Russell's ebook Library
Captain Hornblower R. N.
C. S. Forester
Hornblower [1]: Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)Skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral on the Thames is not Hornblower's idea of thrilling action.But soon his orders come, and he sets sail for the Mediterranean in the Atropos.'Battle, storm, s...
Clarissa Oakes
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey-Maturin [15]: Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the Surprise, pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his shi...
The Commodore
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey-Maturin [17]: Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold – to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on hi...
The Confusion
Neal Stephenson
Baroque Cycle [2]: The Confusion, the shelf-bending sequel to Neal Stephenson's equally meaty Quicksilver, continues his epic Baroque Cycle by following a remarkable cast of late-17th-century characters that includes spies, vagabonds, and historical ...
The Conqueror
Georgette Heyer
The true story of the bastard son who made himself a king and the woman who melted his heart.The stirring history of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, who invaded England and became the King. His victory, concluded at the Battle of Hastings in...
Copperhead
Bernard Cornwell
Starbuck Chronicles [2]: The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this second installment of Bernard Cornwell's acclaimed Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles.It is the summer of 1862, and Nate has been bl...
The Course of Honour
Lindsey Davis
In ancient Rome, ambitious citizens who aspired to political power, to become one of the ruling elite ― a senator, had to follow what was known as "The Course of Honor." This course had only one unbreakable rule: a senator is forbidden to marry a sla...
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon zooms all over the world, careening conspiratorially back and forth between two time periods - World War II and the present. Our 1940s' heroes are the brilliant mathematician Lawrence Waterhouse, crypt analyst extraordinaire, and gung-h...
