A long-awaited history of this important Canadian regiment, The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War of 1812 looks at this military unit from its beginnings in the early days of the 19th century to its disbanding in 1817....
Great Britain
- Author:Grodzinski, John R.Summary:
- Author:Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:
The House of Lords will never be the same. Disinclined to watch her language or moderate her manners, “Jack” Troutbeck, assisted by her old friend Robert Amiss, plots vigorously with others to scupper an anti-hunting bill of which she...
- Author:Baldwin, PatSummary:
This book provides teachers of children at Key Stages 1 and 2 with a much-needed source of exciting and creative drama-based activities, designed to improve literacy. As useful for the drama novice as for the busy literacy co-ordinator...
- Author:Yolen, JaneSummary:
Even though he has been king of Britain for four years, Arthur's position is far from secure. Rulers of the island's many small fiefdoms are still reluctant to admit his sovereignty. And the sorceress Morgause, believing her own sons...
- Author:Pagnamenta, PeterSummary:
Arthur Hart-Synnot, a third-generation British officer, was sent to Japan in 1904 to learn the language of Britain's newest ally. Masa Suzuki, a beautiful Japanese woman scorned because of an early divorce, worked at the Tokyo Officers...
- Author:FRASER, Christine MarionSummary:
Explores the growing relationship between the recently widowed minister and the new lady doctor on the Hebridean island of Rhanna in the mid 1960's.
- Author:Maniscalco, KerriSummary:
Audrey Rose Wadsworth often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers...
- Author:ALLBEURY, TedSummary:
When the Russians learn that the British ambassador to Moscow is to return to London as the Prime Minister's personal adviser, they give orders to the KGB that he is to be drawn into the Soviet net.
- Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:
As the autumn storms of 1271 ravage the East Anglian coast, Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory. The dagger in the man’s chest is engraved with a strange, cursive design, and the...
- Author:Thomas, CarolSummary:
- Author:Peel, KitSummary:
Massive climate change has caused a winter that will not thaw, and it seems that the forces of nature have turned on humanity itself. But in the sleepy British village of Pateley, one special girl may hold the key to the Earth’s...
- Author:Herron, MickSummary:
As the clock ticks toward a young man's execution, a discredited British intelligence agent sees an opportunity to redeem himself.
- Author:KENT, AlexanderSummary:
In 1778, British Navy Captain Richard Bolitho must fight the rebellious American colonists while steering clear of a treacherous woman, an incompetent senior officer, privateers, and marauding French warships.
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
With his laughing eyes and wild, rakish good looks, Lord Rannulf Bedwyn is a hard man to resist. To Judith Law, a woman in need of rescue when her stagecoach overturns, Rannulf is simply her savior, a heroic stranger she will reward...
- Author:ARCHER, GeoffreySummary:
Project Skydancer; the brainchild of the Ministry of Defence and terrifying in its simplicity. New warheads had been designed that could evade the batteries of anti-ballistic missiles the Russians had set up around Moscow. For...
- Author:Taylor, James D.Summary:
While working on my last book, The Shadow of the White Rose, Edward Courtenay Earl of Devon, 1526 to 1556, I realized that I was only telling part of a story, as there are many links between Edward Courtenay and Thomas Wyatt the Younger...
- Author:Hall, WilliamSummary:
Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady, Michael Caine's life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster. He is an enduring model of British cool. This biography charts the highs and lows in his...
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening-a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a...
- Author:Finnis, JaneSummary:
Roman Britain in 91 AD is a raw frontier province, a troublesome part of the mighty Empire ruled by Domitian Caesar. Though it is almost fifty years since the legions invaded, many native tribes still hate their conquerors and seize any...
- Author:Harkness, Deborah E.Summary:
Reluctant witch Diana Bishop and geneticist vampire Matthew Clairmont are surrounded by spies and secrecy in Elizabethan London. As Diana seeks a tutor to help her master magic, Matthew must face a troubled past he thought he'd left...