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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorBeat to Quarters
C.S. Forester · 324 pages
Hornblower, captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia, sets course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.
Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian · 416 pages
This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. O'Brian renders in riveting detail the life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy: the conversational idiom of th
Tyrant: Storm of Arrows
Christian Cameron · 383 pages
'[A] great page-turner.' ANCIENT WARFARE 'The minutiae of military logistics, the mediations in inter-tribe rivalries, and the casual contemporary scene-setting prove unexpectedly engrossing ... a sword-slash above the rest of its ilk.' IRISH EXAMINER 'The author has picked a forgotten part of history and brough it to life with wonderful characters and amazingly vivid battle scenes ... a story tha
Lords of the North
Bernard Cornwell · 366 pages
Book 3 of the series. After having fulfilled his oath to Alfred by defeating Guthrum and his army at the Battle of Ethandun and thus giving Alfred his kingdom back, Uthred goes back to Northumbria both to settle his score with Kjartan (now known as Kjartan The Cruel) and his son Sven The One-Eyed, and to fulfill his promise to Ragnar The Younger of avenging the death of their family. Ragnar (and B
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
Forge
Laurie Halse Anderson · 320 pages
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
With Fire and Sword
Henryk Sienkiewicz · 745 pages
A King's Commander
Dewey Lambdin · 445 pages
Alan Lewrie is now commander of HMS Jester, an 18-gun sloop. Lewrie sails into Corsica only to receive astonishing orders: he must lure his archenemy, French commander Guillaume Choundas, into battle and personally strike the malevolent spymaster dead. With Horatio Nelson as his squadron commander on one hand and a luscious courtesan who spies for the French on the other, Lewrie must pull out all
The Whale Road
Robert Low · 376 pages
A band of brothers, known as the Oathsworn, committed only to each other, feared by many, rises again.
The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Arthur Conan Doyle · 387 pages
"Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned his attention to a very different hero. Brigadier Etienne Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army - recklessly brave, engagingly open-hearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. Conan Doyle's wonderful stories about the Brigadier - all of which are collected here - are as funny as they
The Golden Lion
Wilbur Smith, Giles Kristian · 402 pages
"The son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry "Hal" Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his
Ramage & the Drumbeat
Dudley Pope · 255 pages
City of Thieves
David Benioff · 286 pages
From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives b
When the Eagle Hunts
Simon Scarrow · 448 pages
John Carter: Adventures on Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 664 pages
Twelve
Jasper Kent · 480 pages
Autumn, 1812. As Napoleon's army marches relentlessly into Russia, twelve mercenaries are enlisted by a group of Russian officers to turn the tide of the war. As winter closes in, the true, horrrific nature of the twelve and the nightmared unleashed begins to unfold.
Stand into Danger
Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman · 300 pages
The Drawing of the Dark
Tim Powers · 336 pages
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper · 240 pages
In 1757, the third year of the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a colonial scout, and his friends, Chingachkook, a chief of the Mohicans, and his son Uncas risk their lives to guide two English sisters through hostile territory and evade the evil Huron, Magua, who is determined to destroy them.
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.