A gripping collection of C.S. Forester's stories about World War II. Since most of the stories were written during the war, their authenticity is compelling. Possibly among the best war stories ever written.
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Hornblower has advanced from a midshipmen to the rank of a junior lieutenant in Volume 2 of the Hornblower saga. Hornblower and other junior officers must take command of the ship when their disturbed captain falls through a hatch and is seriously injured. Shore invasions of the West Indies, an escaped Spanish crew, and Hornblower's court martial make this another exciting Hornblower read.
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In the long history of mounted warfare, Chevalier Bayard, a homme d'armes, or man-at-arms, was considered the epitome of chivalry and one of the most skillful commanders of his age. To his contemporaries and his successors, he was, with his heroism, piety, and magnanimity, the fearless and faultless knight.
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A 1930's romantic murder mystery in which a young diplomat is summoned to the estate of a rich and unhappy woman who is now being blackmailed by her villainous Italian lover.
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After hopeless jobs and pawnshop suits, Anchylus Saxe finds work at a San Francisco newspaper. Rung by rung he succeeds in building an empire. A family secret, a daughter's malice, threaten it all.
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