Resultados para "Bernard" en Guerra y ejército

Jaque a la reina es una emocionante novela histórica de intrigas, conjuras y choque de aceros en las oscuras callejuelas de la Villa y Corte, que a su vez conformará el escenario de una hermosa historia de amor. Felipe IV ha muerto. En Madrid, mentidero de la monarquía, en un ambiente de...

Terra degli Angli, Anno del Signore 866. Quello che un giorno diventerà il regno d'Inghilterra è ancora una terra divisa in piccoli territori guidati da sovrani barbarici, appena convertiti al cristianesimo. E dal mare giungono strane navi dalle polene simili a draghi, le murate ornate di scudi: portano uomini feroci, vichinghi – che significa pirati –, guerrieri del Nord, danesi soprattutto.

Four thousand years ago, three brothers grow up in a land that is now Britain. One becomes a warrior, ruthless in his pursuit of gold and power. One is a mystic who sees visions of the future and hears the gods speak to him. Between them stands Sagan, the gentle brother who will dedicate his life to building a temple he hopes will bring health and peace to the land.

The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. This is the exciting—yet little...

💥 The next BRAND NEW epic historical adventure from bestseller Donovan Cook 🛡️ Perfect for the fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy. ⚔️ A storm is coming. A storm that will banish the old and deliver the new. 450AD, Britain Octa has the spear of Woden, but the redemption he...

The first book in the stunning Vintaine series by Michael Jecks. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. 'His best book yet. A cracking read in the best style of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell, this will delight existing fans and bring many more to the fold’ - Manda scott...

As one of the masterminds behind the US 8th Air Force's daring raids into Nazi Germany, Colonel Matt Barrington is accustomed to making decisions that send men to their deaths. But when a mission goes terribly wrong, resulting in the loss of sixty bombers, the weight of command threatens to crush him.

Der hersker en skrøbelig fred i Wessex, Mercia og East Anglia. Kong Edward og Æthelflaed regerer kongedømmerne, men under overfladen lurer et angreb fra de rastløse nordboere. Uhtred af Bebbanburg frygter de fjendtlige krigere, der bliver ledet af den frygtløse Ragnall Ivarson, for deres styrke kan vise sig at være overvældende. Samtidig er Ivarsons bror gift med Uhtreds datter, så hvem kan han stole på.

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the second installment in the world-renownedSharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam. ""The greatest writer of historical adventures today."" —Washington Post...

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain’s peninsular wars with this epic tale featuring his iconic hero Richard Sharpe. Outsider. Hero. Rogue. If any man can do the...

👑 The next instalment in the gripping historical adventure series ⚔️ from M J Porter⚔️ - Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Peter Gibbons and Matthew Harffy!🛡️ Wessex has never been Mercia’s ally, neither has it been her only enemy. Wessex, AD836 The Viking raiders'...

💥💥The grand finale in JC Duncan's epic Last Viking adventure series featuring 👑Harald Hardrada ⚔️ Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Peter Gibbons and Matthew Harffy ⚔️ Born to be king. Destined to die for glory. 1066 AD, Norway Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, the...

Det er år 885, og der er fred i England. Landet er delt i to: det danske rige mod nord og det saksiske rige Wessex mod syd. Uthred har slået sig ned; han har kone, børn og har fra Alfred fået til opgave at holde grænsen mod Themsen. Men noget ulmer - vikingerne er kommet tilbage for at besætte London. Deres mål er at erobre Wessex, og til dette skal de bruge Uthreds hjælp. Alfred har en anden plan: vikingerne skal drives ud af London. Det er en farlig tid, og Uthred må beslutte, hvor meget hans ed binder ham til kongen.

As the war in Europe draws to a close, young Army lieutenant Jim Thayer finds himself and his platoon on the point of the American advance into Austria. Jim and his men are no strangers to the horror of war. But what they find hidden in the forests of Western Austria is beyond anything they have yet experienced. Battling remnants of the legendary Waffen SS, Germany's elite fighting force, Jim and his men come face to face with the cruel brutality of the Nazi regime. And bear witness to the fields of death left in its wake.

Amidst the turmoil of World War II, a daring Army Air Forces aviator is swept into an odyssey that will carry him to the far corners of the earth. Military duty and personal quest converge in this remarkable tale of grit and perseverance.

A legendary WWII airlift mission cuts through the snaggletoothed Himalaya Mountains, where both the terrain and weather prove uncommonly savage. And American airmen leave a trail of blood and mangled aircraft across northern Burma.

This gripping novel follows an American bomber crew through their secretive training, a harrowing raid on Japan, and on their desperate journey through occupied China to Chungking, the seat of the country’s wartime government.

Uhtred af Bebbanburg har generobret sit fædrene hjem. Det er dog ikke længe, han kan nyde sin sejr, da han bliver truet fra alle sider af både nye og gamle fjender. Igennem årtier har Uhtred stået midt mellem hedninge og kristne, mellem sakserne og vikingerne, mellem den gamle verden, han blev født ind i, og den nye verden, han voksede op i.

Nicholas Hook er en engelsk bueskytte, der tilsyneladende bliver tiltrukket af ballade, hvor end han går. Nicholas Hook tager over Kanalen og bliver en del af de engelske lejetropper, der beskytter Soisson imod franskmændene. Belejringen af Soisson ryster Europa i dets grundvold og driver Nicholas Hook tilbage til England, hvor han bliver indskrevet som bueskytte i Henrik V's hær under den berygtede Sir John Cornwaille.

💥The continuation of Donovan Cook’s thrilling Dark Age series.🛡️ A must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy⚔️ 450AD Britainnia The war has begun - a war feared by both men and gods. But will the old give way to the new? Prince Vortimer has imprisoned his father...