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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 14
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980L
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English
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In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 6
Aubrey / Maturin volume 6
Aubrey-Maturin volume 06
Aubrey/Maturin volume 6
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Aubrey / Maturin volume 6
Aubrey-Maturin volume 06
Aubrey/Maturin volume 6
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English
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"A marvelously full-flavored, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a three-decker over a ship's longboat." —Times Literary Supplement
Captain Jack Aubrey arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the British Navy. He and his friend, surgeon Stephen Maturin, take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But before...Author
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Once again the indomitable Hornblower risks his career in the fight against Napoleon. Allied with him is his old love Marie. She is by no means the least of the obstacles in the way of his return to the arms of Lady Barbara.
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Saxon stories (Bernard Cornwell) volume 7
Last kingdom volume 7
Last kingdom volume 07
The Warrior Chronicles
Last kingdom volume 7
Last kingdom volume 07
The Warrior Chronicles
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English
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Latest book in The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. Uhtred, once Alfred's great warrior but now out of favour with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts...
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Horatio Hornblower saga volume 2
The Hornblower saga volume 02
(Cecil Scott),Captain Horatio Hornblower volume 02
(Cecil Scott),Hornblower saga volume 02
The Hornblower saga volume 02
(Cecil Scott),Captain Horatio Hornblower volume 02
(Cecil Scott),Hornblower saga volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Relates Horatio's adventures as a Lieutenant until his promotion to Commander during the early years of the Napoleonic Wars.
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The espionage activities of cunning ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin have kept him at odds with the most important French agent in the Mediterranean, Lesueur-a man with a long memory and a taste for revenge. When that revenge takes the shape of the delicate and distracting Mrs. Fielding, who also attracts the ever-wandering eye of Jack Aubrey, Stephen's sensibilities are severely tested.
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English
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"On a sunny afternoon in late June 1914, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley learns that his parents have died in an automobile crash. Joseph's brother, an officer in the Intelligence Service, reveals that their father had been en route to London with a mysterious secret document--allegedly possessing the power to disgrace England and destroy the civilized world. Now that explosive paper has vanished, and Joseph is left to wonder: How had it fallen...
10) Ship of the line
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Captain Horatio Hornblower and the undaunted crew of the Sutherland set sail to rival the exploits of Napoleon's ships.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the "Atropos," a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain.
13) War of the wolf
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victory. In Mercia, rebellion is in the air as King Edward tries to seize control. In Wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king. And across the country invading Norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land. Uhtred finds himself once again torn between...
14) Waterloo
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English
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Lured back to the army from a rural idyll, Sharpe's career culminates in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 20
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English
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British solider Richard Sharpe faces duel battles in the Peninsula Wars--one to conquer the city of Toulouse, and the other to defend his honor against the charge that he stole Napoleon's personal treasure.
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English
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It is a perfect plot for Napoleon: stop Wellington's forces in Spain and destroy Major Richard Sharpe. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's new campaign with grim expectancy. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain-an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Unfortunately, things are about to get complicated for the Sharpe. An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 2
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English
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Alan Lewrie is a scandalous young rake whose amorous adventures ashore lead to his being shipped off to the Navy. Lewrie finds that he is a born sailor, although life at sea is a stark contrast to the London social whirl to which he had become accustomed. As his career advances, he finds the life of a naval officer suits him.
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 9
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English
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Only a year after its stunning victory at Talavera in July of 1809, Wellington's Peninsular army—vastly outnumbered, its coffers empty—is on the brink of collapse. The Spanish government has fallen, and the last Spanish armies have been crushed by the French. But Wellington has one hope left: in the dangerous Portuguese hills lies a fortune in gold, enough gold perhaps to turn the Peninsular War around. And he knows of one fighting man capable...
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