Author : David Cordingly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 158234468X
A portrait of a British warship that played a key role during the wartime years of the Napoleonic era describes the ship's service in three crucial sea battles--the Glorious First of June (1794), the first action against revolutionary France; the 1798 battle of the Nile; and the battle of Trafalgar (1805)--as well as its role in Napoleon's ultimate surrender. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Author : Anthony Bailey
Publisher : Seafarer Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 16,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Sailors
ISBN : 9780850364590
The theme of the would-be yachtsman finding a builder to construct a small boat which met his requirements, but at a very reasonable cost, is a traditional one in sailing literature and the basis of this story, first published in the USA nearly 30 years ago.
Author : Colin Pengelly
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1473837375
The story of HMS Bellerophon is a record of the many and varied duties which the Royal Navy had to carry out in the period 1793 1815. It was involved in the first great fleet action of the War and was involved in the last moments of the struggle with the surrender of Napoleon.The 74-gun ship was the standard unit in the line of battle, Bellerophon was one of the most distinguished with a fine fighting record. Having fought at 'The Glorious First of June'; the battle of the Nile and at Trafalgar the ship saw more than her share of fierce ship-to-ship encounters. In between there were the varying duties of blockade and escort carried out with service in the Channel, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Baltic and the West Indies. The ship saw every type of service which fell to the Navy in that period.All the many and various aspects of the ship's life are covered from construction through maintenance and refits to final disposal. Sadly the ship could not be been saved like Victory and the ship and her fine record were confined to the history books.
Author : Walter Gunn
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2015-11-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781515160373
Royal naval marksman and fast launch driver, Sims Reeves, was looking forward to another debauched trip to the far-east - Admiral Billy Ruffian has other plans for him.His service record states... wounded in action... shows bravery in extreme circumstances. Just the qualifications Billy Ruffian needs in a secret courier.As well as everything Sims now has to deal with, his love-life is in tatters too - he has every right to feel more than a touch miffed.It would pay foreign agents to remember this - miffed men who carry 9mm Hi-Power Brownings should not be messed with.
Author : Teresa Medeiros
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553575015
Dear Reader, I never enjoyed being a wanted man until the day Miss Esmerelda Fine marched into the Tumbleweed Saloon and pointed her derringer straight at my heart. Who would have guessed some duke's granddaughter--an awfully pretty one at that--would come gunning for the likes of me, a notorious bounty hunter with a taste for whiskey and a fondness for peach pie? Lucky for me, she was a mighty poor shot. Instead of killing me, she hired me to find her runaway brother. Little did she know she was about to make the acquaintance of a flea-bitten basset hound named Sadie, the infamous Darling Gang, and my shotgun-toting kinfolk. And little did I know she was about to lead me on a merry chase that would take us from a bungled bank robbery to the very first Wild West show to tour London, England. I should have turned down her offer. I should have resisted her charms. But I didn't. Because there comes a time in every man's life when he's got nothing left to lose...but his heart. Yours, Billy Darling
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 1918
Category :
ISBN :
Author : James Robert Ballantyne
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : James Robert Ballantyne
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 1859
Category :
ISBN :
Author : James R. Ballantyne
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3382325063
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : James R. Ballantyne
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 1859
Category :
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