories and series. The winners of the relevant book prizes over the last 25 years are also included.This book will prove invaluable to readers, booksellers and library staff, for anyone who wants to expand their fiction reading interests or advise others on the next good read.
Author : Dudley Pope
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590135229
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ramage & the Freebooters written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramage is summoned by the Admiralty and given command of the brig Triton. But like the rest of the navy, Triton's crew has mutinied. Sympathizing with some of their complaints, Ramage also knows that if he fails to deliver three sealed dispatches to admirals off Brest and Cadiz and in the Caribbean, he will become a convenient scapegoat.
Author : Dudley Pope
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590135199
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ramage & the Drumbeat written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Lord Ramage is ordered to proceed to Gibraltar—with all possible dispatch—aboard his Majesty's ship Kathleen, to support Nelson in a battle with the Spanish off Cape Trafalgar.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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