Blackthorne, un marino inglés cautivo en el Japón de los shogún a principos del siglo XVII, se va adaptando al modo de vida de sus nuevos amos hasta acabar convirtiéndose en samurái al servicio del gran señor. El enfrentamiento entre dos...
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Set in Japan in the year 1600, Shōgun is the earliest book in James Clavell’s magnificent Asian Saga. Grand in scope and scale, filled with the richness and passion of history, Shōgun is a classic novel of Japan—a vibrant and authentic...
Down in the main, Montreal’s teeming underworld, the dark streets echo with cries in a dozen languages, with the swift footsteps of thieves, with the murmurs of women of pleasure. To the people of the Main, Lieutenant Claude LaPointe is judge and...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's...
A narrative of the captivity and adventures of John...
Novel which is set in the time of the Wars of the Roses, telling a tale of murder and revenge in medieval...
Sharpe is sent on a secret mission behind French lines to locate gold that is badly needed to ensure the British can continue the fight against the French into the new year. At this time they hold a minor foothold in Portugal and are facing a...
In 1465 the Scottish Quentin Durward set of to France, because the Duke of Burgundy wants that countess Isabelle marries with Durward's uncle. Once there he himself falls in love with Isabelle, no much interested in the quarrel between the Duke...
Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized by the press gang, to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Royal William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life...
Автор: Корнуэлл Бернард
Серия: Sharpe #16
Язык: английский
Год: 1985
Статус: Закончена
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Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813 Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's new campaign with grim expectancy. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain — an...