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War and Peace
War and Peace

by Лев Толстой

"Eh bien, mon prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now no more than family estates of the Bonapartes.

1864 642 ed.
La chartreuse de Parme
La chartreuse de Parme

by Stendhal

ON the 15th of May, 1796, General Bonaparte marched into the city of Milan, at the head of the youthful army which had j...

1800 554 ed.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

by C. S. Forester

A JANUARY GALE was roaring up the Channel, blustering loudly, and bearing on its bosom rain squalls whose big drops ratt...

1920 61 ed.
Master and Commander
Master and Commander

by Patrick O'Brian

THE MUSIC-ROOM IN the Governor's House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant...

1969 47 ed.
The Trumpet-Major, and Robert His Brother
The Trumpet-Major, and Robert His Brother

by Thomas Hardy

In the days of high-waisted and muslin-gowned women, when the vast amount of soldiering going on in the country was a ca...

1880 122 ed.
The Adventures of Gerard
The Adventures of Gerard

by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was the old Brigadier who was talking in the cafe.

1902 130 ed.
The dynasts
The dynasts

by Thomas Hardy

Enter the Ancient Spirit and Chorus of the Years, the Spirit and Chorus of the Pities, the Shade of the Earth, the Spiri...

1904 67 ed.
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

by Arthur Conan Doyle

YOU do very well, my friends, to treat me with some little reverence, for in honouring me you are honouring both France ...

1896 313 ed.
Lieutenant Hornblower
Lieutenant Hornblower

by C. S. Forester, C.S.Forester

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BUSH came on board H.M.S. Renown as she lay at anchor in the Hamoaze and reported himself to the offi...

1920 55 ed.
Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower

by C. S. Forester

THE CHAPEL STALL of carved oak in which Sir Horatio Hornblower was sitting was most uncomfortable, and the sermon which ...

1946 51 ed.
The Wing-and-wing: Or, Le Feu-follet. A Tale
The Wing-and-wing: Or, Le Feu-follet. A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

The charms of the Tyrrhrnian Sea have been sung since the days of Homer.

1800 85 ed.
The Great Shadow And Other Napoleonic Tales
The Great Shadow And Other Napoleonic Tales

by Arthur Conan Doyle

It is strange to me, Jock Calder of West Inch, to feel that though now, in the very centre of the nineteenth century, I ...

2000 47 ed.
Springhaven.  A Tale of the Great War
Springhaven. A Tale of the Great War

by R. D. Blackmore

In the days when England trusted mainly to the vigor and valor of one man, against a world of enemies, no part of her co...

1880 55 ed.
Commodore Hornblower
Commodore Hornblower

by C. S. Forester

CAPTAIN SIR HORATIO HORNBLOWER sat in his bath, regarding with distaste his legs dangling over the end.

1945 30 ed.
Hornblower And The Atropos
Hornblower And The Atropos

by C. S. Forester, C.S.Forester

HAVING CLIMBED up through the locks, the canal boat was now winding over the pleasant Cotswold country. Hornblower was b...

1920 46 ed.