The Christmas Wreck (1886) is not a typical Christmas story. Stockton reminds us there's no use being in a hurry for a good wind or for Christmas, they'll both come when they're ready. Old Silas tells his passenger a tale as they are waylaid with...
Formerly published as TALISMAN OF TROY, this novel has been retitled.A castaway tossed onto a deserted beach is the last survivor of a world that no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell - the true reason for which the Trojan...
The adventures of an intelligence agent in Yorkist England. Alianore tells the true story of Richard III – but don't look here for a conventional historical...
Aboard the Vociferous Carmichael, puppeteer John Chandagnac is sailing toward Jamaica to claim his stolen birthright from an unscrupulous uncle, when the vessel is captured . . . by pirates! Offered a choice by Captain Phil Davies to join their...
Adam Penfeather, Buccaneer: his early exploits, being a curious and intimate relation of his tribulations, joys and triumphs taken from notes of his Journal and pages from his Ship's Log, and here put into complete...
In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig HELLEBORE. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends HELLEBORE to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to...