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The Skipper’s Dog Called Stalin (A Harry Gilmour Novel)
The unsinkable Harry Gilmour is off on a new adventure in the turbulent spring of 1941. Gilmour, a west-coast Scot,…
Resolution: A Novel of the Boy Who Sailed With Captain Cook
Any book by A. N. Wilson is a rewarding read, but be warned! Resolution was the ship in which Captain…
On the Account
Editors' choice
From the mists of Exmoor to the bustle of Bristol in the early 18th century, this fifth instalment of the…
The Downeaster: Deadly Voyage
It’s 1872 Boston, and a clipper, a downeaster named Providence, is ready to set sail under Captain Isaac Griffin. He…
The Voyage of the Dolphin
Dublin, February 1916, and three students, Fitzmaurice, Rafferty and Crozier, are at Trinity College amidst a combination of student pranks,…
The Hungry Horizon: Pirates of the Pacific
It’s 1679 in Port Royal, Jamaica. English sailor Tom Sheppard and two of his mates join an expedition to steal…
Deadly Secret of the Lusitania
Ivan Light’s debut novel Deadly Secret of the Lusitania joins the long shelf of books about the sinking of the…
Plunder
A teenage boy in 1685 England inherits a mysterious box that takes three keys to open. He only has one,…
HMS Prometheus
Bond delivers another fast-paced, high-impact piece of Napoleonic-era naval fiction with HMS Prometheus, eighth in his Fighting Sails series. In…
Philip Nolan
Editors' choice
The novel begins in 1807. Philip Nolan, a young lieutenant in the western territories, is caught up in Vice President…
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