Mcbooks Press Historical Fiction Catalog 2009

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2009 Catalog

New Books, New Authors, Faster Shipping, Lower Prices What’s Not to Like? Welcome to our largest selection of historical fiction ever. New and classic nautical adventures, military fiction, historical mysteries . . . we’ve got them all and much more. Browse through expanded choices including exciting westerns, spine-tingling 20th-century spy mysteries, and riveting naval nonfiction. But the expanded book selection is just the beginning! To give you faster shipping and less chance of back-orders, McBooks has developed a new shipping procedure employing four satellite warehouses. More frequently, your order may arrive at your home in two or more boxes, but it will often arrive quicker—and with the same low shipping charges as always. Did we mention lower prices? Yes, right now the dollar is stronger against the British pound as compared to a year ago. That means we’re cutting our prices on many books from our extensive collection of U.K. imports and passing the savings on to you! So sit back, relax and turn the page—history and adventure await.

Billy Boyle WWII Mysteries

Four Historical Novels by David Liss

by James R. Benn “Engaging . . . The World War II atmosphere and history are expertly —Denver Post handled.”

1. Billy Boyle Billy Boyle barely made detective back in Boston before the U.S. entered WWII. He lands a job on the staff of Eisenhower, who wants him to investigate the Norwegian government in exile. The invasion of Norway is being planned, but Ike fears there’s a German spy amongst the Norwegians. Billy doubts his own abilities, but he’ll have to pull out all the stops if he’s to survive. U.S. Trade Paperback • $13.00



Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and ex-boxer, tracks down felons for the aristocracy in 18th-century London. The son of a rich stock trader, he investigates his father’s sudden death and enters the deceptive world of the stock jobbers, gliding between coffee houses and gaming houses, drawing rooms and bordellos. The more Weaver uncovers, the darker the truth becomes. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.95

“Tremendously smart, assured, and entertaining . . . An intricate mystery, a colorful rogues’ gallery and, improbably, a history lesson on the birth of the stock market.” —Newsweek Sequel to A Conspiracy of Paper!

2. The First Wave Billy must help arrange the surrender of the Vichy French forces in Algeria. But dissension among the regular army, the militia, and DeGaulle’s Free French allows blackmarketeers in league with the enemy to divert medical supplies to the Casbah, leading to multiple murders. Billy must find the killers while trying to rescue the girl he loves. U.S. Trade Paperback • $13.00

3. Blood Alone Billy Boyle awakens in a field hospital in Sicily with amnesia. In his pocket is a handkerchief with the initial L. Gradually he remembers: he has been sent ashore in advance of the troops with this token from Lucky Luciano to contact the head of the Sicilian Mafia. But he must also thwart a murderous band of counterfeiters led by Vito Genovese. U.S. Hardcover • $24.00

Veil of Lies

A Medieval Noir

A Spectacle of Corruption Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, he is suddenly offered the means to escape. As he slinks into the London night on a mission to clear his name, he steps into a labyrinthine plot of double-dealings and dockworkers, plotters and politicians, powerbrokers, crime lords, assassins and spies—and at the apex of it all: the Hanoverian King. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.95

The Coffee Trader Amsterdam, 1659: Miguel Lienzo, a sharpwitted commodities trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, has suddenly lost everything. Miguel enters into a partnership with a woman who offers him one last chance at success—a daring plot to corner the market of an astonishing new commodity called “coffee.” .

By Jeri Westerson Crispin Guest, disgraced knight, has lost everything and must live by his wits on the mean streets of 12th-century London. He takes odd investigative jobs, but when his client is murdered, Guest draws the unwanted attention of the Lord Sheriff of London who has a grudge against him. Worse, the Veil of Christ, a religious relic that seems to hold all the answers, is now missing. U.S. Hardcover • $24.95

“A brilliant tale of survival in a hostile environment, where anything can lead to death. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal (*starred review*)



A Conspiracy of Paper

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The Whiskey Rebels Alexander Hamilton is engaged in a bitter power struggle with political rival Thomas Jefferson over the U.S.’s first real financial institution: the Bank of the United States. Ethan Saunders, once among General Washington’s most valued spies, and Joan Maycott, a young woman married to another Revolutionary War veteran, find their lives intertwined on the western Pennsylvania frontier over a daring scheme to distill whiskey—and reap the power and wealth that comes with it. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00 (available 6/2009)

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The Mistress of

Barker & Llewelyn Novels

the Art of Death Mysteries

by Will Thomas “Thomas places his cast of likable even heroic characters within a complex political minefield and then waits for —Booklist the explosion. Intense and insightful.” All U.S. Trade Paperbacks • $14.00 each

1. Some Danger Involved The murder of a scholar in Victorian London’s Jewish ghetto brings detective Cyrus Barker on the case. He chooses Thomas Llewelyn, a downtrodden young man with a murky past, as his assistant. As they close in on the killer, Llewelyn is drawn deeper into Barker’s vigilante world of back alleys and brutal criminals.

2. To Kingdom Come When a bomb explodes in Scotland Yard, Irish dissidents are suspected. Barker and Llewelyn go under cover to infiltrate a secret cell of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Posing as bombmakers they are recruited by the group for the ultimate plan: to bring London to its knees and end the monarchy forever.

3. The Limehouse Text Barker and Llewelyn discover a stolen Chinese book of forbidden lethal martial arts techniques. Politics between Britain and China are already unstable, and the two detectives must safeguard the book from a killer intent on gaining the secret knowledge.

