Download or read book Tudor Turnabout written by Robert Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not just the well-known tale of Henry VIII & his 6 wives but also of the religious, political and constitutional changes in England 1526-47; full of heroism, betrayal, cruelty and intrigue. The story of how a King changed religion in England in ways he didn’t expect, changed wives in a frantic search for an heir and changed ministers to transform the state – and finally died on the edge of ruin. With extensive End Notes

Download or read book Well He Would Wouldn t He written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1963 UK. The Profumo -Keeler sex-and-espionage scandal crocks the Establishment. Jonas Forbes is hired to protect leading figures but stumbles on to activities which could guarantee future nightmares involving zombies and sewers. A thriller, rich in period detail, which uses evidence from actual legal and police activity

Download or read book Witness to Murder written by R. Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2015-10-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 979 England Ethelwulf, Thane of Arne, witnesses the murder of King Edward at Corfe & flees into hiding. He forms an outlaw band (including his cousins, Edwine & Morkere) while his mother raises money for his escape from England . Ethelwulf is denounced as the King’s murderer & hunted by the real killers (led by Haakon Skaathi) acting for Queen Elfrida. The regime tightens its grip as the outlaws battle vs. tragedy to escape the net. With extensive factual End-Notes Part 1 of a nine part series set in the 10th century Viking world. Here the background is an organised kingdom but a coup allows Law and Religion to be twisted by those in power.

Download or read book HAVOK Goes To Moscow written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1967 USSR Jonas Forbes is hired to protect a guitarist in HAVOK, a rock group booked for concerts in Moscow; but Jonas is also working for MI6. Can he manage both jobs? Can he elude the KGB? As the group travel by coach across Europe he’s also threatened by the STASI and the SB. The Rock World, Cold War and murder feature in this fast-paced thriller.

Download or read book A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words written by Walter William Skeat and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Californian Nightmare written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1968 California Rumour in London says a UK hit-man has been hired to murder a US Presidential candidate. Jonas Forbes is hired to stop the threat to Bobby Kennedy and finds it now involves a personal score.. A thriller set in both London and San Francisco and focused on the Californian Primary election to decide the Democrat Presidential candidate.

Download or read book Blood Feud written by R. Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iceland (984-985) Ethelwulf and his followers land in Iceland and immediately become involved in a blood-feud arising from a horse-fight. Both sides need to collect supporters for judgement before the Althing. For the newcomers that may involving challenging a witch, digging up peat or spontaneous fights. Several characters are those appearing in the Sagas dating from the Middle Ages. In the end the Wanderer & his followers go into exile – with a witch’s curse upon them. With extensive factual End-Notes Part 4 of a nine part series set in the 10th century Viking world. Here the background is a violent society with legal formalities masking violent rivalries’ This version includes a new chapter not in the printed edition (Part 1 of the 2nd volume of the printed ‘The Wanderer’).

Download or read book Lies Hunt In Packs written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1964 USSR Khrushchev has fallen. Somebody wants a dissident helped to escape from USSR. Jonas Forbes is sent as he's considered 'expendable' Everybody seems to be lying and complications abound with the KGB torn by inner struggles and trouble continues after Jonas escapes from the USSR.

Download or read book The Awkward Package written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1958. Europe Following revolution in Iraq a cousin of the deposed king is in danger. Jonas Forbes has the job of bringing a most uncooperative individual from Rome to London, under constant threat from the Mafia, the Unione Corse and others pursuing the contract. Will the 'package' arrive undamaged in London? A thriller firmly centred in historical fact which involves European railways, an uncooperative client and two of the world’s most dangerous criminal organisations

Download or read book Dragon Spit written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2010-10-24 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1961 UK. Mao Zedong orders Chinese Intelligence (CID) to penetrate the British Labour Party and CND to produce a split between Britain and its NATO allies. In China a Western spy reveals the plot but then goes on the run. MI5 recruits Jonas Forbes to investigate the threat. Jonas becomes involved one of beautiful Chinese twins – but is she an enemy agent? Triads and the Soviet Embassy play a part before the end is reached. A thriller meticulously exploiting its historical context

Download or read book The Tudor Translations written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stay Alive Runs Away written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2014-03-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1954 Kenya Jonas Forbes in the colonial police battles vs. Mau Mau.. Askari Stay-Alive Johnson witnesses a massacre but deserts rather than give evidence. Jonas has to bring him back but the tale isn’t over by a long way, especially when love and jealousy play their parts.

Download or read book Servants of Miklagard written by R. Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethelwulf arrives in Byzantium and become embroiled in the intrigues of the court of Basil II. Unwittingly they upset the schemes of the Eparchos and become reluctantly accepted as the genesis of the Varangian Guard. Whether it’s kidnap by a religious fanatic or attempted murder in the bed-chamber of an imperial princess,, danger stalks the Wanderer. Then a sudden discovery of treasure leads remorselessly to the final virtual destruction of his band. With extensive End-Notes Part 8 of a nine part series set in the 10th century Viking world. Here the background is at he Byzantine Empire in its last days of power where warfare and intrigue vie to destroy the Wanderer and his band

Download or read book Empty Triumphs written by R. Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baltic (984-85) Ethelwulf the Wanderer and his company arrive in the court of the aged Harald Bluetooth in Denmark. Along with the giant Thorgrim the Short, Ethelwulf is persuaded to help a Wendish tribe plundered by the mysterious Sons of Hel. There follows the horrors of pagan rites, the treachery of a king and then the enforced recruitment into the forces of Styrbjorn, claimant to the Swedish throne. The attempt is a disaster and Ethelwulf has to somehow slip away without the slur of ‘niddering’. With extensive factual End-Notes Part 5 of a nine part series set in the 10th century Viking world. Here the background is a pagan world of the Baltic Sea, with a divided Viking society and savage neighbours.

Download or read book Scrambling South written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tensions following the 1956 Suez crisis Jonas Forbes is sent to Egypt to get a cypher-code hidden by a Mossad agent in the temple of Karnak. despite mixed support at home, he succeeds but is hunted by both the Mukhabarat and Mossad. helped by gypsies he flees into the desert but must overcome treachery and kidnap before he reaches safety in Sudan. a fast-paced thriller with attention to historical detail.

Download or read book Family Business written by Bob Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1966 UK Criminal families hog the headlines. One gang are double-crossed by their corrupt lawyer. In the resulting violence the brother-in-law of Jonas Forbes is nearly killed. Jonas strikes back and is then hunted by both police and gangsters. The contest becomes a matter of family business. – and survival. A fast-moving thriller closely set in its historical background, chiefly in Kent..

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