Rogue by Paul Fraser Collard recounts the early life of roguish hero Jack Lark - dubbed 'Sharpe meets the Talented Mr Ripley'- who will one day become The Scarlet Thief.
Let the master storyteller of the sea, multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, transport you to the heart of the action in this no-holds-barred naval adventure.
She was the largest, fastest, and latest thing in seagoing destroyers, and though the specifications called for but thirty-six knots' speed, she had made thirty-eight on her trial trip, and later, under careful nursing by her engineers, she had increased this to forty knots an hour-five knots faster than any craft afloat-and, with a clean bottom, this speed could be depended upon at any time it was needed.
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Marlow.
"The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is a massive six-volume work by the British historian of the 18th century Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794).
Alan Dale, a loyal soldier in the service of The Earl of Locksley, also known as Robin Hood, is part of a vast Christian army seeking to recapture the Holy Land from the Saracen hordes.
Rasumow, der unglückliche Held dieser zum Teil auf historischen Vorkommnissen fußenden Geschichte, der nichts als Russe ist, muß selber zum Verstehenden werden; darauf weist bereits die Bedeutung seines Namens im Russischen und im Polnischen.
A passionate tale, woven from personal stories of heroic betrayal and love, The Naqib's Daughter is based on historical characters, and set during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.
From Peter Tremayne, highly acclaimed author of THE DEVIL'S SEAL and THE SECOND DEATH, comes a digital short story featuring much-loved Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma.