1. Mistress of the Art of Death In medieval Cambridge, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders blamed on the Jews. The king wishes to save the Jews, as they are a rich source of tax money for him. As Adelia’s investigation takes her behind the closed doors of the country’s churches, the killer prepares to strike again.

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“A rollicking microcosm of budding science, medieval culture, and edge-of-your-seat suspense.” —USA Today

2. The Serpent’s Tale When King Henry II’s mistress is poisoned, suspicion falls on his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The king orders Adelia to investigate—and hopefully stave off civil war. A reluctant Adelia finds herself again in the company of Rowley Picot, the new Bishop of St. Albans. Their discoveries are shocking—and hint at greater danger to come. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00

3. Grave Goods A fire has burned Glastonbury Abbey and revealed two skeletons. Can they be the remains of Arthur and Guinevere? King Henry hopes so. He wants proof that the bones are Arthur’s. If the Welsh are sure Arthur will not return to their aid, Henry can crush them for good. He orders Adelia to examine the bones, while the arsonist lurks. U.S. Hardcover • $25.95

4. The Hellfire Conspiracy A distraught guardsman consults Barker and Llewelyn on the disappearance of his 12-year-old daughter. The sleuths suspect a serial killer. They must infiltrate London’s most powerful secret society to find out, while Scotland Yard hampers the investigation in a cover-up of upper-class depravities.

The Time-Traveller’s Guide

to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer

5. The Black Hand An Italian assassin’s body is found in a barrel in the East End, and Barker and Llewelyn are asked to investigate. Soon corpses appear all over London, each accompanied by a Mafia Black Hand note. As Barker and Llewelyn dig deeper, they become entangled in the bloody vendettas of rival Italian syndicates.

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The Civil War at Sea Saga by David Poyer

by Steven Pressfield

“Poyer once again displays his expert knowledge of

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1. Fire on the Waters A Novel of the Civil War at Sea As the Union crumbles, the crew of the U.S.S. Owanee struggles to provide support and relief. Eli Eaker, the Harvard-dropout son of a wealthy Maryland merchant, joins the navy to prove his independence from his tyrannical father and to escape an arranged marriage with his cousin. Amid shifting wartime alliances, Fort Sumter falls, and the Owanee penetrates Chesapeake Bay on a clandestine mission. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00

1942: Hitler’s legions have swept across Europe. Rommel and his Panzers stand poised to overrun Egypt and the oilfields of the Middle East. The British hatch a desperate plan: send a small, highly mobile, and heavily armed force behind German lines to stop the Afrika Korps in its tracks. The novel brings to life the flair, agility, and daring of this real-life extraordinary secret unit as they gather intelligence, set up ambushes, and execute U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.95 raids. Available 6/2009

“[A] powerful, thoroughly researched novel . . . edge-of-your-seat drama, remarkable battle scenes, and strong characters.” —Bookmarks Magazine

2. A Country of Our Own A Novel of the Confederate Raiders Ker Claiborne, executive officer of the Owanee, reluctantly leaves U.S. service and joins the Southern cause. Initially without a ship, Claiborne is appointed second officer of a hastily converted side-wheeler and then captain of a Yankee opium clipper he manages to seize. From the helm of this magnificent ship, Claiborne leads his intrepid crew on a series of high adventures that find their climax in a stunning sea battle. U.S. Trade Paperback • $13.00

3. That Anvil of Our Souls A Novel of the Monitor and Merrimack Union naval engineer Theodorus Hubbard, formerly of the Owanee, begins work on the Monitor, while Southern fire-eater Lomax Minter searches for spies working on the rival Merrimack. The climactic March 1862 battle of the two ironclads looms, and Poyer’s cast of characters from the previous two books find themselves drawn into the epic confrontation which will herald a new age of naval warfare. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00

“In this superbly researched and well-written novel, Poyer deftly intersperses historical and fictional characters to re-create an era while presenting an exciting narrative of the building of both ships and their climactic confrontation . . . an exciting work of historical fiction.” —Booklist 

Markham of the Marines Adventures by Tom Connery (a.k.a. David Donachie) “Moves at a crackling pace, alternating between hardfought battles, political intrigue and acts of treachery.” —Aberdeen Press & Journal (Scotland) All U.S. Hardcovers • $21.95 each

1. A Shred of Honour George Markham, Lieutenant of Marines, is an Irishman, papist, and reputed coward. When his ship is sent to help the Bourbon city of Toulon against the French revolutionaries, Markham must prove he is a worthy officer of marines . . . or die in the attempt.

2. Honour Redeemed Markham is up against enemies on all sides: his superior officers, the French, and the dark secrets of his own past. His only allies are his Scottish sergeant, Rannoch, and Bellamy, the “Negro” marine who is fighting his own battle for recognition and honour.

3. Honour Be Damned As the war with revolutionary France continues, Markham finds himself under the command of a captain hungry for glory. With both French and English enemies around him, and with his friend Horatio Nelson far away, Markham must rely more than ever on his own wits.

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1. Murder on Astor Place In turn-of-the-century New York, Sarah Brandt is a midwife estranged from her wealthy family. When a woman is murdered, Sarah must join the high society she scorns to find the killer. Detective Frank Malloy reluctantly joins her search for justice.

2. Murder on St. Mark’s Place Sarah Brandt learns of the death of a “Charity Girl.” Trading herself to men for lavish gifts and glamorous entertainment, the girl was probably killed by one of her “gentlemen friends.” No one cares about the deaths of such women, but Sarah vows to find her killer and turns to Detective Frank Malloy for help.

