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The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
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Rudolf Erich Raspe · 140 pages
John Carter: Barsoom Series
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1,164 pages
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson · 278 pages
KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound
Conan (Book 1)
Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter · 221 pages
With Fire and Sword
Henryk Sienkiewicz · 745 pages
Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades
G.A. Henty · 278 pages
Captain Hornblower R.N.: Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line
C.S. Forester · 638 pages
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas · 555 pages
Three great swordsmen, Porthos, Aramis, and Anthos, with their protege, D'Artagnan, match wits with the sinister Cardinal Richelieu who seeks to divide the royalty in his own quest for power.
Mr. Midshipman Easy
Frederick Marryat · 349 pages
The Gun Ketch
Dewey Lambdin · 400 pages
Captain Blood Returns
Rafael Sabatini · 296 pages
This book explores the further adventures of Captain Peter Blood part time doctor, full time pirate
Allan Quatermain
H. Rider Haggard · 244 pages
Allan Quatermain , the sequel to King Solomon’s Mines , was first serialized in Longman’s Magazine in the U.K. and subsequently published as a novel in 1887. In it we see the eponymous hero reunited with his companions to travel to Africa on a dangerous and adventuresome quest to try to find a legendary tribe of white-skinned people, the Zu-Vendi. Having discovered their remote and isolated countr
Ivanhoe
Walter Scott · 484 pages
The father of the historical novel, Sir Walter Scott invented a literary form that has remained popular for over one hundred and fifty years. Infusing his works with romance, action, and suspense, he brought long-gone eras back to life with splendor and spectacle.Set in England just after the Third Crusade, Ivanhoe is the tale of Wilfrid, a young Saxon knight, and his love for the royal princess R
Jack Absolute
C.C. Humphreys · 330 pages
In 1777, Jack Absolute is famous - as the dashing lover in Sheridan's famous comedy 'The Rivals'. However, this notoriety comes as something of a shock to the real Jack Absolute when he disembarks at Portsmouth after four months at sea, and seven years in India.
The Walking Drum
Louis L'Amour · 468 pages
Louis L’Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier—the enthralling lands of the twelfth century. Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard is a daring seeker of knowledge and fortune bound on a journey of enormous challenge, danger, and revenge. Across Europe, over the Russi
The Long Ships
Frans G. Bengtsson · 503 pages
Med en stor portion humor och en berättarglädje som knappast har något motstycke i den svenska litteraturen är Röde Orm en av våra få verkligt levande klassiker som har fängslat generationer av läsare. Orms äventyr börjar när han som yngling av en slump hamnar på ett vikingaskepp. Hans fortsatta öden berättas i dråpliga episoder om hans tid som galärslav och livvakt hos kalifens visir Almansur
The Sun Over Breda
Arturo Perez-Reverte · 275 pages
Diego Alatriste, a 17th-century mercenary and wily veteran of campaigns from Italy to Flanders, is part of the army of Spanish King Philip IVa defender of the Catholic faiththat's trying to suppress the Calvinist heretics of the Low Countries. Narrated is retrospect by igo Balboa, who at the time of the action was Alatriste's 14-year-old page, this installment focuses on the Spaniards' siege of th
The Golden Ocean
Patrick O'Brian · 288 pages
The Barbary Pirates
William Dietrich · 336 pages
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Mackenzi Lee · 544 pages
Henry "Monty" Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven't been able to curb any of his roguish passions--not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men. But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his qu
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand · 225 pages
Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woma
Bran Mak Morn
Robert E. Howard · 234 pages
In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism ... all save one, Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains unbroken. Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the glory of his race.