Author: Jack Broughton
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760332177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Den amerikanske pilot, Jack Broughton, beretter om sin indsats som jagerpilot.
Rupert Red Two
Author: Jack Broughton
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760332177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Den amerikanske pilot, Jack Broughton, beretter om sin indsats som jagerpilot.
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760332177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Den amerikanske pilot, Jack Broughton, beretter om sin indsats som jagerpilot.
Thud Ridge
Author: Jack Broughton
Publisher: Crecy Pub
ISBN: 9780859791168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This is the story of a special breed of warrior, the fighter-bomber pilot; the story of valiant men who flew the F-105 Thunderchief 'Thud' Fighter-Bomber over the hostile skies of North Vietnam. From the briefing rooms to the bombing runs, Vice-Wing Commander Colonel Jack Broughton, recounts the tragedy and heartache, the high drama and flaming terror, the exhilaration and thrill of life on the edge. He relives the incredible feeling of high-speed, low-level sorties where SAM missiles, flak and MiGs were all in a day's work. The bravery of the pilots and their commitment to each other in times of extreme fear, crisis and catastrophe are highlighted by vivid, fast moving flying sequences. Thud Ridgeis a fascinating and graphic memorial to the courage of the men, the power of their machines and their dedication to their mission.
Publisher: Crecy Pub
ISBN: 9780859791168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This is the story of a special breed of warrior, the fighter-bomber pilot; the story of valiant men who flew the F-105 Thunderchief 'Thud' Fighter-Bomber over the hostile skies of North Vietnam. From the briefing rooms to the bombing runs, Vice-Wing Commander Colonel Jack Broughton, recounts the tragedy and heartache, the high drama and flaming terror, the exhilaration and thrill of life on the edge. He relives the incredible feeling of high-speed, low-level sorties where SAM missiles, flak and MiGs were all in a day's work. The bravery of the pilots and their commitment to each other in times of extreme fear, crisis and catastrophe are highlighted by vivid, fast moving flying sequences. Thud Ridgeis a fascinating and graphic memorial to the courage of the men, the power of their machines and their dedication to their mission.
Rupert of Hentzau (Dystopian Novel)
Author: Anthony Hope
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Queen Flavia, dutifully but unhappily married to her cousin Rudolf V, writes to her true love Rudolf Rassendyll. The letter is carried by von Tarlenheim and his servant Bauer to be delivered by hand, but Fritz is betrayed by Bauer and it is stolen by the exiled Rupert of Hentzau and his loyal cousin the Count of Luzau-Rischenheim. Hentzau sees in it a chance to return to favor by informing the pathologically jealous and paranoid King.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Queen Flavia, dutifully but unhappily married to her cousin Rudolf V, writes to her true love Rudolf Rassendyll. The letter is carried by von Tarlenheim and his servant Bauer to be delivered by hand, but Fritz is betrayed by Bauer and it is stolen by the exiled Rupert of Hentzau and his loyal cousin the Count of Luzau-Rischenheim. Hentzau sees in it a chance to return to favor by informing the pathologically jealous and paranoid King.
Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9362201593
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
"Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land" by R. M. Ballantyne is a captivating historical fiction novel that transports readers to the rugged frontier of Rupert's Land. In this gripping adventure, Ballantyne skillfully weaves a tale of exploration, survival, and conflict amidst the vast wilderness. Set against the backdrop of a trading post known as Fort Desolation, the novel follows the interactions between fur traders and the indigenous Red Indians of the region. Through vivid storytelling, Ballantyne paints a vivid picture of life on the frontier, capturing the challenges and dangers faced by both settlers and Native Americans. As the characters navigate the untamed wilderness and forge uneasy alliances, readers are drawn into a world of exploration and discovery. The novel explores themes of cultural clash, survival, and the complexities of frontier life, shedding light on the historical interactions between fur traders and Native American tribes. With its rich historical detail and thrilling narrative, "Fort Desolation" is a compelling read that offers insight into the realities of life on the frontier. Ballantyne's masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions make this novel a timeless classic of historical fiction, transporting readers to a bygone era of adventure and exploration in Rupert's Land.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9362201593
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
"Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land" by R. M. Ballantyne is a captivating historical fiction novel that transports readers to the rugged frontier of Rupert's Land. In this gripping adventure, Ballantyne skillfully weaves a tale of exploration, survival, and conflict amidst the vast wilderness. Set against the backdrop of a trading post known as Fort Desolation, the novel follows the interactions between fur traders and the indigenous Red Indians of the region. Through vivid storytelling, Ballantyne paints a vivid picture of life on the frontier, capturing the challenges and dangers faced by both settlers and Native Americans. As the characters navigate the untamed wilderness and forge uneasy alliances, readers are drawn into a world of exploration and discovery. The novel explores themes of cultural clash, survival, and the complexities of frontier life, shedding light on the historical interactions between fur traders and Native American tribes. With its rich historical detail and thrilling narrative, "Fort Desolation" is a compelling read that offers insight into the realities of life on the frontier. Ballantyne's masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions make this novel a timeless classic of historical fiction, transporting readers to a bygone era of adventure and exploration in Rupert's Land.
