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Shamus Ghillie U.S. Secret Service In Medicine Hat
by David Walks-As-Bear
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After the Civil War, the country was growing and growing quickly. By 1868, the nation had left infancy and was now toddling, fast and furiously, into Manifest Destiny. Barring the American Indian, the West was wide open for this wobbling stroll. But, just as you must guard against potential troubles for a new walker, this emerging nation needed to shield against inherent dangers caused by rapid growth. Issues such as national sovereignty, boundaries, settlers, and indigenous populations had to b... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes [Secure]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over--and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser a... more info>> Quill Book Award Winner
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Lethal Journey
by John T. Cullen
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The tragic enigma of the Beautiful Stranger instantly became a national crime-mystery sensation in 1892. It also became the subject of a famous ghost legend at the fabulous Hotel del Coronado, persisting to this very day. Solved at last, the enigma proves that truth is far stranger than fiction. It is not only a story of passion and violence, conspiracy and betrayal. It is an epic tragedy that transcends times and cultures, and strikes as hard today as it might have in the 19th Century, had anyo... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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The Pale Horseman [Saxon Series Book 2] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him. In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in The Last Kingdom, the New York Times bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings want to finish England. They assemble the Gr... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Angel of Windword
by Maggie Dove
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Evil forces are at play surrounding Angelique Beauvisage, but she has no clue. Sensuous and suspense-filled, ANGEL OF WINDWORD, begins with a murder that takes place four years before and turns into a perilous cat and mouse game played by two reluctant lovers, who spin a web of deception that only their love can unravel. (Published: 2009)
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Madrigal: A Novel of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera
by Jennifer Linforth
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Years earlier Erik faked his death and vowed the Phantom would never again haunt the Opera Garnier. But strange packages left by Anna, an unwanted Samaritan turned unlikely friend, cause him to desire the unattainable--love. Battling the nobleman determined to lock him away, Erik must control his demons and tame a heart unexpectedly beating for two opposite women: Christine, who he longs to love, and Anna the woman who saw beyond his bitter soul to the man beneath the mask. In the midst of a bru... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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Sharpe's Tiger [Sharpe Series Book 1] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops. The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make co... more info>>
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The Archer's Tale [The Grail Quest Series Book 1] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. To brave young Thomas, the only survivor, the horror of the attack is epitomized in the casual savagery of a particular black-clad knight, whose flag--three yellow hawks on a blue field--presides over the bloody affair. As the killers sail away, Thomas vows to avenge the murder of his townspeople and to recapture a holy treasure that the black knight stole from the... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Victory of Eagles [Temeraire Series Book 5] [Secure]
by Naomi Novik
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Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence, who serves Britain's peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling series, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination. It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. On the heels of his mission t... more info>>
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Agincourt [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past--haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Instead he is discove... more info>>
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Lords of the North [Saxon Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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From Bernard Cornwell, the undisputed master of historical fiction, hailed as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brien,"* comes the third volume in the exhilarating Saxon Chronicles: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel the Danish invaders. The year is 878, and as Lords of the North begins, the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but no... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Sharpe's Fortress [Sharpe Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Promoted for his gallantry in the war against India's rebellious Mahratta confederacy, Richard Sharpe is uncomfortable with his newfound authority--and embroiled in his own private campaign. The unmistakable scent of treason is leading him to Gawilghur, an impenetrable fortress in the sky and the last refuge of desperate enemies of all dark stripes. And as the army of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, prepares to lay siege to the stronghold high above the Deccan Plain, Sharpe ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Highland Wishes [Scottish War for Independence Trilogy Book 1]
by Leanne Burroughs
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A Highlander Obsessed.... While the Scottish War for Independence rages, a young Laird heads to the Scottish-English border to avenge his father's vicious murder. The time for retribution has arrived. Rage tightly controlled, Grant Drummond presses forward toward the magnificent Norman-style manor to take its inhabitants by surprise. A Woman Defiant Victoria Blackstone tensed with a sense of foreboding. Her stomach knotted as she surveyed the large men surrounding her. Instinct warned her to esc... more info>> (Published: 2004) RIO Award Winner, Laurie Award Winner, RIO Award of Excellence Winner