“Fascinating . . . Thompson vividly recreates the gas-lit world of old New York.” —Publishers Weekly

3. Murder on Gramercy Park After a successful delivery, a baby falls mysteriously ill. But midwife Sarah Brandt soon discovers the source of the baby’s sickness—and a scandal that’s paved with greed and deception.

4. Murder on Washington Square A mild-mannered banker is accused of murdering his mistress. Sarah, who met the mistress earlier, is sure the woman was a brash schemer. Now it’s up to Frank Malloy to prove the banker’s innocence and determine if the victim was actually the victimizer.

5. Murder on Mulberry Bend Sarah helps out at a refuge for girls trying to escape life on the streets. When one of the girls is murdered, Sarah investigates the death. Frank Malloy tries to protect her by taking over the investigation, but Sarah’s passion for justice puts her in deadly danger.

8. Murder in Little Italy An Irish girl marries into an Italian family and delivers a baby that is full-term rather than premature as expected. Tensions between Irish and Italians rise as the girl is found dead. Sarah and Frank must solve her murder before more people suffer.

“Well written. The characters are so real and the time period laid out so well. Highly recommended.” —Mystery Books

9. Murder in Chinatown In Chinatown to deliver a baby, Sarah learns that the mother’s mixed-race niece is missing, and she enlists Malloy’s help. When the girl is murdered, they must unravel the secrets of Chinatown and Chinese culture to find the killer.

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10. Murder on Bank Street In the four years since her husband’s death, Sarah Brandt has built a new life. Now Frank Malloy turns to solving the murder of Dr. Tom Brandt. He finds plenty of suspects among the doctor’s patients but what he finally discovers may destroy Sarah.

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6. Murder on Marble Row New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt is convinced that anarchists are responsible for the death of a wealthy industrialist. Assigned with proving this suspicion, Frank Malloy turns to Sarah for help in navigating the high circles of Fifth Avenue society to catch a killer.

7. Murder on Lenox Hill Midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy’s most disturbing case to date begins not with a murder, but with the pregnancy of a young woman—who is mentally still a child herself. And when suspicion falls on a beloved minister, the sordid affair could take its toll in innocent lives. 2006 Online www.mcbooks.com Order

Night of Flames A Novel of World War II By Douglas W. Jacobson In 1939 the Germans invade Poland, setting off a storm of violence and destruction. Anna’s father is deported to a death camp, and she joins the Resistance in Belgium. Her husband, Jan, escapes to Britain. When British intelligence asks him to return to Poland in an undercover mission, he seizes the chance to search for his missing wife. U.S. Trade Paperback • $16.95

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The Kydd Sea Adventures by Julian Stockwin “The vantage point of the common sailor gives the nautical novel a fresh twist.” —The Guardian

5. Quarterdeck Kydd must pass a tough exam for his lieutenancy. Then, in Colonial waters, he becomes enmeshed in the birth of the American Navy and must use all his seamanship to U.S. Trade Paperback • $16.00 thwart the enemy.

6. Tenacious Lieutenant Thomas Kydd joins a squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. Their mission is to scour the Mediterranean and locate Napoleon. Kydd takes part in the capture of Minorca, the Battle of the Nile, and the Siege of U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.00 Acre.

“I was soon turning over the pages almost ­i ndecently fast.” —Independent

1. Kydd Europe is ablaze with war. Citizens are press-ganged into service. Young Thomas Kydd, a wig-maker from Guildford, is pressed aboard the Duke William. Kydd learns the harsh realities of shipboard life fast, becoming a true sailor and defender U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00 of Britain.

2. Artemis Kydd and sea-mate Nicholas Renzi sail to the Far East. Together they face shipwreck, mutiny, and a confrontation with a mighty French frigate. Then Kydd receives an urgent message that threatens to trap him on shore forever. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00

7. Command Thomas Kydd takes command of the brig-sloop Teazer and races to make her battle-ready. When peace is declared the young captain agrees to transport convicts to Australia to make ends meet. At the ends of the earth, he must prove his ­seamanship and his humanity against all odds.

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Kydd is back in command of his beloved Teazer. After a mission to the coast of France, he must take on smugglers, privateers and treacherous seas in home waters. Meanwhile a growing attachment to the admiral’s daughter promises to bring him all the power and social standing he desires.

“Continuing the rousing adventures of Thomas Kydd . . . Stockwin writes of the nautical life with vivid authority.” —Kirkus Reviews

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4. Mutiny Kydd is caught up in the Nore mutiny. As a loyal servant of the King, he is expected to turn against his friends—but how can he? Faced with an impossible decision, he must find a way to save himself and his fellow sailors. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.00 

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1893: Brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer take jobs at a secretive ranch, expecting hard work, bad pay, and time to read Sherlock Holmes stories. Then another ranch hand turns up dead; Old Red uses his Holmes-inspired “deducifyin” skills to solve the case, dragging Big Red along for a wild ride. U.S. Trade Paperback • $13.95

of the best. From his early years as a midshipman in the late eighteenth century, he distinguishes himself in firefights and takes the initiative in matters of espionage. As he is pro­ moted, he becomes a fighting captain to be reckoned with. From fierce storms to treachery on the high seas, through disaster, near death and personal hardship, Drinkwater’s eventful life brings him triumph and disaster in equal measure—but he wouldn’t have it any other way. All U.S. Trade Paperbacks 1. An Eye of the Fleet $16.95

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3. The Black Dove Old Red and Big Red try to land jobs as professional detectives but end up in hot water instead. Their friend Dr. Chan is in trouble, and they’re just the men to get him out of it. But by the time they find Chan, he’s dead. When the brothers set out to solve his murder, they put themselves on a collision course with shady S.F.P.D. cops, brutal Barbary Coast hoodlums, and the deadly Chinatown tongs. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.95

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Thomas Boyd joined the Marines in the patriotic heat of the spring of 1917. In 1919 he came home from the war with a Croix de Guerre and a desire to write. This, his acclaimed first novel, focuses on William Hicks who keeps composure under fire not because he is braver than other marines but because he is dead to the world. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.95

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1. The Complete Midshipman Bolitho 1772-74: Young Bolitho battles fierce pirates off the African coast, joins his brother, Hugh, in catching vicious smugglers off British home waters, and takes his examination to begin his true career as a $15.95 King’s Officer.

