When Niccolo Bray returned to claim his earldom near the wild Welsh marches, there were sullen faces and whispers about his lordship — more Italian than English because of his rearing at a luxurious ducal court in fifteen-century...
1802 — Boston und Karibik. Der Friede von Amiens hat die beiden Erbfeinde England und Frankreich keineswegs versöhnt. Vizeadmiral Richard Bolitho, unterwegs in diplomatischer Mission, muß erleben, daß er mit seinem leichten...