Bastard Battle

Thomas, Evan: John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy, New York Simon & Schuster 2003 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0743205839
0743205839 Fine

383 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., biblio., index; 25 cm. AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever he vowed to sail, as he put it, 'in harm's way.' He never flinched or turned back. Evan Thomas's minute-by-minute re-creation of the bloodbath between Jones's Bonhomme Richard and the British man-of-war Serapis off the coast of England on an autumn night in 1779 is as gripping a sea battle as can be found in any novel. Thomas draws on Jones's wide-ranging correspondence with some of the most significant figures of the American Revolution -- John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson -- to paint a compelling portrait of a tortured warrior who was that most interesting and essential of American figures, the entirely self-made man. The son of a Scottish gardener (or possibly the bastard son of the lord of the manor), Jones fought his way up from second mate on a slave ship to become a mythic figure, hailed as the father of the navy, buried in a crypt (modeled after Napoleon's Tomb) beneath the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy. Along the way he was an accused murderer (forced to flee to America under an assumed name) a notorious rake in Parisian society and an admiral in the navy of Catherine the Great, fighting against the Turks in the Black Sea. He was a singularly successful naval officer during the American Revolution because he was both bold and visionary. John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American Navy." The renewed interest in the Founding Fathers reminds us of the great men who made this country, but John Paul Jones teaches us that it took fighters as well as thinkers, men driven by dreams of personal glory as well as high-minded principle to break free of the past and start a new world. Jones's spirit was classically American. Evan Thomas brings his skills as a biographer to this complex, protean figure whose life and rise are both thrilling as a tale of dauntless courage and revealing about the birth of a nation. / Evan Thomas is the author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (with Walter Isaacson); The Man to See: The Life of Edward Bennett Williams; The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared; the Early Years of the CIA; and Robert Kennedy: His Life. He is the assistant managing editor of Newsweek magazine and lives with his wife and two daughters in Washington, D.C." - Publisher. First Edition, First Printing Fine Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Collectible; First Edition, First Printing

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Elliott, Kate. Prince of Dogs (Crown of Stars). DAW Hardcover, February 1, 199. ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0-88677-770-4
A highly collectible first edition/printing, no inscriptions or markings th roughout, not an ex-lib. Believed slain in the doomed battle for the city of Gent, Sanglant, the bastard son of King Henry, hovers on the edge of madness as a prisoner of the barbarian Eika conquerors. While Sanglant's lover Liath struggles to unlock her hidden magic powers, Alain?lowborn son of Count Lavastine?wages a private battle to prove himself worthy of his father's trust. Continuing the story begun in King's Dragon (DAW, 1997), Elliott weaves together the destinies of star-crossed lovers, ambitious churchmen, and barbarian invaders in a dazzling medieval fantasy set in an alternate Europe. Reminiscent of Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series, this engrossing saga should appeal to fantasy lovers and fans of historical epics alike. Recommended for most fantasy collections..

1st Edition, Hardcover, Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Stewart Binns: Conquest, MICHAEL JOSEPH, Februar 2011 ISBN: 0718156773
It's 1066 - Senlac Ridge, England. William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, defeats Harold Godwinson, King Harold II of England, in what will become known as the Battle of Hastings. The battle is hard fought and bloody. But England will not be conquered easily, the Anglo-Saxons will not submit meekly to Norman rule.

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[SW: Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung]

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Jakes, John: Kent Family Chronicles: Three Volumes in One - The Bastards, The Rebels, The Seekers, Avenel, New Jersey, U.S.A. Avenel Books 1986
ISBN: 0517618222 * Very Good - Fine

Hardcover, a sound, clean and tightly bound copy, in very good-fine general condition, in very solid dust jacket. Further details or images promptly on request. "With all the color and sweep of American history itself, The Kent Family Chronicles-a stirring saga of heroism and dedication, patriotism and valor, shining spirit and abiding faith-brings to life the Kents, a remarkable family living in the tumultuous times that saw the beginnings of the American experience. The Kent Family Chronicles is the story of our turbulent, passionate, and proud nation. The three volumes collected here, The Bastard, The Rebels, and The Seekers, are more than just absorbing, entertaining reading-they are also a resounding affirmation of the greatness of America. The first volume, The Bastard, is a vibrant novel of romance and adventure that introduces a historical figure to excite the imaginations of future generations. Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English nobleman who flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, is plunged into the maelstrom of events that were the beginnings of the rebellious road to the nation's freedom. Volume two. The Rebels, continues the story of Philip Kent and introduces Judson Fletcher, a disgraced aristocrat. As the new nation battles for survival, the fates of these two men are woven together in a pattern that will forever taint the Kent familv with "the Fletcher blood." The Rebels captures the valor and turmoil of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of young Philip Kent and the woman with whom he shared his dreams, and through an array of people whose destinv_ it was to be propelled into the epic struggle for independence. The third volume, The Seekers, recounts the end of the colonies' fight for freedom and the beginning of the new and even more glorious battle to build a new land" Very Good - Fine Binding - Hard Cover *Large Octavo - 240mm (91/2") tall

[SW: HISTORICAL FAMILY SAGA FICTION HISTORICAL NOVEL HISTORICAL NARRATIVE CHRONICLES OF HISTORY]

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