War Action Historical Fiction

Gran Bretagna, marzo 1944. Dopo una disperata battaglia aerea nei cieli del Somerset, un bombardiere tedesco precipita in fiamme. Al sicuro nella fattoria di famiglia, Joan Marsh osserva tre paracadute aprirsi nel cielo notturno, ignara che uno di essi trasporta un uomo destinato a cambiarle la vita per sempre. Quando Joan scopre il pilota della Luftwaffe nascosto nel fienile, il suo primo istinto è denunciarlo; invece, contro ogni logica, decide di offrirgli rifugio. Lavorando fianco a fianco nei campi, un amore proibito inizia a fiorire.

De l'autrice best-seller du Sunday Times Anita Frank nous vient une histoire épique d'amour et de loyauté au cœur de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Grande-Bretagne, mars 1944. Après une bataille aérienne désespérée au-dessus du Somerset, un bombardier allemand s'abat en flammes. Depuis la sécurité de sa ferme familiale, Joan Marsh observe trois parachutes se déployer dans le ciel nocturne, sans se douter que l'un d'eux transporte un homme qui changera sa vie à jamais.

It's May 1643, and the Royalist cause is reeling. In the bloody aftermath of Sourton Down, Captain Stryker and his men are retreating across the wild borderlands of Dartmoor – fighting just to survive. Then Stryker captures a Parliamentarian ammunition wagon from under the nose of ruthless...

It's May 1945, the war’s just over, and Harry Kaspar, an American captain in Germany, is about to take a new posting in the US occupation running a Bavarian town named Heimgau. When Harry loses the command to Major Membre, he'll do almost anything to win the job back. When Harry discovers a horrific scene - three German men tortured and murdered.

L'ultimo dei Mohicani è un romanzo d'avventura scritto da James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) e pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1826. Fu il romanzo più letto al suo tempo ed è oggi considerato il suo romanzo migliore.La storia è ambientata nel 1757, nella “guerra dei sette anni” che vide i Francesi strumentalizzare, nella loro guerra contro gli Inglesi per il predominio in alcune colonie, alcune tribù dei nativi americani.

Eight-year-old Benjamin Franklin “B .F.” Windes decides to abandon home and trail his father’s path. Thus begins a trip of constant struggle with disease, severe weather, hardship, Indian attack, and death on his lone journey across much of what is now the United States. B. F. spends the next 11 years in gold rush towns in California - first as a barber, then as a physician’s assistant - before departing for the Caribbean at age 19, where he becomes a blockade runner during the American Civil War.

Berlin, November 1943. With bombing raids commencing, the city is blanketed by explosions. Siblings Gerta and Max Hoffmann live a surprisingly carefree childhood amid the raids. Berlin is a city going about its business, even as it's attacked almost nightly. But one night, the air raid sirens wail, and the Hoffmanns' neighborhood is hit. A mortally wounded man comes to their door, begging to be let in. He asks for Karl Hoffmann, their father. Gerta and Max watch as Karl tries in vain to save the man's life.

A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.

On a small estate just outside Rome in the first century BC, two boys become blood brothers, little imagining the extraordinary future that lies before them. As friends and rivals, Gaius and Marcus are destined to find lasting fame.

Trent came to Idaho seeking solitude. He built a cabin, broke a few wild horses, and quietly put his past behind him. Then King Bill Hale began laying claim to all the land around Cedar Bluff. When Hale’s son kills one of Trent’s neighbors, Trent quickly steps forward to lead the fight...

At the end of Divided We Fall, Danny Wright's beloved Idaho had been invaded by the federal government, their electricity shut off, their rights suspended. Danny goes into hiding with his friends in order to remain free. But after the state declares itself a Republic, Idaho rises to fight in a second American civil war, and Danny is right in the center of the action, running guerrilla missions with his fellow soldiers to break the federal occupation.

The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile—and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from turning on one another through her iron will and a compassionate heart. The arrogant Fhrey are barely held in check by their leader, Nyphron, who seeks to advance his own nefarious agenda through a loveless marriage that will result in the betrayal of the person Persephone loves most: Raithe, the God Killer.

Ein Mann, den seine Heimat für einen Verräter hält. Ein Reich, das ganz Griechenland unterwerfen will. Eine Schlacht, die über die Zukunft Athens entscheidet. Im Jahr 480 v. Chr. bereitet der persische Großkönig Xerxes den größten Feldzug vor, den die griechische Welt je erlebt hat. Glaukon scheint für ein glückliches Leben bestimmt zu sein. Der junge Athener stammt aus einer angesehenen Familie, wird als außergewöhnlicher Athlet gefeiert und liebt seine Frau Hermione. Doch sein engster Freund Demokrates verbirgt ein gefährliches Geheimnis.

Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by Menelik, the King of Kings.

It's 1643 and England stands divided: King against Parliament, town against country, brother against brother. For Captain Stryker, scarred veteran of the brutal wars in the low countries, the rights and wrongs of the Royalist cause mean little. Stryker's loyalty is to his band of soldiers —...

The second in the bestselling new Conqueror series on Genghis Khan, it is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life. The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly, Temujin of the Wolves, Genghis Khan, is given the...

Told by Alexander the Great himself, this “sharp and colorful” (Washington Post Book World) novel presents a stunningly intimate account of the battles, the loves, the triumphs, and the tragedy of a man who conquered the world, from the bestselling author of Gates of Fire. “Simply superb...

The ultimate historical adventure novel: the life of Alexander the Great in a single, epic volume. To many he was a god. To others he was a monster. The truth is even more extraordinary. As a boy, Alexander dreamed of matching the heroic feats of Achilles. At eighteen he led the Macedonian...

If any man can keep his nerve in a war tearing England apart, it's Captain Stryker. The year is 1642. England is bleeding. King and Parliament have plunged the country into civil war, and no road is safe. Captain Stryker didn't return home out of loyalty to a king. He came back to face his enemy...

The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her fleet. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command.