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“Kent doesn’t make it easy for his hero. But he does endow him with the authenticity that makes these adventures the closest thing to C.S. Forester still coming off the presses.” —The New York Times Book Review

3. In Gallant Company 1777: The British navy maintains its blockade of American harbors. As a junior officer, Richard Bolitho is caught up in the turmoil of American Revolution sea battles. $15.95

7. Passage to Mutiny 1789: As captain of the Tempest, Bolitho protects English shipping lanes in the Great South Sea and faces pirates, savage islanders, $15.95 and mutiny.

8. With All Despatch 1792: Brutal smugglers ply their trade between England and France. Bolitho’s mission: take three speedy topsail cutters and $15.95 fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.

9. Form Line of Battle! 1793: England is again at war. Bolitho commands a mighty ship of the line and must turn the tables on the French by tak$15.95 ing a French port.

10. Enemy in Sight! 1793: Hyperion’s untrained crew sets sail for blockade duty off France; Bolitho’s incompetent superior jeopar$16.95 dizes the operation of the entire fleet.

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11. The Flag Captain 1797: France continues a bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea; the Great Mutiny cripples the Royal Navy at home. $15.95

4. Sloop of War 1778: Amid rebellion in the Colonies, Captain Bolitho fights rebels, avoids a treacherous woman, and overcomes the dangerous incompetence of a senior officer. $15.95

12. Signal – Close Action! 1798: Napoleon prepares to annex Egypt. Commodore Bolitho makes the fateful decision to place his squadron between the Nile $16.95 and French naval forces.

5. To Glory We Steer 1782: Ordered to the Caribbean, Captain Bolitho of the Phalarope deals with a crew driven to near-mutiny by the former captain’s ill-treatment. In the heat of battle, Phalarope must prove herself a $16.95 king’s ship again.

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13. The Inshore Squadron 1800: The scene of battle shifts to the Baltic where Britain’s longstanding ally, Denmark, now poses a threat. Ahead looms the $15.95 crucial Battle of Copenhagen . . .

14. A Tradition of Victory 1801: Bolitho must attack. Britain must show her strength and determination—weakening the French cause. But Bolitho is torn $15.95 between duty and the woman he must leave behind.

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1802: The Treaty of Amiens is collapsing. Britain and France wrangle over their colonial possessions. Bolitho, despatched to $15.95 the Caribbean, finds diplomacy insufficient.

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1803: Vice-Admiral Bolitho commands his fleet against the French now that the Peace of Amiens is ended. But the war has now become a personal vendetta with the French admiral Jobert. $15.95

1814: England’s war with Napoleon has

17. Honour This Day 1804: Bolitho commands a new squadron sailing to raid the Spanish. But when he discovers Spanish war ships in the Mediter$16.95 ranean he must stop them from reaching Trafalgar.

18. The Only Victor 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho must aid forces to retake

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nearly ended; Bolitho takes command in Malta. Adam captains a frigate off America. $15.95

24. Second to None 1815: The eve of Waterloo. Adam Bolitho, captain of Unrivalled, stands alone at the dawn of a new era, poised to take up his legacy. He must forge a strong crew and $16.95 face down his own ghosts.

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1808: Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens Spain. Bolitho goes to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a per$15.95 manent naval force.

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20. The Darkening Sea

26. Man of War

1809: After a brief respite from war and politics, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is ordered to the Indian Ocean $16.95 as war looms.

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21. For My Country’s Freedom 1811: Admiral Bolitho is summoned to London. The Admiralty must quell unrest in $16.95 America—or face a new war.

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The Matty Graves Novels by Broos Campbell

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1. Captain Alatriste

1. No Quarter In 1799, the U.S. Navy faces France in a Quasi-War for the Caribbean. Midshipman Matty Graves is caught up in violence as he serves aboard the Rattle-Snake under his drunken cousin, Billy. Matty already knows how to command a ship. Now, with Lieutenant Peter Wickett as his mentor and nemesis, he faces the ironies of a war where telling friend from foe is no mean trick.

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Captain Alatriste is a 17th-century Spanish mercenary, always in need of gold. He takes on a job to ambush two British travelers and murder them. Impressed by the Brits’ courage, he calls off the assassination, but sets in motion a riveting series of events with implications that will touch all the courts of Europe. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.00

“Splendidly paced and filled with a breathtaking but not overwhelming sense of the history and spirit of the age, this is popular entertainment at its best.”

