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More Death or Glory adventure as Tom Caine is captured by Nazis. Italy, 1943 - SAS Captain, Tom Caine, is being held captive by Nazis forces. Whilst imprisoned he befriends another member of the SAS - one who has heard a rumour. The operative knows the location of an...
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Penguin
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2014-11-20
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Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore, and routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends Hellebore to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However,...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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It is the summer of 1804 and Napoleon is massing his vast army for the invasion of England. Nathaniel Drinkwater has command of HMS Antigone, and he and his men are sent to patrol the Channel coast, helping the Royal Navy maintain a blockade of the enemy's ports. As...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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It is 1792, and Nathaniel Drinkwater is back in the Royal Navy, this time appointed to the twelve-gun cutter Kestrel, commanded by the inscrutable Madoc Griffiths. With the gathering menace of the French Revolution, he is involved in secret and dangerous operations off...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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Nathaniel Drinkwater's life at sea begins with the HMS Cyclops' capture of the Santa Teresa during Admiral Rodney's dramatic Moonlight Battle of 1780. Drinkwater's courage and initiative are put to the test as the Cyclops pursues American privateers threatening British...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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The frozen splendour of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth-century whale hunt unfold inThe Corvette. Rewarded by promotion for his services at the Battle of Copenhagen, Commander Drinkwater is dispatched in haste to replace the captain of the...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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From the tide-torn waters of the Thames, where Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is compelled to deal with a deserter, to the seas off stunning, traitorous Cape Horn - storm-scoured gateway to the Pacific - the great cruiser Patrician is tense with the threat of mutiny....
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater's frigate, HMS Antigone, is ordered to the Baltic Sea in the spring of 1807 as Napoleon's grip has begun to reach across Europe to the borders of Holy Russia. As country after country falls under the weight of French domination,Captain...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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It is 1801. Napoleon is reaching supreme power in France and has allied himself with Tsar Paul of Russia. Young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwater's ambition is to turn it back...
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Sphere
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2014-11-06
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The Sae Dene King is dead and Stormbringer must prove his worth... M.K. Hume's exclusive e-novella tells the dramatic story of how the Storm Lord became king of the Sae Dene. Prequel toThe Storm Lord: Twilight of the Celts II, short story Stormbringer's Voyage is the...
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Headline
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2014-10-09
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SPAIN, 1937. Posted to the Aragonese front, Lieutenant Lluís Ruscalleda eschews the drunken antics of his comrades and goes in search of intrigue. But the lady of Castel de Olivo - a beautiful widow with a shadowy past - puts a high price on her affections. In...
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Maclehose Press
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2014-10-02
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Stirringly told from the view of everyday soldiers, Covenant with Death is acclaimed as one of the greatest novels about war ever written. With a new foreword by Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin.They joined for their country. They fought for each...
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Sphere
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2014-09-04
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The triumphant final volume in the epic series - a series of monumental battles, fascinating history and action-packed adventure.The vast and deadly conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals as they battle for control of his empire has reached a tense...
Editeur :
Orion
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2014-08-28
Collection :
Tyrant
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It's autumn 1810, Napoleon's legions have overrun Spain, and it looks as if Britain is losing the war. Backed by the Royal Navy, the British and their Spanish allies are clinging on to a toe-hold at Cadiz. As the French press ever closer, Lieutenant Williams of His...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2014-08-14
Collection :
The Napoleonic Wars
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‘One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world’ Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIn the first month of the First World War the Russian campaign against the Germans creaks into gear. Crippled by weak, indecisive leadership the Russian troops battle desperately, even as the...
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Vintage Digital
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2014-08-07
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John Macmasters is an expert in the highly specialised skill of defusing explosives. his is the most nerve-racking job of them all - face to face with the possibility of a sudden and violent death. But in times of war new weapons must be tested. Macmasters' job is...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2014-07-24
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Mei Kayling, a member of the Chinese Red Guard and undercover agent, must lead a column of refugees across the mountains of China into Hong Kong, a perilous journey through villages blasted by an apparent nuclear explosion. It soon becomes clear that the blast was...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2014-07-24
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The Shadow of War is the first novel in Stewart Binns's new series which will see a book release for each year of the First World War.June 1914.The beginning of another long, prosperous summer for Britain. But beneath the clear skies, all is not as it seem - as the...
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Penguin
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2014-07-17
Collection :
The Great War
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Full of danger, secrets and lies, the dazzling novel from bestselling author, Lesley Lokko.Nothing fazes Lexi Sturgis. She's faced bullets, battles and bitter rivals to chase news stories other reporters would kill for. Living for risk and adventure, she abides by one...
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Orion
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2014-06-19
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In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants and neighbours, life will never be the same again. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Barbara Taylor-Bradford.For David, the eldest, war means a chance to do something...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2014-06-19
Collection :
War at Home
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