Resultados para "Victoria" en Guerra y ejército

Blanca, una hermosa dama del siglo XIII, lo pierde todo tras la derrota de su familia en la guerra, y, para conservar a su hijo con vida, debe sufrir los peores abusos de los vencedores.

El cuerpo del joven Manuel Prieto aparece en el Cerro Garabitas de la Casa de Campo de Madrid el día de Nochebuena de 1952. Gonzalo Suárez, inspector de segunda del Cuerpo General de Policía, se hace cargo del caso. Un caso que, sin saberlo, cambiará su vida tal y como la conoce.

Abril de 1937. Mientras en España transcurre la guerra civil, el marino mercante Miguel Jordán Kyriazis es enviado por el bando sublevado para atacar de modo clandestino el tráfico naval que desde la Unión Soviética transporta ayuda militar para la República. En la base de operaciones, una pequeña isla del mar Egeo, la vida del corsario español se cruzará en turbio triángulo con la de los propietarios, el barón Katelios y su esposa: una seductora mujer madura que busca, con fría desesperación, el modo de escapar a su destino.

Julio de 1938, miles de jóvenes combaten en la trágica batalla del Ebro. Sus nombres no son los que recuerda la Historia, pero cuanto les sucedió forma parte de nuestra memoria.

En los años 1942 y 1943, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, buzos de combate italianos hundieron o dañaron catorce barcos aliados en Gibraltar y la bahía de Algeciras. En esta novela, inspirada en hechos reales, sólo algunos personajes y situaciones son imaginarios. Elena Arbués, una librera de veintisiete años, encuentra una madrugada mientras pasea por la playa a uno de esos buzos, desvanecido entre la arena y el agua. Al socorrerlo, la joven ignora que esa determinación cambiará su vida y que el amor será sólo parte de una peligrosa aventura.

Victoria Bahani, the privileged seventeen-year-old, daughter of the Rajah of Marpur and an English woman, has always believed she would marry an Englishman. And when she meets Captain Henry Hindley-Jones she knows he’s exactly the kind of man she’s been thinking of. But when war breaks out everything changes for Victoria. With Henry away fighting, Victoria must try and find her own path in life and also do her duty for her king and country. Signing up to be a nurse in the Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Corp, Victoria must leave behind the country she loves for a life of danger and duty.

Un miembro del ejército cubano desaparece y todo indica que ha desertdo. El capitán Morales es el sabueso ideal para dar con él: no sólo porque se especializa en olfatear el rastro de los traidores, sino porque lo tuvo bajo sus órdenes y… entre sus brazos...

Daniel Leary is a lieutenant in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy with no money and no prospects since he quarreled with his ruthless, politically powerful father. Adele Mundy is a scholar with no money and no prospects since her family was massacred for conspiring against the Government of Cinnabar. Kostroma is a wealthy planet which depends on diplomacy to stay independent in a galaxy whose two great powers, Cinnabar and the Alliance, battle for supremacy.

In February, 1806, the frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. Bolitho's instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign in Africa where an expeditionary force is attempting to recapture Cape Town from the Dutch. Bolitho is still brooding over the loss of his flagship, and hi socntinuing personal troubles are only brightened by his love for Catherine, Lady Somervell.

La guerra dura una década y nadie sabe a ciencia cierta cómo transcurre, qué bando fue el agresor y cuál el agredido. En la comarca, la vida ha continuado entre el temor a la delación y la añoranza de los que fueron al frente.

This work pertains to the Vietnam experience as it relates to young men performing duties in the Rear Echelon. These texts are farcical, ribald and, in some cases disturbing. No claim of objectivity in my reporting... I interpret through satire, political incorrectness, hyperbole, and profanity. Don't look for courageous deeds...in my group, heroic action didn't come without extreme prodding.

It should have been a time of romance and excitement for Anne - but it's 1941 and the war is raging. So instead, she spends her days repairing spitfire wings and reminding herself that the real sacrifice is going on far away from her Cornish village. When the news breaks that America has entered the war, jeeps filled with GIs eventually roll in, and it seems their little community is to play a pivotal role in the next stage of the fight. But the Americans don't just bring Hollywood glamour and optimism, they also bring something more tantalising.

When Army nurse Karen Fisher returns home from Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, she prays for her PTSD nightmares to dissipate as she settles into a slightly less dangerous job as a school teacher. But another tragedy soon shakes her world.

In late 1941, the Pacific is a very different place from only one year earlier. Japan threatens and vast numbers of Imperial Army spies have infiltrated throughout the Pacific Islands in readiness for conflict. Just as he is preparing to leave Australia and return to Britain, Major Clement Wisdom is seconded to lead a small guerrilla force. Their mission: to secure a vitally important person in Singapore and take him, and the secret he carries, back to Australia.

Interrogation Tango is an anti-detective story, based on real events and people, about an assassin who drove the Gestapo crazy because they could not explain him away.

High-spirited young Tom Swift is off on another of his many exciting adventures. This time he's in search of gold in an underground lost city. Tom finds the lost city in a remote area of Mexico, and he finds the gold. Getting into the city was difficult for the adventurers, but when they try to get out, then their real adventure begins. Tom and his companions find themselves trapped in an underground city which contains as many traps and mazes as an Egyptian pyramid.

The truth is, Ella is hiding from a scandal. A scandal that drove her family out of their beloved Lane End Cottage in the tiny Yorkshire village they had lived in all their lives. A scandal that her sister Alice was blamed for. But Alice is no longer here. So it's up to Ella to pick up the pieces and do the best she can for the family she loves so dearly. Ella's luck finally changes when she gains work at Grange House, a gentleman's residence on the outskirts of York. But can she keep her position there? Or will she follow in her elder sister's footsteps?

House of Compassion is the story of Lorena Starnaly, a weak minded and for the majority of her life manipulated girl who through the ill treatments of her family developed a dual personality disorder, divided by the inside with two ideologies that completely oppose each other this girl and her friends start a organization with the goal of bringing upon a safe and peaceful home for all in the world with the end goal of making world peace. Dive into the psychology and differences between ideologies and see in which side of this war do you stand on.

After Penang is attacked by the Japanese at the end of 1941, Mary Helston believes Singapore will be a safe haven. But within weeks, the supposedly invincible British stronghold is on the brink of collapse to the advancing enemy. Mary and her mother are captured at sea as they try to escape and are interned on the islands of Sumatra. Imprisoned with them is Veronica Leighton, the one person on the planet Mary has reason to loathe with a passion.

Read by Victoria Taft, Raven's Redemption audiobook is a spy thriller in the genre made popular by Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, Ben Coes, and Kyle Mills. Raven's ragtag team thwarted an EMP attack by terrorists with Iranian nukes, but paid a terrible price. Everyone on his team was badly injured. A peaceful neighborhood was left in flames. Raven's partner Josie, a gentle psychic with exceptional powers, is catatonic. Her mind shut down from the trauma of red, raw combat. She is gone - along with their dreams of someday having normal lives. Raven swore to protect her. She trusted him.