Download or read book The Duke the Pirate Queen written by Victoria Janssen and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboard her privateering ship, The Seaflower, Captain Imena Leung is the law. Ashore she answers only to her liege, Duke Maxime. They are a powerful couple, with an intense attraction neither can disguise nor deny. As a nobleman, Maxime is destined to wed strategically, so his seductive advances must be purely for pleasure. And what self-respecting pirate denies herself any pleasure? Their delicious dalliance is prolonged when Imena is forced to abduct Maxime to thwart a political plot against him. At sea, with a stunningly virile man bound and held in her private quarters, Imena can imagine—and enact—any number of intoxicating scenarios. The heat between captain and captive is matched only by the perils that beset The Seaflower and her crew. Violent storms, marauding corsairs and life-or-death sex games on a desert island—how fortunate for the seemingly insatiable lovers that danger and desire go hand-in-hand.
Download or read book The Pirate Queen written by Susan Ronald and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain’s first Elizabeth.” —Seattle Times An illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant-adventurers who terrorized the seas, extended the Empire, and amassed great wealth for the throne. Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the "pirate queen" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, she employed a network of daring merchants, brazen adventurers, astronomer philosophers, and her stalwart Privy Council to anchor her throne—and in doing so, planted the seedlings of an empire that would ultimately cover two-fifths of the world. In The Pirate Queen, historian Susan Ronald offers a fresh look at Elizabeth I, relying on a wealth of historical sources and thousands of the queen's personal letters to tell the thrilling story of a visionary monarch and the swashbuckling mariners who terrorized the seas to amass great wealth for themselves and the Crown.
Download or read book The Governess and the Duke written by Lydia Drake and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governess Miss Viola Winslow is quite familiar with the rules of society, and her place in it. Still, it hasn’t stopped her from being horribly in love with the Duke of Huntington for years. But while the duke knows little of her foolish passions, the same cannot be said of Viola’s charge—a precocious fourteen-year-old obsessed with her governess’s secret romance. As a confirmed bachelor with no interest in marriage, the Duke of Huntington prefers his estate at Moorcliff Castle to the hustle, bustle, and utter nonsense of London society. He’s far more content with a glass of excellent whiskey and the calm of the country. Until his peace is shattered by the enchanting Miss Viola, and her injured young charge. Unable to travel or leave, Miss Viola has no choice but to remain at Moorcliff—where avoiding the duke is all but impossible. Somewhere between late night run-ins and a fake date in the most unlikely of places, their chemistry stops feeling one-sided. But when he discovers the secret she’s been hiding all along, there’s nothing that will save them from scandal. Each book in the Renegade Dukes series is STANDALONE: * Cinderella and the Duke * The Governess and the Duke
Download or read book Pirate Queen written by Judith Cook and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From piracy to nunnery via murder, the scaffold, and rescue by Queen Elizabeth, Pirate Queen tells the sensational story of Grace O'Malley, terror of the seas.
Download or read book Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire 1570 1740 written by Mark G. Hanna and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the rise and subsequent fall of international piracy from the perspective of colonial hinterlands, Mark G. Hanna explores the often overt support of sea marauders in maritime communities from the inception of England's burgeoning empire in the 1570s to its administrative consolidation by the 1740s. Although traditionally depicted as swashbuckling adventurers on the high seas, pirates played a crucial role on land. Far from a hindrance to trade, their enterprises contributed to commercial development and to the economic infrastructure of port towns. English piracy and unregulated privateering flourished in the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean because of merchant elites' active support in the North American colonies. Sea marauders represented a real as well as a symbolic challenge to legal and commercial policies formulated by distant and ineffectual administrative bodies that undermined the financial prosperity and defense of the colonies. Departing from previous understandings of deep-sea marauding, this study reveals the full scope of pirates' activities in relation to the landed communities that they serviced and their impact on patterns of development that formed early America and the British Empire.