2. The War of Knives Acting Lieutenant Matty Graves becomes a spy in the colony of SaintDómingue and plunges into a brutal world of betrayal. At first the bloody civil war between former slaves and their mixed-race overseers offers a way to test himself. But soon Matty is drawn deep into the conflict when he meets the flamboyant Juge and the mysterious Grandfather Chatterbox—and faces an interrogation by the brutal colonel known as “The Whip.” U.S. Hardcover • $23.95

“Entertaining . . . a colorful cast of shady ­characters . . . an elaborate swashbuckling tale.” —Publishers Weekly

3. Peter Wicked Navy Lieutenant Matty Graves is still recovering from his ordeal during the slave rebellion in Saint-Dómingue when he is ordered to Washington to answer questions about the death of his former captain. Back on home soil, he must deal with the mystery and shame surrounding his birth as well as the attractions of his best friend’s sister. But when he’s offered a command of his own, he seizes the opportunity to make a name and fortune for himself—even if it means destroying those closest to him. U.S. Hardcover • $23.95

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2. Purity of Blood Fearless Alatriste is hired to rescue a girl who is being held in a convent as the concubine of a powerful priest. The girl’s father has no recourse when the priest threatens to reveal the family is “not of pure blood,” but rather is of Jewish descent. As Alatriste struggles to save the girl from the stake, he is drawn into a conspiracy that leads to the heart of the Inquisition. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.00

3. The Sun Over Breda Alatriste rejoins his Cartegena regiment to take part in the siege of Breda. Young Iñigo Balboa enlists to serve as his master’s aide. Together they survive swordplay, skirmishes and mutiny as Iñigo learns the truth of wartime honor. Meanwhile Alatriste’s nemesis, Luis de Alquézar, grows more powerful. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00

4. The King’s Gold Alatriste and Iñigo return from Breda, battle-weary and short of cash. They take a job involving contraband gold and a heavily guarded galleon returning from the New World. The offer comes from the King himself, for at stake is nothing less than the Spanish Crown. U.S. Hardcover • $24.95

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The Otto Prohaska Novels by John Biggins A Sailor of Austria

“A retro techno-adventure story that falls somewhere between Tom Clancy and Patrick O’Brian . . . top notch military fiction with a ­literary flair.” —Publishers Weekly

In which, without really intending to, Otto Prohaska becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg Empire This ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, the first in a four-book series, will delight and entertain. Otto Prohaska is a sub­marine captain serving the almost landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poison­ing to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.

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“Biggins writes with a fine sense of the sea and a truly marvelous wit.”

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The Emperor’s Coloured Coat In which Otto Prohaska, future hero of the Habsburg Empire, has an interesting time while not quite managing to avert the First World War The second book in the acclaimed series that follows the hapless Lieutenant Otto Prohaska in the ­waning years of the ­Austro-­Hungarian Empire finds Otto taking an ill-­considered break from duties to engage in a mad fling with a Polish actress. After a desperate attempt to elude his lover’s husband, he finds himself mistaken by anarchists as one of their own. Otto soon masters their code names and secret handshakes, but when he also learns of their plans to assassinate the ­A rchduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, his duty is clear. He must alert his ­superiors—now, if only he can find someone who will believe him! U.S. Trade Paperback • $16.95

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The Two-Headed Eagle In which Otto Prohaska takes a break as the Habsburg Empire's leading U-boat ace and does something even more thanklessly dangerous The third book in the series that follows the adventures of Naval Lieutenant Otto Prohaska in the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire begins in the summer of 1916. As luck would have it, Otto is assigned to the nascent, unreliable and utterly terrifying Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Flying Service. Otto’s aerial chauffeur is the self-willed Hungarian Sergeant-Pilot Toth, with whom he can only communicate in broken Latin—although when all else fails, screaming may suffice! U.S. Trade Paperback • $16.95

Tomorrow the World In which Cadet Otto Prohaska ­carries the Habsburg Empire’s civilizing mission to the entirely unreceptive peoples of Africa and Oceania In this prequel to the acclaimed series, the hapless Otto Prohaska begins his career in the Austro-Hungarian Navy with great ­expectations—and manages to capitalize on good luck turned bad as only an aspiring officer of the Hapsburg Empire can. When a fellow cadet breaks his leg, Otto takes his place on a scientific expedition bound for disaster. Aboard the SMS Windischgrätz, in the last days of the great sailing ships, Otto learns the ropes as well as the latest scientific theories of European superiority. It’s touch and go on the high seas, but even sinister quack scientists, a failed colony in Africa, and angry South Sea cannibals bent on destruction cannot keep Otto from his patriotic duty to spread Hapsburg civilization wherever he goes.

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The Rennie–Hayter Novels by Peter Smalley 1. HMS Expedient



The Crusade Trilogy by Tom Harper

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Captain William Rennie is on half-pay when he’s given Expedient, and sent to the South Seas. Lieutenant James Hayter is grateful when he’s assigned to the expedition. Soon the two men suspect their mission has an ulterior motive. On a remote Pacific island the answers lie—and dangers await! U.K. Trade Paperback • $18.95

In 1096 Byzantium simmers with intrigue. An assassination attempt against the Emperor fails, and former mercenary Demetrios Askiates is hired to find the assailant. While Demetrios searches, the emperor sends to the west for mercenaries to reinforce his position only to have a great, blood-thirsty army—the First Crusade—arrive at his gates.

2. Port Royal Fresh from a dangerous expedition, Captain Rennie and Lieutenant Hayter should be rich. But their expected rewards are meager, and they are again at the mercy of their spymaster patron Sir Robert Greer. Soon Expedient is sent to Jamaica. There the two must unravel a complex enemy plot ­culminating in a dangerU.K. Trade Paperback • $18.95 ous sea action.

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2. Knights of the Cross The armies of the First Crusade race across Asia Minor, reclaiming the land for Christendom. But their advance is halted ­by the impregnable walls of Antioch. And then a Norman knight is murdered, and Demetrios Askiates must find the killer. The trail leads into the vipers’ nest of betrayal and fanaticism at the heart of the Crusade.

