Typical Henty, good history but lots of names and places to keep track of. A decent story of a young Englishman who earns his...
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The beginning of the present century glorious as it was for British arms abroad was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at...
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A March on London: being a story of Wat Tyler's insurrection
The king is going to mass at Westminster, the knight said, and after that he will ride round the city. I shall go myself to Westminster with him, and you can both ride with me, for it may be that the king on his way may be met by the rabble,...
Gervaise Tresham, the hero of this story, joins the Order of the Knights of St. John, and leaving England he proceeds to the stronghold of Rhodes. Subsequently, Gervaise is made a Knight of the White Cross for valor, while soon after he is...
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1809. Bitterer Winter beherrscht den Norden Spaniens. Die britischen Truppen ziehen sich nach La Coruña zurück. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe und eine versprengte Abteilung Schützen sind auf sich allein gestellt,...
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Portugal, 1809. Frankreich ist auf dem Vormarsch, die portugiesische Armee gnadenlos unterlegen. Auch die britischen Einheiten scheinen nicht mehr viel tun zu können, um die französische Invasion zu stoppen....
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In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
Breathtaking adventure during the French Revolution (1793) as Harry Sandwith, a young Englishman is hired to be a companion to the sons of a nobleman. Throughout the story, Harry is called upon to summon his courage as he rescues his French...
“I wish most heartily that something would happen,” Harry Parkhurst, a midshipman of some sixteen years of age, said to his chum, Dick Balderson, as they leaned on the rail of her majesty's gunboat Serpent, and looked gloomily at the turbid...
Middle East 6th century. First met in Blood Games in the Saint-Germain...
За свідченням відомого історика М. М. Карамзіна, російська історична наука, як і багато інших, перевантажена міфами, так званими...