Brazil Red
Author: Jean-Christophe Rufin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Rufin presents two conflicting views of man and nature as he tells the story of two orphaned children who are dragged off on a French colonizing expedition where they are meant to learn the native languages and act as interpreters.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Rufin presents two conflicting views of man and nature as he tells the story of two orphaned children who are dragged off on a French colonizing expedition where they are meant to learn the native languages and act as interpreters.
From Rupert's Land to Canada
Author: John Elgin Foster
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888643636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Dr. John E. Foster spent many years researching and interpreting the Metis, continually re-examining his own thinking about the fur trade and the West, trying to find new lines of inquiry across disciplinary boundaries, and, playing with ideas that re-imagined the Canadian West. In From Rupert's Land to Canada, in tribute to John's work, his friends and colleagues further explore themes related to "Native History and the Fur Trade," "Metis History," and the "Imagined West". Contributors include Michael Payne, Nicole St-Onge, Jan Grabowski, Jennifer Brown, Heather Rollason, Frits Pannekoek, Heather Devine, Gerhard Ens, Gerry Friesen, Ted Binnema, Ian MacLaren, Rod Macleod, Tom Flanagan and Glen Campbell.
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888643636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Dr. John E. Foster spent many years researching and interpreting the Metis, continually re-examining his own thinking about the fur trade and the West, trying to find new lines of inquiry across disciplinary boundaries, and, playing with ideas that re-imagined the Canadian West. In From Rupert's Land to Canada, in tribute to John's work, his friends and colleagues further explore themes related to "Native History and the Fur Trade," "Metis History," and the "Imagined West". Contributors include Michael Payne, Nicole St-Onge, Jan Grabowski, Jennifer Brown, Heather Rollason, Frits Pannekoek, Heather Devine, Gerhard Ens, Gerry Friesen, Ted Binnema, Ian MacLaren, Rod Macleod, Tom Flanagan and Glen Campbell.
The Prisoner Of Zenda
Author: Anthony Hope
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Well then — and I must premise that I am going, perforce, to rake up the very scandal which my dear Lady Burlesdon wishes forgotten — in the year 1733, George II. sitting then on the throne, peace reigning for the moment, and the King and the Prince of Wales being not yet at loggerheads, there came on a visit to the English Court a certain prince, who was afterwards known to history as Rudolf the Third of Ruritania. The prince was a tall, handsome young fellow, marked (maybe marred, it is not for me to say) by a somewhat unusually long, sharp and straight nose, and a mass of dark-red hair — in fact, the nose and the hair which have stamped the Elphbergs time out of mind. He stayed some months in England, where he was most courteously received; yet, in the end, he left rather under a cloud. For he fought a duel (it was considered highly well bred of him to waive all question of his rank) with a nobleman, well known in the society of the day, not only for his own merits, but as the husband of a very beautiful wife. In that duel Prince Rudolf received a severe wound, and, recovering therefrom, was adroitly smuggled off by the Ruritanian ambassador, who had found him a pretty handful. The nobleman was not wounded in the duel; but the morning being raw and damp on the occasion of the meeting, he contracted a severe chill, and, failing to throw it off, he died some six months after the departure of Prince Rudolf, without having found leisure to adjust his relations with his wife — who, after another two months, bore an heir to the title and estates of the family of Burlesdon. This lady was the Countess Amelia, whose picture my sister-in-law wished to remove from the drawing-room in Park Lane; and her husband was James, fifth Earl of Burlesdon and twenty-second Baron Rassendyll, both in the peerage of England, and a Knight of the Garter. As for Rudolf, he went back to Ruritania, married a wife, and ascended the throne, whereon his progeny in the direct line have sat from then till this very hour — with one short interval. And, finally, if you walk through the picture galleries at Burlesdon, among the fifty portraits or so of the last century and a half, you will find five or six, including that of the sixth earl, distinguished by long, sharp, straight noses and a quantity of dark-red hair; these five or six have also blue eyes, whereas among the Rassendylls dark eyes are the commoner...FROM THE BOOKS.
