For seventeen-year-old Harry and his girlfriend Jessica, World War One is a crusade against the Hun. Harry enlists and is sent to Gallipoli, and Jessica leaves school and trains as a nurse. Their letters start out innocently but they...
War Stories
- Author:CATRAN, KenSummary:
- Author:Bilodeau, Stéphane, Huraux, RémySummary:
Depuis 10 ans, le royaume de Gardolon vit des jours paisibles. Jeune et brillant apprenti de l’instructeur royal — le héros qui a jadis vaincu le maléfique Delmato —, vous rêvez d’aventures et de gloire. Toutefois, rien ne vous...
- Author:Carrier, RochSummary:
"The first novel in the ""La Guerre"" trilogy. A wedding, a funeral, and best of all, a full company of Carrier's joyful, blaspheming, vigorous characters."
- Author:Bilodeau, Stéphane, St-Martin, GillesSummary:
Le seigneur Astaulf n’a aucune conscience du danger qui menace sa baronnie. D’étranges créatures rôdent à proximité d’une forêt inexplorée et peuplée de légendes. Peu après, le mage Egorand, conseiller personnel du baron, disparaît...
- Author:FITZSIMONS, PeterSummary:
Authoritative account of one of the most famous battles in military history.
- Author:Simpson, JohnSummary:
Living in Cork, Ireland, a hotbed of resistance to British rule, makes Ian Mulroney's life dangerous despite his peaceful beliefs. But disgusted by the brutality and shootings in the streets, he agrees to join the local IRA brigade to...
- Author:POTOK, ChaimSummary:
A compassionate fictional account of survival during the Korean War by an old peasant and his wife when sheltering in a ditch they find a semi-conscious, wounded boy.
- Author:FOLLETT, KenSummary:
In June 1941 a baffling Luftwaffe radio message is picked up by the decoders of Allied intelligence. It mentions a new invention with the codename Freya - the Viking goddess of love.
- Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:
Although unfinished at the time of the author's death in 1966, this novel delivers a full measure of action at sea. On the threshold of securing his first post as Captain, Hornblower finds himself forced to fight alongside a man...
- Author:Harris, Alfred MartinSummary:
Colonel Steel made the necessary preparations for the destruction of his stranded tank. He was not unduly concerned for his own safety but was totally unprepared for the three North Korean soldiers who suddenly appeared from nowhere....
- Author:OVERY, R. TSummary:
The author dismisses the popular image of Goering as a corrupt and indolent buccaneer and concentrates on the serious and central role he played in the Third Reich, illuminating the political fabric of Germany and our understanding of...
- Author:MOOREHEAD, AlanSummary:
A fascinating, detailed novel on the Gallipoli campaign of World War One.
- Author:KESSLER, LeoSummary:
This is an SS Wotan Adventure featuring Kuno von Dodenburg.'I do not ask you to love me, soldiers. I do not ask you to respect me. All I ask is that you respect my orders with unquestioning obedience. If you fail to do that I shall...
- Author:Ernest HemingwaySummary:
An American learns the true value of life while fighting with a guerrilla band during the Spanish Civil War.
- Author:Fullerton, AlexanderSummary:
In the Great War 1914-18 the Royal Navy operated some 200 dirigibles-non-rigid airships-primarily in protection of coastal shipping, spotting U-boats and mines ahead of convoys. It was effective protection, but often hazardous for...
- Author:MACDONNELL, J. ESummary:
The author tells of his own experiences aboard 'H.M.A.S. Nepal' in 1944 and the actions in which he was involved. He wrote this book (during breaks in engagements) in the same style as his excellent naval fiction.
- Author:Groot, TracySummary:
A retelling of the Old Testament tale of Rahab the harlot that takes place in Nazi-occupied France. After American fighter pilot Tom Jaeger is shot down and harbored by the French Resistance, he figures prominently in a plan to...
- Author:Donati, SaraSummary:
A strong, vivid historical novel set against the backdrop of the 1812 war between Britain and America. Fire Along the Sky is the story of one woman's unforgettable journey across a young nation threatened by the flames of war. The...
- Author:PASTERNAK, BorisSummary:
Set in the first half of the 20th century during the most radical revolution of the age. Seen through the life of Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, who has to come to terms with the new world and his love for two women.
- Author:SMITH, Peter CSummary:
A detailed account of one of the greatest convoy battles of World War Two, following hard on the disaster of Convoy PQ17.