Author: Showell Styles
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A historical novel that tells the story of Septimus Quinn as he becomes a midshipman in the British Navy at age 15, and describes his involvement in the Napoleonic War.
Midshipman Quinn
Author: Showell Styles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A historical novel that tells the story of Septimus Quinn as he becomes a midshipman in the British Navy at age 15, and describes his involvement in the Napoleonic War.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A historical novel that tells the story of Septimus Quinn as he becomes a midshipman in the British Navy at age 15, and describes his involvement in the Napoleonic War.
The Flying Ensign
Author: Showell Styles
Publisher: Bethlehem Books
ISBN: 9781883937706
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Britain's challenge to mighty Napoleon, who has taken over Europe and now seeks to subdue Spain, provides the background for the two complete books in this volume. In The Flying Ensign, a small British army under Sir John Moore, in the winter of 1808, makes an audacious strike through the rugged mountains of Leon. Into this factual historical scenario, enthralling in itself, author Showell Styles places the captivating fictional character of Ensign Peter Byrd. Joined by various and colorful companions, Ensign Byrd, a youthful mountaineer from Cumberland on his first military campaign with the Fighting 95th, proves his mettle as an innovative thinker and leader. The next summer in Byrd of the 95th, an urgent plea from Anita, a Spanish damsel-patriot, and her father catapult Byrd once again into action and trouble. Issues of crucial military importance as well as questions of personal honor center on the nearly impregnable fortress, "El Cuchillo," where they reveal developing strength of character, awakening love, and all-round resourcefulness.
Publisher: Bethlehem Books
ISBN: 9781883937706
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Britain's challenge to mighty Napoleon, who has taken over Europe and now seeks to subdue Spain, provides the background for the two complete books in this volume. In The Flying Ensign, a small British army under Sir John Moore, in the winter of 1808, makes an audacious strike through the rugged mountains of Leon. Into this factual historical scenario, enthralling in itself, author Showell Styles places the captivating fictional character of Ensign Peter Byrd. Joined by various and colorful companions, Ensign Byrd, a youthful mountaineer from Cumberland on his first military campaign with the Fighting 95th, proves his mettle as an innovative thinker and leader. The next summer in Byrd of the 95th, an urgent plea from Anita, a Spanish damsel-patriot, and her father catapult Byrd once again into action and trouble. Issues of crucial military importance as well as questions of personal honor center on the nearly impregnable fortress, "El Cuchillo," where they reveal developing strength of character, awakening love, and all-round resourcefulness.
The Mammoth Book of Men O' War
Author: Jon E. Lewis
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780333579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman, Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. Featuring favourite heroes such as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel Drinkwater. These tales vividly re-create the age of the glory days of sail, aboard the great ships that sailed for trade, discovery or warfare. They include storms and shipwrecks, the great sea battles of the Napoleonic era and the sheer, dangerous excitement of life before the mast.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780333579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman, Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. Featuring favourite heroes such as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel Drinkwater. These tales vividly re-create the age of the glory days of sail, aboard the great ships that sailed for trade, discovery or warfare. They include storms and shipwrecks, the great sea battles of the Napoleonic era and the sheer, dangerous excitement of life before the mast.
Of Sex and Faerie: Further Essays on Genre Fiction
Author: John Lennard
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN: 1847601715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Taking up where the author's book Of Modern Dragons (2007) left off, these essays continue Lennard's investigation of the praxis of serial reading and the best genre fiction of recent decades, including work by Bill James, Walter Mosley, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, and Ursula K. Le Guin. There are groundbreaking studies of contemporary paranormal romance, and of Hornblower's transition to space, while the final essay deals with the phenomenon and explosive growth of fanfiction, and with the increasingly empowered status of the reader in a digital world. There is an extensive bibliography of genre and critical work, with eight illustrations and many hyperlinks.
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN: 1847601715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Taking up where the author's book Of Modern Dragons (2007) left off, these essays continue Lennard's investigation of the praxis of serial reading and the best genre fiction of recent decades, including work by Bill James, Walter Mosley, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, and Ursula K. Le Guin. There are groundbreaking studies of contemporary paranormal romance, and of Hornblower's transition to space, while the final essay deals with the phenomenon and explosive growth of fanfiction, and with the increasingly empowered status of the reader in a digital world. There is an extensive bibliography of genre and critical work, with eight illustrations and many hyperlinks.
Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Maine Corps
Author: United States. Navy Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
REGISTER OF COMMISSIONED AND WARRANT OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND RESERVE OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE DUTY
Author: United States. Navy
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
Author: United States. Navy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps
Author: United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve Force, National Naval Volunteers Marine Corps, Medical Reserve Corps, and Dental Reserve Corps
Author: United States. Navy Dept
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description