Download or read book Halfhyde and the Guns of Arrest written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde is once again despatched to Africa. This time his mission is to help capture a British traitor who carries secret blueprints of British warships. Assisted by a Scotland Yard detective and a handful of sailors, Halfhyde must outwit the clever Germans, who are determined to take the traitor and his secrets back to the Fatherland.
Download or read book The Guns of Arrest written by Philip McCutchan and published by . This book was released on 1976-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde, RN, is appointed to the battleship Prince Consort, to proceed to South Africa on a special mission: to apprehend Sir Russell Savory, who has fled the country with secret blueprints of the forthcoming naval construction program. Halfhyde, together with Detective Inspector Todhunter, must find Savory before he can make contact with Berlin, but the Prince Consort is overhauled by the German Special Service Squadron-with the obvious intention of beating the British Navy in the race for Sir Russell Savory.
Download or read book The Guns of Arrest read by Christopher Scott written by Philip McCutchan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guns to the Far East written by V. A. Stuart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crimean War has ended at last, and Phillip Hazard finds himself in China, serving under the fiery Commodore Keppel. The British pull off a rousing victory against a Chinese junk fleet at Fatsham Creek, but later Hazard is dismayed to hear of the Great Mutiny in India. Worried that his two sisters are caught up in the brutal conflict, he joins British relief forces fighting to reach the besieged northern Indian towns of Cawnpore and Lucknow.
Download or read book Halfhyde on Zanatu written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All is not well on Zanatu: the idyllic Polynesian island is in rebellion, and the British Navy sends Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde to find out why. Halfhyde steams to investigate, braving typhoons and coral reefs along the way. But things go from bad to worse once he steps foot on the island, as angry natives armed with guns assault the British sailors. The natives swear allegiance to a mysterious god named John Frumm, who has appeared among them, promising wealth and prosperity. As the island slides toward anarchy, Halfhyde struggles to rescue the beleaguered members of Her Majesty's Colonial Service and find the elusive Frumm before it is too late.
Download or read book Halfhyde Ordered South written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old iron-clad Meridian steams south on her last journey under the British flag, on route to her new home in the Chilean Navy. Using the transfer of the ship as cover, Halfhyde and Watkiss are on a covert operation to protect British interests in South America from the encroaching Germans. Soon Halfhyde has an added mission: he must help a detective from the Metropolitan Police track down and intercept a traitorous civil servant who has escaped from prison and is on the run for South America.
Download or read book Halfhyde for the Queen written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Andalusia, Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents. But when Halfhyde discovers a plot to kill Queen Victoria herself, the stakes are raised. Now he and the rest of his flotilla must face down the Spanish Navy and get the Messenger back to Britain with vital information.
Download or read book Halfhyde to the Narrows written by Philip McCutchan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a British sailing ship unlawfully detained by the Russians. Unfortunately, Halfhyde's first command comes complete with a pompous flotilla captain in love with his own voice, and the looming threat of the irascible Admiral Prince Gorsinski. Cutting out the sailing ship from amidst the Russian fleet and sneaking her back through the Narrows under the deadly batteries of the Turks and the Russians is the easy part. Facing Gorsinski's vengeance and the legendary wrath of the Romanovs is another matter!
Download or read book Sequels written by Janet G. Husband and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.
Download or read book The Darkening Sea written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after taking part in the dramatic capture of Martinique in the Caribbean, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is next despatched to the African coast to gather a flotilla and stop French attacks on British trade routes. But Bolitho must contend with more than Britain's old enemy—he must also face the hatred of his flag captain and betrayal by a man he once counted on as his friend.
Download or read book Ramage the Guillotine written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the English Channel, Napoleon has massed a great invasion flotilla. English forces, under Lord Nelson, are all but paralyzed—not knowing the size, strength, or time of the foreign onslaught. In a brilliant yet daring spy scheme to protect Britain's shores, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is chosen to plumb the secrets of the French High Command—and the penalty for failure is the guillotine.
Download or read book In Gallant Company written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil, junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make momentous decisions in the heat of battle—decisions that could affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of nations.
Download or read book Signal Close Action written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he year is 1798. Napoleon's naval forces are amassing in the Mediterranean, preparing to annex Egypt, and it is there the newly-promoted Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent with a small squadron of ships under his command.
Download or read book Form Line of Battle written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1793, and England is once again at war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities with France means a fresh command and the chance for action after months of inactivity.
Download or read book Ramage at Trafalgar written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramage, finally reunited with his beloved Sarah, hopes to spend at least a few quiet weeks with her. Instead, he is summoned by Admiral Nelson himself. His orders: Ramage is to join Nelson's fleet blockading the combined French and Spanish navies in the port of Cadiz. But Nelson's plan is not merely to blockade the enemy's fleet. He intends to confront it head-on in the biggest naval battle the world has ever seen.
Download or read book Sword of Honour written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Richard Bolitho returns from a wearing campaign in North American waters to take up a command in Malta. As England's long war with Napoleon reaches its end, will Richard Bolitho's longing for peace—both public and personal—be fulfilled?
Download or read book Ramage s Devil written by Dudley Pope and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Lord Ramage's honeymoon in France is interrupted by a sudden end to the Peace of Amiens. Finding themselves on unfriendly soil just hours before hostilities commence, Ramage and his bride elude the grasp of Napoleon's secret police.