“Enough to satisfy the most belligerent armchair warrior: ­cutlasses, cannibals . . . buried treasure. All this plus good taut writing.” —Sunday Telegraph

3. Barbary Coast On the eve of the French Revolution, James Hayter and William Rennie are sent to the Mediterranean. On the dangerous Barbary Coast the odds are daunting. Murky politics, desperate sea actions and imprisonment test the two men—and their friendship—to U.K. Trade Paperback • $18.95 the breaking point.

3. Siege of Heaven After countless battles and sieges, the surviving soldiers of the First Crusade are within reach of Jerusalem. But rivalries fester and new enemies are massing against them. Demetrios Askiates longs for home. But events force him to accompany the army of warlords and fanatics to the bloody gates of the Holy City.

4. The Hawk England is poised for war with France. James Hayter now commands a 10-gun cutter while his friend William Rennie is without a ship. But spymaster Sir Robert Greer has other plans for the two, and Rennie and Hayter are soon sent on a dangerous ­mission to intercept U.K. Trade Paperback • $19.95 contraband.

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Zulu Hart by Saul David Bullied at school as a bastard with suspiciously dark skin, George Hart learns his anonymous father will give him an inheritance if he proves himself in the King’s Dragoon Guards. He joins the army, but is forced out and heads to Africa for a fresh start. But Hart has soldiering in his blood and is caught between two fierce and unyielding forces as Britain faces off against the Zulus. U.K. Hardcover • $27.95

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6. Rumors of War Portugal, 1826: Civil war may break out ­following the death of King John VI, and Spain and France threaten to take sides. England’s historic treaty with Portugal must be honored, and Matthew Hervey is sent to support the Portuguese regent.

7. An Act of Courage Imprisoned in the infamous Spanish fortress of Badajoz, Hervey plans a Christmastime escape, while friends from unexpected quarters rush to his aid.

1. A Close Run Thing



In 1814, Matthew Hervey is a young cavalry officer in Wellington’s army as the war against Napoleon rages to its bloody end. Hervey is a soldier and a gentleman—but does he have what it takes to be a hero?

2. The Nizam’s Daughters Fresh from the fields of Waterloo, Matthew Hervey, newly appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, is dispatched to India on a secret mission full of blood and intrigue that will test him to the limit.

3. The Regimental Affair When Hervey returns from India in 1817, England is in economic and political turmoil, and his dragoons are called to action against the Luddites. Unrest permeates his regiment as well, with Hervey and his commander on a collision course.

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8. Company of  Spears Major Matthew Hervey is resolved to marry and purchase command of his beloved 6th Light Dragoons. But he is outbid and soon must look for a new posting. In Africa, he helps to form a new horse regiment. At the Cape, he fights the Xhosa, but the formidable Zulus and their great leader Shaka await!

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9. Man of War Recovering from illness and a wound, Hervey’s set to marry the Lady Lankester but then becomes embroiled in a military inquiry that could ruin him. Meanwhile Peto, Hervey’s ­brotherin-law-to-be has taken his ship to the Ionian Sea. A cataclysmic sea battle looms ahead while Hervey must face a crisis that could change his life forever.

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It is 1819, and Matthew Hervey is disillu­sioned with military life until an eminent English poet gives him reason to change his mind. Soon he faces a dark and dangerous journey through the jungle to confront war boats massing on the Burmese border.

1828: The stability of the British Cape Colony is threatened by Xhosa tribesman. Hervey leaves his new wife and speeds to the aid of his old friend, Sir Eyre Somervile. He and Somervile journey to meet the great Zulu king, Shaka. But Shaka’s sudden death plunges the region into civil war, and Hervey and his men into terrible danger.

5. The Sabre’s Edge 1824 finds Hervey’s dragoons still stationed in India, facing bloody fighting on the Burmese border. Then a siege looms against the purportedly impregnable fortress of Bhurtpore.

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The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures by Dewey Lambdin Meet Alan Lewrie: rogue, lady’s man, irrepressible doer of impossible deeds. “Stunning naval adventure, reeking of powder and mayhem. I wish I had written this series.” —Bernard Cornwell 8. Jester’s Fortune As Napoleon’s army storms across southern Europe, Lewrie and his sloop, HMS Jester, sail into the thick of things along the Croatian coast. U.S. Trade Paperback • $17.95

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10. Sea of Grey Captain Alan Lewrie sails to the French colony of Saint Domingue where a slave rebellion led by Toussaint L’Ouverture threatens European power. U.S. Trade Paperback • $14.95

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The Fighting Anthonys Novels by Michael Aye

Four Days in June by Iain Gale

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Four days in June, 1815. Five men, three armies, on the fields of Waterloo. This is an epic battle for honour, glory, and civilization. As the battle develops over the four days, it is seen through the very different positions and characters of the these five real-life men. From the eve of the battle to its bloody conclusion, there is devastation and defiance, desperation and great courage on all sides.

1. The Reaper Captain Gilbert Anthony is given command of the Drakkar, and dispatched on a special mission chasing pirates in the Caribbean. Honoring his father’s wishes, Gil takes his half-brother, Gabriel, into the ship’s company. Ahead of them lies the feared pirate frigate Reaper and the ultimate test of savage combat.

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2. HMS Seawolf Gabriel Anthony takes command for the first time. Not one to stand aside, he leads a daring cutting-out expedition that ends disastrously, and he is presumed dead. But his brother, Gilbert, knows better. Love, blood, and battle will unite the brothers once again—as long as the seas are running and their powder stays dry.

