by V. A. Stuart
1-59013-067-7 • 256 pp., $13.95
_4 Halfhyde to the Narrows
1-59013-068-5 • 240 pp., $13.95
V.A. STUART
Alexander Sheridan Adventures
_ 1 Victors and Lords
0-935526-98-6 • 272 pp., $13.95
_ 2 The Sepoy Mutiny
0-935526-99-4 • 240 pp., $13.95
_ 3 Massacre at Cawnpore
1-59013-019-7 • 240 pp., $13.95
_ 4 The Cannons of Lucknow
1-59013-029-4 • 272 pp., $14.95
_ 5 The Heroic Garrison
1-59013-030-8 • 256 pp., $13.95
The Phillip Hazard Novels
_ 1 The Valiant Sailors
1-59013-039-1 • 272 pp., $14.95
_ 2 The Brave Captains
1-59013-040-5 • 272 pp., $14.95
_ 3 Hazard’s Command
1-59013-081-2 • 256 pp., $13.95
_ 4 Hazard of Huntress
1-59013-082-0 • 256 pp., $13.95
_ 5 Hazard in Circassia
1-59013-062-6 • 256 pp., $13.95
_ 6 Victory at Sebastopol
1-59013-061-8 • 224 pp.
DAVID DONACHIE
The Privateersman Mysteries
_ 1 The Devil’s Own Luck
1-59013-004-9 • 302 pp., $15.95 1-59013-003-0 • 320 pp., $23.95 HC
_ 2 The Dying Trade
1-59013-006-5 • 384 pp., $16.95 1-59013-005-7 • 400 pp., $24.95 HC
_ 3 A Hanging Matter
1-59013-016-2 • 416 pp., $16.95
_ 4 An Element of Chance
1-59013-017-0 • 448 pp., $17.95
_ 5 The Scent of Betrayal
1-59013-031-6 • 448 pp., $17.95
_ 6 A Game of Bones
1-59013-032-4 • 352 pp., $15.95
The Nelson & Emma Trilogy
_ 1 On a Making Tide
1-59013-041-3 • 416 pp., $17.95
_ 2 Tested by Fate
1-59013-042-1 • 416 pp., $17.95
_ 3 Breaking the Line
1-59013-090-1 • 368 pp., $16.95
JAN NEEDLE
Sea Officer William Bentley Novels
_ 1 A Fine Boy for Killing
0-935526-86-2 • 320 pp., $15.95
_ 2 The Wicked Trade
0-935526-95-1 • 384 pp., $16.95
_ 3 The Spithead Nymph
1-59013-077-4 • 288 pp., $14.95
C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON
The Richard Delancey Novels
_ 1 The Guernseyman
1-59013-001-4 • 208 pp., $13.95
_ 2 Devil to Pay
1-59013-002-2 • 288 pp., $14.95
_ 3 The Fireship
1-59013-015-4 • 208 pp., $13.95
_ 4 Touch and Go
1-59013-025-1 • 224 pp., $13.95
_ 5 So Near So Far
1-59013-037-5 • 224 pp., $13.95
_ 6 Dead Reckoning
1-59013-038-3 • 224 pp., $15.95
Military Fiction Classics
R.F. DELDERFIELD
_ Seven Men of Gascony
0-935526-97-8 • 368 pp., $16.95
_ Too Few for Drums
0-935526-96-X • 256 pp., $14.95
NICHOLAS NICASTRO
The John Paul Jones Trilogy
_ 1 The Eighteenth Captain
0-935526-54-4 • 312 pp., $16.95
_ 2 Between Two Fires
1-59013-033-2 • 384 pp., $16.95
Classics of Nautical Fiction
CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT
_ Frank Mildmay OR The Naval Officer
0-935526-39-0 • 352 pp., $14.95
_ The King’s Own
0-935526-56-0 • 384 pp., $15.95
_ Mr Midshipman Easy
0-935526-40-4 • 352 pp., $14.95
_ Newton Forster OR The Merchant Service
0-935526-44-7 • 352 pp., $13.95
_ Snarleyyow OR The Dog Fiend
0-935526-64-1 • 384 pp., $16.95
_ The Phantom Ship
0-935526-85-4 • 320 pp., $14.95
_ The Privateersman
0-935526-69-2 • 288 pp., $15.95
RAFAEL SABATINI
_ Captain Blood
0-935526-45-5 • 288 pp., $15.95
WILLIAM CLARK RUSSELL
_ The Yarn of Old Harbour Town
0-935526-65-X • 256 pp., $14.95
_ The Wreck of the Grosvenor
0-935526-52-8 • 320 pp., $13.95
A.D. HOWDEN SMITH
_ Porto Bello Gold
0-935526-57-9 • 288 pp., $13.95
MICHAEL SCOTT
_ Tom Cringle’s Log
0-935526-51-X • 512 pp., $14.95
The Alexander Sheridan Adventures BY V.A. STUART
FROM THE Crimean War to the Sepoy Mutiny, the Alexander Sheridan Adventures deftly combine history and supposition in tales of scarlet soldiering that cunningly interweave fact and fiction.
