by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction, and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English short story tradition is divided into two volumes.The first volume contains seven stories originally called and published by London Magazine in serial format from June to October 1878. It is composed of two story groups, or cycles:"The Suicide Club""The Rajah's Diamond"The second volume is a collection of four unconnected (standalone) stories that were previously published in magazines:"The Pavilion on the Links" (1880), told in 9 mini-chapters"A Lodging for the Night" (1877)"The Sire De Mal?troits Door" (1877)"Providence and the Guitar" (1878)
From America's master storyteller and writer of historical fiction comes the epic story of two families — the Hazards and the Mains. Separated by vastly different ways of life, joined by the unbreakable bonds of true friendship, and torn asunder by a country at the threshold of a bloody conflict that would change their lives forever...
Emilio SalgariGeboren am 21. August 1862 in Verona; gestorben am 25. April 1911 in Turin.Sein Vater ist Tuchh?ndler. Die Oberschule kann er wegen schlechter Noten nicht zu Ende bringen. Von 1878 bis 1881 studierte er am K?niglich Nautischen Institut in Venedig, um Kapit?n zu werden. Er fiel bei der ersten Pr?fung durch und heuerte als Schiffsjunge an, verlie? in Brindisi das Schiff und fuhr mit der Eisenbahn zur?ck nach Verona. Soweit bekannt ist, hat er Italien nie verlassen.Er studiert aber eifrig Abenteuerromane und ver?ffentlicht schon 1883, zwei Jahre nach seiner mi?gl?ckten ...
Nun hat auch Tscham, der Radscha von Bihar, die brutale Macht der Ostindischen Handelskompanie erfahren m?ssen. Gegen alles Recht schmachtet er im Kerker des Generalgouverneurs. Wieder greifen der Pfeifer und seine Freunde unerschrocken ein, getreu ihrem Grundsatz, Unfreiheit und Unrecht zu bek?mpfen, wo immer sie es antreffen. So erf?hrt auch der geheimnisumwitterte Pirat Dieuxdonne, der einen privaten Rachekrieg gegen den Verderber seiner Familie f?hrt, die gerechte Gro?mut des Pfeifers.
As France recovers from her bloody Revolution, Napoleon is amassing his armies for the Great Invasion. News in England is sketchy and the Navy must prepare to defend the land from foreign attack. Lieutenant Ramage is chosen to travel to France and embark upon the perilous quest of spying on the great Napoleon. His mission is to determine the strength of the French troops - but his discovery will mean the guillotine!
Setting off on a presumably predictable sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon a scene of carnage: A sinking British ship, her crew and passengers, men and women alike, ruthlessly murdered at the hands of a French privateer. Supported by his men in a thirst for righteous vengeance, Ramage ferrets out the brigand's name and sets sail to bring him in.
With the Treaty of Amiens signed, hostilities have ceased — at least on paper. Nelson's crews are standing down and Ramage is on leave when he receives covert Admiralty orders to inspect the small island of Trinidade off the coast of Brazil. Reaching South American shores, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso fetch up in a battle to free several captive merchant ships — and a beautiful woman passenger — as they cross swords with bloodthirsty pirates. . . .
Ordered to Naples after the battle of Trafalgar, Ramage and the Calypso are given fresh orders. The Barbary Coast pirates, the Saracens, are active in Sicily again, and terrorizing fishing ports. Ramage and his crew are sent to Sicily to track done the Saracins before they can attack another town.
Lord Ramage returns to fight in the most famous of Britain's sea battles. Summoned by Admiral Nelson himself, Ramage is sent to join the British fleet off Cadiz where the largest battle in naval history is about to take place. Finding himself in the front line of battle, Lord Ramage must fight to save his own life as well as for his country. The result is a thrilling, hair-raising adventure from one of our best-loved naval writers
Eighth in Dudley Pope's celebrated series of novels, Ramage's Mutiny tells of Captain Ramage's reckless attempt to free the Jocasta, a British ship, from the Spanish Main stronghold of Santa Cruz. A vicious mutiny had left the Jocasta open to capture by Spain, but sailing the frigate Calypso, Ramage will stop at nothing to rescue the imprisoned vessel, even to inciting another 'mutiny' on board his own ship.
The Napoleonic Wars are raging and a group of eminent British citizens have been taken captive in the Mediterranean by French troops. The Admiralty traces their location and sends the valiant Lord Ramage to affect their release. As Ramage and his crew negotiate the hazardous waters off the Tuscan coast, they soon begin to doubt the accuracy of their instructions. Ramage comes to realize that in order for his mission to succeed he must embark upon a fearful and highly dangerous escapade where the stakes have never been higher. Ramage's Challenge is another action-packed naval adventure from the masterful Dudley Pope.
On holiday, ashore with his new wife at a chateau in France, Captain Lord Ramage finds the honeymoon interrupted by an end to the Peace of Amiens — and a return to war which will last over a decade. Finding themselves on unfriendly soil just hours before hostilities commence, Ramage and Sarah elude the grasp of Napoleon's secret police, seeking to close upon all the Brits and French Royalists they can find. Even as they escape, their host is captured and deported to the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Ultimately, back at the helm of the Calypso and among old friends, Ramage finds himself heading in the same direction. But given the Island's impregnable reputation, can he pull off a rescue?
Ranked as a captain, the youngest in His Majesty's navy and one with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean isle of Martinique and, off its southwest coast, Diamond Rock. His mission at first seems humdrum: to barricade the French within Fort Royal. But sent to sea in the Juno, with a crew turned restless and disgruntled under the prior command of a drunk, Ramage realizes that his vessel may not be up to confronting the French. Before he can shape up the Juno and her men, the ship is beset by desperate and dangerous privateers.
Lord Ramage has made his name through numerous brave, daring and extremely perilous sea battles. He has been charged with impossible tasks and has succeeded time after time gaining honour and glory for king and country. He has undertaken his tasks loyally with skill and valour. So it is with some surprise that he finds that perhaps his greatest enemy of all comes from within the British Navy itself. He is forced to undergo a battle that will require his very all.
Kas gan nepaz?st b?stamo v?ru, kura v?rds k?dreiz daudziem lika tr?kties un dreb?t bail?s? Elbas upes un Varkalnu apkaim? — Moldavas krastos, pat Pr?sijas pils?t?s ?audis, vakaros gul?t iedami, l?dza:— Dievs, atpest? m?s no ?auna un Lipa Tuliana!Vai tie??m vi?? bija tik ?auns, ?is varonis, par kura apbr?nojamo sp?ku v?l ?o baltu dienu liecina biez?s dzelzs durvis Glashites sakristej?, kuras vi?? saloc?ja k? pl?nu d??u ?uvi?N?, briesm?gs un ...
