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41) The gun ketch
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Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 5
Language
English
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Description
It's 1786 and Alan Lewrie has his own ship at last, the Alacrity. Small but deadly, the Alacrity prowls the waters of the Caribbean, protecting British merchants from pirates. But Lewrie is still the same old rakehell he always was. Scandal sets tongues wagging in the Bahamas as the young captain thumbs his nose at propriety and makes a few well-planned conquests on land before sailing off to take on Calico Jack Finney, the boldest pirate in the Caribbean....
42) If he's daring
Author
Series
Wherlocke romances volume 6
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Stealing a stranger's carriage is the second most reckless thing Lady Catryn Gryffin de Warrene has ever done. The first is succumbing to her powerful attraction to the carriage's owner. Catryn has heard the rumors about Sir Orion Wherlocke's family and their otherworldly gifts. He's the one person who can keep her son and his inheritance safe from her late husband's ruthless brother. As for how to protect herself...it may be too late for that. Orion...
Author
Series
Wildes of Lindow Castle volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Viola Astley is so painfully shy that she's horrified by the mere idea of dancing with a stranger; her upcoming London debut feels like a nightmare.So she's overjoyed to meet handsome, quiet vicar with no interest in polite society - but just when she catches his attention, her reputation is compromised by a duke. Devin Lucas Augustus Elstan, Duke of Wynter, will stop at nothing to marry Viola, including marrying a woman whom he believes to...
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Series
Publisher
Distributed by Login Trade
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
"In 1774, Richard Bolitho is a newly appointed Third Lieutenant, joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny. ... It is amidst the broadside battles and clash of swords that Bolitho learns to accept his new responsibilities as a King's officer."--Cover.
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Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1798. Napoleon's naval forces are amassing in the Mediterranean, preparing to annex Egypt, and it is there the newly-promoted Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent with a small squadron of ships under his command. Alone in the friendless waters, he must gain whatever intelligence he can and engage the enemy whenever possible. And when Bolitho places his squadron between the Nile and the entire French fleet, the fate of his men and the freedom...
46) Enemy in sight!
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Series
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade by Login Trade
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The year is 1794 and Richard Bolitho takes his warship, the Hyperion, to join the blockade of France.
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Series
Publisher
Distributed by LPC Group
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
In 1782, when the British frigate Phalarope is ordered to assist in the Caribbean, her new commander Richard Bolitho must deal with greed and ambition among the officers, and cowardice and impending mutiny among the seamen.
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Series
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade by Login Trade
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
It is 1792, over ten years since Britain's defeat by the American colonies, and the bitter humiliation still sticks sticks in the Admiralty's craw. Now brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. Richard Bolitho's mission: to take three speedy topsail cutters and fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.
49) The flag captain
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Series
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade by Login Trade
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy receives a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny. Returning home after eighteen months' continuous service, Flag Captain Richard Bolitho finds himself at the center of the crisis. And his new commander, it seems, is a man who will brook no interference ...
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Series
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade by Login Trade
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil, junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make momentous decisions in the heat of battle-decisions that could affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of nations.
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Series
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Login Trade
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
"October 1789, and war clouds thunder over Europe when Richard Bolitho steers the Tempest into the perilous waters of the Great South Sea. His mission: to protect vulnerable English shipping lanes from her seagoing enemies."--Cover.
54) Island of bones
Author
Series
Crowther and Westerman mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther investigates an ancient tomb where an extra body and clues about Crowther's haunting past are discovered.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case...
56) Thief of shadows
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a dragoon captain begins hunting the masked avenger the Ghost of St. Giles, schoolmaster Winter Makepeace--the Ghost himself--must decide whether or not he can trust Lady Isabel Beckinhall with his secret.
Author
Series
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Edward Stanhope, the icy Duke of Thornfield, likes his life in a certain order. Give him a strong drink, a good book, and his dog for company, and he's content. But when he goes to his library and finds a woman sitting in his chair, petting his dog, what starts as a request for her to leave quickly turns to a fiery battle of wits, leading to a steamy kiss that could ruin them both if they were caught. So of course, damn it all, that's when Edward's...
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today's 'Patrick O'Brian for a new generation' (Kirkus Reviews). Master and Commander Charles Hayden has received fresh orders that take him and the HMS Themis to the Caribbean, with instructions to meddle with French shipping to the colonies. While en route, they rescue two Spanish castaways who beg for help fleeing from a vengeful family situation--Hayden...
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Searching for the lost Treasure of Arkaig, corset maker Mary Fletcher is led to Thomas West, and together they unearth secrets about the gold and find a love that will be soon be tested.
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