Download or read book The Council of Basel the papal restoration 1418 1464 written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ultimate Adventure Collection Complete Novels History of the Pirates Military Biographies and more Illustrated written by Daniel Defoe and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 3340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation The Council of Basel The papal restoration 1418 1464 written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regency Pirates Boxed Set A Collection of Regency Historical Romances written by Jennifer Ashley and published by Jennifer Ashley. This book was released on with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates in the Regency? Of course! The Pirate Next Door Mayfair, London, 1810: Alexandra Alastair, a respectable young English widow, wonders if she dare add the Grayson Finley, Viscount Stoke, who’s moved in next door, to her list of potential husbands. She doesn’t know that Grayson has made a bargain with the devil (otherwise known as the pirate hunter James Ardmore) to ensure the safety of his daughter. He’ll do anything to keep young Maggie safe, but when Alexandra saves his life, with one look into her eyes, Grayson starts to drown. How can he keep both his daughter and now the beautiful Mrs. Alastair from the clutches of his enemy? And how can he prevent himself falling madly and deeply in love with her? The Pirate Hunter Diana Worthing is the wife of an English naval hero and daughter of a naval hero—she’s had quite enough of heroes, thank you. So when James Ardmore, Southern gentleman pirate hunter and thorn in the side of the British navy, abducts her from a tedious house party and spirits her off to his ship, she lets him know what she thinks of heroes. James knows Diana and her father’s private island called Haven holds the secret to the pirate he’s been hunting for years. He can’t bend the beautiful Lady Worthing to his will, though James is intrigued by this woman of unquenchable fire. He’s pleased to find himself stranded on Haven the following year, Diana Worthing now a widow, and the sparks between them just as hot. The Care and Feeding of Pirates Honoria Ardmore has a secret. Four years ago, the notorious pirate Christopher Raine, arrested for stealing a ship full of gold bound for Napoleon, makes one last request of Honoria. She grants it, and Christopher is taken out to be hanged . . . Or was he? Honoria couldn’t possibly have seen him come back to life in the rather thick air of Covent Garden, could she? Christopher is long dead and gone, Honoria’s secret with him, and now she’s betrothed to a respectable English gentleman. His sentence having been commuted at the last minute, Christopher spent the last four years working for his freedom as he crisscrossed the world. He’s lost everything, his ship, his crew, his very identity. Now he’s determined to retrieve it all—ship, friends, the treasure he was forced to abandon. Most of all Christopher wants Honoria Ardmore—and he’ll stop at nothing to get her back. Join the crews of the Starcross, the Argonaut, and the Majesty for a delightful combination of Regency romance and pirate adventure! Join the crews of the Starcross, the Argonaut, and the Majesty for a delightful combination of Regency romance and pirate adventure!
Download or read book DANIEL DEFOE Ultimate Collection 50 Adventure Classics Pirate Tales Historical Novels Including Biographies Historical Works Travel Sketches Poems Essays Illustrated written by Daniel Defoe and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 5033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome The council of Basel The papal restoration written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seafarers Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages written by Dirk Meier and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade, to conquer and plunder. Without maps or compasses, they steered by the sun or by landmarks on the coast. Nevertheless they discovered Iceland and North America and explored the rivers that flowed through Europe and Russia into the Black Sea. With the Frisians and the Vikings, extensive trade routes, better ships, larger harbours and wealthy coastal towns developed. The pinnacle of these advances was the Hansa, a commercial network that ran from Bruges to Riga. In recent years archaeologists have discovered much about the development of their ships: the elegant Viking longboat, the ubiquitous cog, the carrack and the caravel. Much, too, has been revealed about life in Viking settlements and the bustling Hanseatic cities. In this engaging and highly-illustrated volume, Dirk Meier brings to life the world of the medieval seaman, based on evidence from ship excavations and contemporary accounts of voyages. Dr Dirk Meier teaches ancient and medieval history and is Head of Coastal Archaeology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.
Download or read book The Duke s Curse Sea of Gold Book 2 A Middle Grade Adventure written by Gregory Mone and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Treasure Island, The Duke’s Curse continues this thrilling middle-grade series following an unlikely young pirate on a high-stakes sea adventure, by New York Times bestselling author Gregory Mone Young treasure hunter Fish—nicknamed for his swimming abilities—learns that his refusal to fight has a cost when he’s torn away from his pirate family. Fish and his friends Nora and Daniel are forced to sail under Countess Marie de Bornholdt, the widely feared and very unusual captain of the Rat Queen, and her latest assistant—Fish’s arch nemesis, Scab. In search of the storied ship with emerald eyes, the Rat Queen’s treasure hunters race from the islands of the Caribbean Sea to the canals of Venice and the sunken library of a cursed prince. Yet they’re not the only pirates on the trail. After an unusual map leads them to a mysterious island, a climactic final battle blurs the line between friend and foe, forcing Fish and his friends to make a terrible choice. A swashbuckling tale of mistaken identities, lost maps and treasures, and the bonds of friendship. Includes black-and-white illustrations
Download or read book A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