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Lord John and the Hand of Devils [Secure]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. In the heart of the eighteenth century, here are haunted soldiers ... lusty princesses ... ghostly apparitions ... dark family secrets. And here Lord John will face enemies who come in the guise of friends, memories in the shape of a fiery-h... more info>>
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The Boleyn Inheritance [Tudor Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Philippa Gregory
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Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance. Anne of Cleves: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredictable and vengeful king. Her Boleyn Inheritanc... more info>>
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The Gods of War [Emperor Series #4] [Secure]
by Conn Iggulden
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The year is 53 B.C. Fresh from victory in Gaul, Julius Caesar leads battle-hardened legions across the Rubicon river--threatening Rome herself. Even the master strategist Pompey is caught unprepared by the strike, and forced to abandon his city. The armies of Rome will face each other at last in civil war, led by the two greatest generals ever to walk the seven hills. Thus begins Conn Iggulden's towering saga of Julius Caesar as he approaches his final destiny--a destiny that will be decided not... more info>>
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The Last Free Men: IX Legion
by David Coles, Jack Everett
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During the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the 2nd Century AD, Rome's Ninth Legion was sent to Hadrian's Wall in northwest Britain to quell an insurrection that threatened the Empire's hold on the region. They were never heard from again. Historians have speculated for centuries about what might have happened to the mighty Ninth Legion--here is one intriguing possibility. THE LAST FREE MEN is the story of Marcus Gettorix, son of a Roman general and a British woman living in the northwest fro... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II [Secure]
by Jeffrey M. Shaara
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A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the twentieth century. The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation's most poignant chronicle of World War II. With you-are-there immediacy, painstaking historical detail, and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays th... more info>>
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The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II [Secure]
by Jeff Shaara
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Jeff Shaara, America's premier author of military historical fiction, brings us the centerpiece of his epic trilogy of the Second World War. General Dwight Eisenhower once again commands a diverse army that must find its single purpose in the destruction of Hitler's European fortress. His primary subordinates, Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery, must prove that this unique blend of Allied armies can successfully confront the might of Adolf Hitler's forces, who have already conquered Western Eur... more info>>
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Vagabond [The Grail Quest Series Book 2] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among the flames of the Hundred Years War, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier: a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor who also seeks Christendom's most holy relic. But neither the horrors of the battlefield nor sadistic torture at the Inquisitor's hands can turn Thomas from his sworn mission. And his thirst for vengeance will never be quenched while the villainous blac... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Battle Cry [Secure]
by Leon Uris
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Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus. Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author. This is the story of enlisted men--Marines--at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough-and-ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the ... more info>>
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Cade's Quest: The Beginning
by Ed Howdershelt
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Surviving the War Between the States had made young Sergeant Ed Cade superbly adept at killing. Returning to the ruins of his family's farm, Cade discovered that his parents hadn't survived the war years. He also discovered that he no longer had any interest in farming. After leasing his land to others, Cade set forth to find or make some kind of a future for himself amid the bitter aftermath of the American Civil War. (Published: 2005)
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Doctor Syn, a Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh
by Russell Thorndike
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Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch at the turn of the 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for Syn, and his attention turns to smuggling. He takes on a secret identity, The Scarecrow, and returns to his criminal ways. (Published: 1915)
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Enemy in the Ashes [Ashes: 33]
by William W. Johnstone
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"The tide of battle turns when the war is fought on the enemy's home ground. Victory demands the total destruction of the foe's ability to make war. A just peace is achieved only when the last redoubt is taken, the last enemy soldier slain."--Ben Raines. In a shattered world struggling to rebuild, oil is the lifeblood of industry--what remains of it. Now, poised with a nuclear dagger ready to cut that vital lifeline, stands El Farrar, barbaric warlord of the Near East. Leagued in global conspira... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 77305 - Reading Time: 220-309 min.
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Escape [A Wyoming Historical Novel]
by Jean Henry Mead
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Escape, a Wyoming historical novel, closely follows actual events of the late 1890s when a four-state governor's pact wages war against outlaws. Members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch kidnap a young woman disguised as a 12-year old boy and take her to the infamous Hole in the Wall hideout in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. There, she manages to hide her gender while listening to the outlaws plan the ill-fated Bell Fourche Bank robbery. Tom "Peep" O'Day, a bungling, alcoholic horsethief is the newes... more info>>
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