The Jack Steel Novels by Iain Gale 1. Man of Honour

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1704: Lieutenant Jack Steel leads the finest infantry in Queen Anne’s army. He is asked by the Duke of Marlborough to rescue a letter of questionable contents. Through the Battle of Blenheim, Steel risks all in the fight for another man’s honour. All the while, the malevolent Colonel Jennings is intent on destroying him. U.K. Trade Paperback • $15.95

1777: The ghost ship Barracuda plies the waters off the coast of Saint Augustine taking no prizes and leaving no survivors. To protect Florida loyalists, Admiral Lord Gilbert Anthony and his brother, Gabriel, must track down those behind the terrible slaughters.

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The John Thomas Fury Novels

1706: Jack Steel stands at the head of his Grenadiers at Ramilles, at odds with his Allied partners. After victory the Allies face more troubles as the Low Countries are discontented with their liberators. Steel must go under cover to deal with traitors who seek the return of the French—or worse still, complete independence. U.K. Trade Paperback• $15.95

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3. Brothers in Arms 1708: Steel returns to Flanders a married man. In need of money, he looks for promotion, taking dangerous missions for his patron, Marlborough. In Paris he must broker a deal with an envoy of the French King through great hardship. Then he returns to the siege of Lille where cruelty and betrayal turn his world upside down. U.K. Hardcover • $31.95 Order Online www.mcbooks.com

by G.S. Beard 1. Mr. Midshipman Fury 1792: A shadow hangs over Midshipman John Thomas Fury. Ten years earlier, Fury’s father, a brig commander, went mad and his crew mutinied. Now, as HMS Amazon heads to India, Fury seeks to prove that he isn’t cursed like his father. In a crucible of fire, he becomes a King’s officer. U.K. Trade Paperback • $17.95

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The Lord

Ramage Novels by Dudley Pope All U.S. Trade Paperbacks

Set sail with the bold and dashing Lord Nicholas Ramage! An officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, Ramage is a master of clever ruses and daring unexpected ship action. Because his father was falsely accused of treason and cashiered from the navy, Ramage faces personal attacks from his enemies within the Admiralty, but together with his loyal crew he proves again and again that Britain depends on the Ramage Touch.

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9. Ramage & the Rebels In the Caribbean, Ramage and the Calypso stumble across a British ship, all aboard murdered by French privateers. Thirsty for vengeance, Ramage and his men track down the brigand. $15.95

10. The Ramage Touch Ramage encounters a daunting French fleet off the Tuscan coast. Far from English aid, he must attack with only the Calypso frigate and two clumsy bomb ketches. $15.95

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The Yorke Sea Adventures by Dudley Pope “The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower.” —Daily Mirror

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15. Ramage’s Challenge The French hold British hostages on the European mainland. Ramage leads Calypso into enemy waters and goes inland to free them. $15.95

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17. Ramage & the Saracens Sent to Sicily to destroy Barbary Coast pirates terrorizing fishing villages, Ramage rescues hundreds of Italian prisoners. $15.95

18. Ramage & the Dido Ramage takes command of a ship of the line and heads for the West Indies. He must use Dido’s weapons to their fullest—or die ­trying! $15.95

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1. Buccaneer It’s the 1650s, and Spain controls the entire Caribbean. But England, Holland and France conspire to break Spain’s dominance. Ned Yorke and his crew of buccaneers sail the seas, determined to pay any price for freedom from tyranny. Then they become involved in the bloody capture of Jamaica and the infamous plundering of Santiago!

2. Admiral Charles II returns from exile bringing unease to the Spanish Main. Buccaneer leader Ned Yorke and his crewmen must defend Jamaica. Amidst a string of daring raids on the Spanish, Yorke sets out on the high seas to more distant adventures on behalf of the King and his own honor.

3. Galleon Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers, and his men begin to put down roots and build homes on their Jamaican plantations. But trouble brews in the Caribbean when the new governor from England arrives, declaring Ned to be less a privateer and more an outlaw pirate.

4. Corsair When Buccaneer Ned Yorke hears that Spain is mounting a fleet to protect Spanish ships, or worse yet, to carry an army to Jamaica, he sets out to learn the truth. He launches brazen attacks on the Spanish installations, where he unveils a series of plans that pull the Buccaneers into a bloody battle for independence.

5. Convoy Three hundred years after the Caribbean adventures of Ned Yorke, Lieutenant Yorke of the British Navy faces a deadly clash at sea during WWII. Yorke refuses to be confounded by Nazi U-Boats that are sinking merchant ships from within protected convoys. Caught up in a swirl of deadly intrigue, he must use his cleverness and bravery to protect the convoy from certain destruction!

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The Richard Sharpe Novels by Bernard Cornwell “Cornwell’s blending of the fictional Sharpe with historical figures and actual battles gives the narrative a stunning sense of realism . . . If only all history lessons could be as vibrant.” —San Francisco Chronicle

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The Texas Ranger Saga

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by Elmer Kelton Young Rusty Shannon, held captive by the Comanche, is rescued and adopted by Mike Shannon, a member of the Texas “ranging company.” Rusty becomes a Ranger, too, and in a strange twist rescues another Comanche captive, Andy Pickard, who follows in his footsteps. After the Civil War, the lawless Texas frontier becomes a magnet for settlers, outlaws, Ku Klux Klansmen and opportunists. Rusty, Andy, and their fellow Rangers must stand between warring factions and uphold justice.