Alexander Sheridan, unjustly forced out of the army, leaves Britain and his former life behind and joins the East India Company, still in pursuit of those ideals of honor and heroism that buoyed the British Empire for three hundred years. Murder, war, and carnage await him. But with British stoicism and an unshakable iron will, he will stand tall against the atrocities of war, judging all by their merit rather than by the color of their skin or the details of their religion.
1 Victors and Lords
ISBN 0-935526-98-6
272 pp., $13.95
2 The Sepoy Mutiny
ISBN 0-935526-99-4
240 pp., $13.95
3 Massacre at Cawnpore
ISBN 1-59013-019-7
240 pp., $13.95
4 The Cannons of Lucknow
ISBN 1-59013-029-4
272 pp., $14.95
5 The Heroic Garrison
ISBN 1-59013-030-8
256 pp., $13.95
“Stuart’s saga of Captain Sheridan during the Mutiny stands in the shadow of no previous work of fiction, and for historical accuracy, writing verve and skill, and pace of narrative, stands alone.”
—El Paso Times
V.A. STUART wrote several series of military fiction and numerous other novels under various pseudonyms. Her settings span history and the globe. Born in 1914, she was in Burma with the British Fourteenth Army in WW II, became a lieutenant, and was decorated with the Burma Star and the Pacific Star.
The Nelson and Emma Trilogy
by David Donachie
PART ONE
On a Making Tide
Young Nelson and Emma begin to make their ways in the world with corresponding recklessness and precocious ambition: Nelson enters the Royal Navy at the age of twelve and quickly develops a reputation as a daring yet benevolent leader. At the same time, teenage Emma rises quickly up the ranks from bawdy house prostitute to noblemen’s courtesan to celebrated artist’s model.
ISBN 1-59013-041-3
416 pages, maps • $17.95
PART TWO
Tested by Fate
In a string of spectacular naval battles—Cape St Vincent, Tenerife, the Nile—the ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honour he desperately craves.
Emma, now Lady Hamilton, meets the mercurial Nelson in Naples, and she is inexplicably drawn to the brash sea captain. All the doors of Europe are open to her—but how can she forget Nelson when he has not forgotten her?
ISBN 1-59013-042-1
416 pages, maps • $17.95
PART THREE
Breaking the Line
To a nation consumed by war, Admiral Horatio Nelson is a hero. Nelson’s lover, the disreputable Lady Emma Hamilton, is another matter. Yet the two are inseparable, and defy friends and enemies alike to stay together. Fate has other plans, however, as Nelson moves inexorably toward the stunning conclusion of his career.
ISBN 1-59013-090-1
368 pages, maps • $16.95
The 3
-part biographical novel that chronicles the rise of Horatio Nelson, Britain’s greatest naval hero, and his legendary mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton.
“The strength of Donachie’s writing lies in his convincing dialogue that brilliantly conveys the personalities of Nelson and Hamilton. The author certainly has done his homework … historical facts are very cleverly intertwined into the story.”
—Bookpleasures.com
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