Historical adventure books

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An Element Of Chance

An Element Of Chance

Author: David Donachie ,  Peter Wickham
ISBN: 9781407912400
Format: Audio
$277.07

1795. When his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit...  Read More >>

Bannister's Chart

Bannister's Chart

Author: Antony Trew ,  Terry Wale
ISBN: 9781407914466
Format: Audio
$211.07

It seems to be just another adventure cruise - in truth a dull affair plagued by complaining passengers and cramped...  Read More >>

Mercenaries: The epic adventure of a true band of brothers

Mercenaries: The epic adventure of a true band of brothers...

Author: Jack Ludlow (Author)
ISBN: 9780749007850
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The sons of Tancred de Hauteville are following in their father's footsteps. As knights, they have but one true...  Read More >>

Siege of Khartoum

Siege of Khartoum

Author: John Wilcox
ISBN: 9780755345601
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Loved by fans of Sharpe and Hornblower, this popular wartime adventure series goes from strength to strength  Read More >>

A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series)

A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series)

Author: Nevil Shute ,  Eric Lomax
ISBN: 9780099530268
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured...  Read More >>

Landfall

Landfall

Author: Nevil Shute
ISBN: 9780099530053
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Swords from the West

Swords from the West

Author: Harold Lamb ,  Howard Andrew Jones
ISBN: 9780803220355
Format: Paperback
$71.15

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Swords from the Desert

Swords from the Desert

Author: Harold Lamb ,  Howard Andrew Jones
ISBN: 9780803225169
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Author: Sir Walter Scott ,  Regina Marler
ISBN: 9780451531360
Format: Paperback
$12.99

Set in England just after the Third Crusade, ""Ivanhoe"" is the tale of Wilfrid, a young Saxon knight, and his love...  Read More >>

Bahamian Rhapsody

Bahamian Rhapsody

Author: David J. Andrews
ISBN: 9781906986766
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Book two in the History Detective quartet finds Guy Tresanton and Rose battling their enemies across the world in...  Read More >>

The Secrets of the Lazarus Club

The Secrets of the Lazarus Club

Author: Tony Pollard
ISBN: 9780141035895
Format: Paperback
$43.96

London, 1857. A series of mutilated corpses are pulled from the Thames. Young surgeon Dr George Phillips is first...  Read More >>

One Man Drowning

One Man Drowning

Author: Steph Minns
ISBN: 9781906558932
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Running away in 1762 from a dull life in fashionable Georgian Bath, Jesse Sunderland joins an ocean-going merchant...  Read More >>

Wounds of Honour: Empire I

Wounds of Honour: Empire I

Author: Anthony Riches
ISBN: 9780340920312
Format: Paperback
$52.67

From the publishers who launched Robyn Young, Anthony Riches is the biggest historical fiction launch for 2009  Read More >>

Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Novels 1926-1948

Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other...

Author: J.D. McClatchy ,  J D McClatchy
ISBN: 9781598530452
Format: Hardback
$92.40

"This edition of Wilder's early fiction reveals the literary verve that won him worldwide acclaim. Includes ""The...  Read More >>

An Element of Chance

An Element of Chance

Author: David Donachie ,  Peter Wickham
ISBN: 9781407912394
Format: Audio
$277.07

1795. When his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit...  Read More >>

The White Raven

The White Raven

Author: Robert Low
ISBN: 9780007287987
Format: Paperback
$20.99

The epic and action packed third novel in Low’s Oathsworn series charting the adventures of Orm and his band of...  Read More >>

The Templar Knight

The Templar Knight

Author: Jan Guillou
ISBN: 9780007285860
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The second volume of the crusades trilogy from bestelling Swedish author Jan Guillou.  Read More >>

The Darkening Glass (Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy, Book 3): Murder, mystery and mayhem in the court of Edward II

The Darkening Glass (Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy,...

Author: Paul Doherty
ISBN: 9780755338535
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The third novel in Paul Doherty's brilliant series featuring physician and lady-in-waiting to Queen Isabella, Mathilde...  Read More >>

Crossing Fire River

Crossing Fire River

Author: Ralph Cotton
ISBN: 9780451227652
Format: Paperback
$15.81

Lawrence Shaw is well-known as the fastest gun alive--and for other reasons he'd just as soon forget. But after...  Read More >>

The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories

The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories

Author: Jack London ,  Alex Kershaw
ISBN: 9780451531346
Format: Paperback
$12.99

Out of the white wilderness, out of the Far North, London, one of America's most popular authors, drew the inspiration...  Read More >>

The Lost Temple

The Lost Temple

Author: Tom Harper
ISBN: 9781250062536
Format: Paperback
$60.69

For 3,000 years, the world's most dangerous treasure has been lost. Now, the code that reveals its hiding place...  Read More >>

The Golden Ocean

The Golden Ocean

Author: Patrick O’Brian
ISBN: 9780007333882
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The first novel Patrick O’Brian ever wrote about the sea – and the precursor to the famous Aubrey-Maturin series....  Read More >>

The Fool's Folly

The Fool's Folly

Author: Keith M. Souter
ISBN: 9780709088301
Format: Hardback
$79.07

King Richard's heir, John de la Pole, a direct descendant of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, is presiding over a meeting...  Read More >>

The Condor's Feather

The Condor's Feather

Author: Margaret Muir
ISBN: 9780709088226
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Thia Beresford, bored with the demands of nineteenth century society, decides to forego the luxuries of Huntingley...  Read More >>

Sharpe’s Devil

Sharpe’s Devil

Author: Bernard Cornwell ,  Sean Bean
ISBN: 9780007315314
Format: Audio
$81.84

Taking Richard Sharpe to St Helena and Chile, this is an adventure story in the classic tradition. Read by the star...  Read More >>

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