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41) Ramage
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In a daring foray, under the very nose of the French Mediterranean fleet, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is to sail his tiny cutter close in to the Italian shore and rescue a party of stranded aristocrats from Napoleon's fast-advancing army.
42) The sea-wolf
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Description
Retells in graphic novel format the story of a young art critic who is forced to endure the wrath of Wolf Larsen, captain of the sealing-schooner that rescues him after a shipwreck.
43) Crucible of gold
Author
Series
Temeraire volume 7
Description
"Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon's forces and the friendly--and sometimes not-so-friendly--fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason. For Laurence and Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an end just...
44) Seafire
Author
Series
Seafire trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, whose lives have been turned upside down by Aric and his men. The crew has one misson: stay alive, and take down Aric's armed and armored fleet. But when Caledonia's best friend and second-in-command...
45) Scandalous
Author
Series
Outcasts (Minerva Spencer) volume 3
Description
"Straight-laced missionary Sarah Fisher has never met a man like Captain Martin Bouchard. He is the most beautiful person--male or female--she's ever seen. Overwhelmingly masculine, elegantly attired despite months at sea, he is in complete command of everyone and everything around him--everyone, that is, except Sarah. But that's about to change because Sarah has bought Bouchards mercy with the only thing she has to sell--her body. "None at all ....
46) The Ramage touch
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2001, c1979
Physical Desc
270 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
Post Captain Ramage is prowling the Tuscan coast and far from English aid when he encounters a daunting French invasion fleet. As the enemy gathers strength, Ramage must decide how to thwart its actions with only the frigate Calypso and a pair of bomb ketches.
47) Ramage's trial
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Captain Lord Ramage returns from Devil's Island to find his wife missing. Instead of being free to sail with all haste for home, Ramage is ordered to shepherd a lumbering convoy of merchant ships back to England. On the way, a bizarre sequence of events leads Ramage to a full court martial in Plymouth.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
353 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Description
1801. Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, known as "St. Alan the Liberator" for freeing (stealing!) a dozen black slaves on Jamaica to man his frigate years before, is at last being brought to trial for it, with his life on the line. At the same time, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Prussia are forming a League of Armed Neutrality, to Napoleon Bonaparte's delight, to deny Great Britain their vital exports, even if it means war.
49) Reefs and shoals
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 18
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
354 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Description
Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans..
50) Empire of ivory
Author
Series
Temeraire volume 4
Description
Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, as an epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the dragons' ranks. Only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected and must stand as the only means of airborne defense against France's ever bolder sorties. As Bonaparte's dragons harrow Britain's ships, Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, take wing to Africa in search of a cure for the deadly contagion.
Author
Description
The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible...
52) Sacred stone
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 2
Description
Clive Cussler debuted his new series, The Oregon Files, with the incredible adventure of Golden Buddha. Now he follows that triumph with Sacred Stone, a rollicking new tale featuring the enigmatic captain of The Oregon, Juan Cabrillo. In the remote wastes of Greenland, an ancient artifact possessing catastrophic radioactive power is unearthed. But the astounding find puts the world at risk. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter,...
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
318 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
A sinking British ship, her crew and passengers—men and women alike—ruthlessly murdered at the hands of a French privateer. This is the nightmare Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon while engaged in a sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica. Supported by his men in a thirst for righteous vengeance, Ramage sets sail to bring the murderers to justice.
54) Ramage's diamond
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
332 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Description
The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Diamond Rock. The mission seems humdrum: barricade the French within Fort Royal. But sent to sea in the Juno with a crew grown restless and undisciplined under the prior commmand of a drunk, Ramage realizes his vssel may not be up to battle with the French.
55) Steel tide
Author
Series
Seafire trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
Caledonia may have lost her crew, and nearly died at the hand of a powerful foe, but she's been nursed back to health by a crew of former Bullets. Calling themselves the Blades, they escaped Aric Athair's clutches and now live a nomadic existence, ready to disappear at a moment's notice should trouble come their way. Caledonia wants to do more than just hide; she wants to find the Mors Navis and her beloved sisters. She wants to convince the Blades...
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 16
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
254 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Lord Ramage returns to fight in the most famous of Britain's sea battles. Summoned by Admiral Nelson himself, Ramage is sent to join the British fleet off Cadiz where the largest battle in naval history is about to take place. Finding himself in the front line of battle, Lord Ramage must fight to save his own life as well as for his country. The result is a thrilling, hair-raising adventure from one of our best-loved naval writers.
58) Ramage's devil
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 13
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
320 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Description
Captain Lord Ramage and his bride are nearly captured by Napoleon's secret police on their honeymoon in France, but when their host is taken as a prisoner to Devil's Island, Ramage sets sail aboard "Calypso" and attempts to rescue his host from the island's impregnable penal colony.
Author
Series
The adventurers quartet volume 1
Formats
Description
Marrying the seemingly delicate Lady Edwina Delbraith, Declan Frobisher discovers that his new bride is unconventional and strong-willed after she accompanies him on a secret mission that leads them to unexpected enemies-- and love. Facing unforeseen perils and unexpected enemies while battling to expose a dastardly scheme involving kidnapped British citizens in West Africa, Declan and Edwina discover that their unusual marriage demands something...
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After terrible atrocities by both sides, the religious war between Tierra and Uraba has spread and intensified, irreparably dividing the known world. What started as a series of skirmishes has erupted into a full-blown crusade.
Now that the Uraban leader, Soldan-Shah Omra, has captured the ruined city of Ishalem, his construction teams discover a priceless ancient map in an underground vault — a map that can guide brave explorers to the...
Now that the Uraban leader, Soldan-Shah Omra, has captured the ruined city of Ishalem, his construction teams discover a priceless ancient map in an underground vault — a map that can guide brave explorers to the...
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