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Banished to France, English archer Nicholas Hook becomes a mercenary and survives horrible slaughter. Returning to England, he is commanded by Henry V to join the king’s army in support of Henry’s quest to claim the French crown. From the disasters at the siege of Harfleur to the horrors of the field of Agincourt, this exhilarating story of survival and slaughter is at once a brilliant work of history and a triumph of imagination. U.S. Hardcover • $27.99

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Young Titus Bass leaves his Kentucky home, looking for adventure. Along the Mississippi, he finds a violent country of riverboat men, bandits, knife fights and Indian raids. Yet beyond the river, the unexplored Great Plains await.

At 40, Titus Bass is getting old. Half-blind, his body broken and scarred, Bass embodies the decline of the once-booming fur trade. When the uncle of his Crow wife is killed by Blackfoot, Bass joins a Crow war party for revenge. Through New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming he contends with angry Indians, lying white traders, and one enemy even Titus can’t defeat: smallpox.

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Young Titus Bass rides into Rocky Mountain country where he learns to trap beaver, survive the winter, fight Indians and fellow mountain men, and celebrate at the summer rendezvous.

Bass joins an expedition to steal livestock from Spanish California to sell to fur traders. But pursuit by Mexican soldiers and an attack by Digger Indians take their toll on the raiders. Then Bass is caught up in the “Taos Rebellion.” In its tragic aftermath, he finds himself an outsider in a world he no longer recognizes.

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4. Carry the Wind Titus “Scratch” Bass meets young Josiah Paddock, on the run from his past. Bass takes the brash youngster under his wing, and Paddock’s skill with a gun and a knife keeps them both alive as they ride deep into the majestic land of Blackfoot and Crow where only the best and bravest survive.

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5. Borderlords The wounded Josiah Paddock and Titus Bass find their way back to the Crow village, where they are welcomed. Then a misunderstanding over a beautiful Crow woman drives the friends apart, propelling Bass into the unforgiving wilderness on a lonely, dangerous quest.

6. One-Eyed Dream Ending the second Bass trilogy, Bass and Paddock trap beaver high in the Rockies and stir up a hell of violence. Pursued by vengeful Arapaho, Bass leads his small band to Taos. Yet the trail of blood does not end there. For in St. Louis an old enemy waits, and Bass must settle a ten-year-old score. 20

Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride In this stirring tribute to the human soul, the U.S. 92nd all-black Buffalo Division faces harsh conditions in Italy. Cut off from their unit, four GIs become the guardians of a traumatized Italian boy who cannot speak. In a remote mountain town, the Americans learn from a handful of suspicious villagers, a rag-tag band of Italian partisans, and a remorseful German soldier that the boy was the only survivor of a brutal massacre. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.00

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Battlecruiser 1943: Guy Sherbrooke has just taken command of Reliant, a legendary battlecruiser with a fatal flaw: her armor can be pierced by German shells. Reeman’s terse, muscular prose propels this novel to its hair-raising climax while capturing the haunting, grim atmosphere of wartime Europe. U.S. Trade Paperback • $19.95

A Prayer for the Ship Small, quick-moving torpedo boats protect the Allied convoys in the English Channel and the North Sea during World War II. Clive Royce, an officer with three months’ experience, must quickly learn to protect the coast from the Nazi fleet. U.S. Trade Paperback • $15.95

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2. The Eagle’s Conquest In Britain, Centurion Macro, Cato, and the desperately outnumbered Roman army face a determined enemy. But Macro and Cato must take on more than the Britons. A sinister organization is secretly betraying the invaders—and will stop at nothing to eliminate the Emperor.

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Trouble brews in Syria. The troops are slack, and Macro and Cato are sent to restore the fighting spirit. But a local tribesman stirs up trouble and preaches opposition to Rome. Macro and Cato must stamp out corruption in the cohort and quash the revolt. U.K. Trade Paperback • $17.95

3. When the Eagle Hunts The Emperor has returned to Rome leaving Macro, Cato, and the rest of the Second Legion to rest and regroup. But then their leader, General Plautius, learns that his family was captured by Druids who threaten a terrible death. Cato and Macro must rescue the hostages before time runs out.



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When Fortune Frowns by William H. White In 1790 the HMS Pandora embarks on an epic voyage to Tahiti to find and arrest the Bounty mutineers and return them to England for trial. Exploring the remarkable and cataclysmic events during the voyage, this is an exciting novel of adventure, filled with wild storms, brave deeds, serene tropical islands, and, ultimately, an horrific shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. U.S. Hardcover • $29.95

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The Captain Rawson Novels by Edward Marston

The War for All the Oceans From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins

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Jack Tar Life in Nelson’s Navy by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins Lord Nelson’s navy depended on the sailors and marines who manned the great windpowered warships. These ordinary men made the Royal Navy invincible through skill, courage, and sheer determination. Yet their contribution has been overlooked while their officers became celebrities. Now these forgotten men come alive in an exciting, enthralling, often unexpected, and always entertaining picture of what their life was really like. U.K. Hardcover • $39.95

The Battle That Changed the World by Roy Adkins

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by Julian Stockwin Facing a dismal future, Thomas Kydd takes his fate into his own hands. Now his courage and seamanship must win the day if he is to come home alive. Lieutenant Thomas Kydd faces implacable enemies in high places as he reels from the death of his fiancée and the loss of his brig, Teazer. Framed and unfairly dismissed from his ship, he and his friend Renzi struggle to survive in Guernsey while they attempt to clear Kydd’s name. Then Renzi is hired by a mysterious nobleman and reluctantly engages in covert operations, while Kydd becomes captain of a deadly privateer. Kydd cannot forget his lost honor, however, and seizes one final chance for revenge and restoration. U.S. Hardcover • $24.00 Trade Paperback (available 10/2009) • $16.00

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