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Well then — and I must premise that I am going, perforce, to rake up the very scandal which my dear Lady Burlesdon wishes forgotten — in the year 1733, George II. sitting then on the throne, peace reigning for the moment, and the King and the Prince of Wales being not yet at loggerheads, there came on a visit to the English Court a certain prince, who was afterwards known to history as Rudolf the Third of Ruritania. The prince was a tall, handsome young fellow, marked (maybe marred, it is not for me to say) by a somewhat unusually long, sharp and straight nose, and a mass of dark-red hair — in fact, the nose and the hair which have stamped the Elphbergs time out of mind. He stayed some months in England, where he was most courteously received; yet, in the end, he left rather under a cloud. For he fought a duel (it was considered highly well bred of him to waive all question of his rank) with a nobleman, well known in the society of the day, not only for his own merits, but as the husband of a very beautiful wife. In that duel Prince Rudolf received a severe wound, and, recovering therefrom, was adroitly smuggled off by the Ruritanian ambassador, who had found him a pretty handful. The nobleman was not wounded in the duel; but the morning being raw and damp on the occasion of the meeting, he contracted a severe chill, and, failing to throw it off, he died some six months after the departure of Prince Rudolf, without having found leisure to adjust his relations with his wife — who, after another two months, bore an heir to the title and estates of the family of Burlesdon. This lady was the Countess Amelia, whose picture my sister-in-law wished to remove from the drawing-room in Park Lane; and her husband was James, fifth Earl of Burlesdon and twenty-second Baron Rassendyll, both in the peerage of England, and a Knight of the Garter. As for Rudolf, he went back to Ruritania, married a wife, and ascended the throne, whereon his progeny in the direct line have sat from then till this very hour — with one short interval. And, finally, if you walk through the picture galleries at Burlesdon, among the fifty portraits or so of the last century and a half, you will find five or six, including that of the sixth earl, distinguished by long, sharp, straight noses and a quantity of dark-red hair; these five or six have also blue eyes, whereas among the Rassendylls dark eyes are the commoner...FROM THE BOOKS.
A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of Rupert's Land, Etc
Author: David ANDERSON (Bishop of Rupert's Land.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Londons of the British Fleet
Author: Edward Fraser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Mount!
Author: Jilly Cooper
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448170877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
Rupert Campbell-Black takes centre stage once more, this time in the cut-throat world of flat racing. Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that Love Rat, his adored grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. He longs to trounce Roberto's Revenge, the stallion owned by his detested rival Cosmo Rannaldini, which means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his darling wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide, from Dubai to Los Angeles to Melbourne. Luckily, the fort at home is held by Rupert's assistant Gav, a genius with horses, fancied by every stable lass, but damaged by alcoholism and a vile wife. When Gala, a grieving but ravishing Zimbabwean widow moves to Penscombe as carer for Rupert's wayward father, it is not just Gav who is attracted to her: a returning Rupert finds himself dangerously tempted. Gala adores horses, and when she switches to working in the yard, her carer's job is taken by a devastatingly handsome South African man who claims to be gay but seems far keener on caring for the angelic Taggie. And as increasingly sinister acts of sabotage strike at Penscombe, the game of musical loose boxes gathers apace . . . ----------------------------------- 'Packed with warmth, wit, and unforgettable characters, this is an utterly joyous read' Daily Express 'Pure, unadulterated joy' Sophie Kinsella 'It's Cooper doing what she does best ... it's a thoroughly enjoyable roll in the hay' The Times 'Witty and wonderful, as always' Trisha Ashley 'This endlessly fun humdinger of a novel is an absolute riot' Heat
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448170877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
Rupert Campbell-Black takes centre stage once more, this time in the cut-throat world of flat racing. Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that Love Rat, his adored grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. He longs to trounce Roberto's Revenge, the stallion owned by his detested rival Cosmo Rannaldini, which means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his darling wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide, from Dubai to Los Angeles to Melbourne. Luckily, the fort at home is held by Rupert's assistant Gav, a genius with horses, fancied by every stable lass, but damaged by alcoholism and a vile wife. When Gala, a grieving but ravishing Zimbabwean widow moves to Penscombe as carer for Rupert's wayward father, it is not just Gav who is attracted to her: a returning Rupert finds himself dangerously tempted. Gala adores horses, and when she switches to working in the yard, her carer's job is taken by a devastatingly handsome South African man who claims to be gay but seems far keener on caring for the angelic Taggie. And as increasingly sinister acts of sabotage strike at Penscombe, the game of musical loose boxes gathers apace . . . ----------------------------------- 'Packed with warmth, wit, and unforgettable characters, this is an utterly joyous read' Daily Express 'Pure, unadulterated joy' Sophie Kinsella 'It's Cooper doing what she does best ... it's a thoroughly enjoyable roll in the hay' The Times 'Witty and wonderful, as always' Trisha Ashley 'This endlessly fun humdinger of a novel is an absolute riot' Heat