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Matthew Christian Miller Jurnal of a Soldior

A War Novel

Thriller
Englisch
617 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
270
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Al Qaeda has moved their forces to Packastan and it is up to 1st sergant Miller to stop [mehr]

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H. Rider Haggard Montezuma's Daughter

Abenteuer
Englisch
150127 Wörter
Ab 8 Jahren
272
2

Montezuma's Daughter is a novel written by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. Narrated in the first person by Thomas Wingfield, an Englishman whose adventures include having his mother murdered, a brush with the Spanish Inquisition, shipwreck, and slavery. Eventually, Thomas unwillingly joins a Spanish expedition to New Spain, and the novel tells the fictionalized story of the first interactions between the natives and European explorers. This includes misunderstandings, prejudice on the part of the Spaniards, and ultimately open war. During the course of the story, Thomas meets and marries the daughter of the native king (from whom the novel takes its title) and settles into life in Mexico. The war destroys his native family, and eventually Thomas gets revenge on the antagonist and returns to England. [mehr]

Stichwörter: montezumas daughter, h rider haggard, montezuma, history, action and adventure, war novel, aztec culture

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Robert Louis Stevenson St. Ives

Abenteuer
Englisch
103088 Wörter
Ab 8 Jahren
244
2

St. Ives is a historical adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. St. Ives tells the story of a French hussar officer Jacques St. Ives imprisoned by the British in Scotland. The story is an exploration of the recurring theme of the polarity of human nature. St. Ives (whose family motto is "Audentes Fortuna Juvat"--“Fortune favors the daring"), a witty, womanizing veteran of Napoleon's wars, kills a brother officer in a duel. In order to avoid having to fight all the officers of the dead man's regiment, as well as to have time to bed his latest flame, St. Ives insults his commandant to be given a demotion. Instead, St. Ives is broken to the ranks and, now a private in an infantry regiment, he proceeds to get himself captured by the British. Sent to a prison camp in Scotland, St. Ives soon becomes involved in the love life of the prison's commander, Major Farquar Chevening and with Flora Gilchrist and her unmarried aunt. He is also reunited with his émigré grandfather, a ci-devant count, and his wastrel brother, who have been living in Scotland since the deaths of St. Ives's father and mother during the Revolution. Intrigue, masked balls, disguises, duels, and hair's-breath escapes ensue. [mehr]

Stichwörter: st ives, robert louis stevenson, action and adventure, war novel, romance, historical fiction, dark comedy

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Robert Louis Stevenson The Black Arrow

Abenteuer
Englisch
79269 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
257
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The Black Arrow is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father's murder. Dick's suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the black arrow, robert louis stevenson, romance novel, action and adventure, historical fiction, historic war novel

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William Le Queux The Invasion of 1910

Belletristik
Englisch
98594 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
230
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The Invasion of 1910 is a 1906 novel written mainly by William Le Queux (with H. W. Wilson providing the naval chapters). It is one of the more famous examples of Invasion literature. It is viewed by some as an example of pre-World War I Germanophobia. It can also be viewed as prescient, as it preached the need to prepare for war with Germany. The novel was originally commissioned by Alfred Harmsworth as a serial which appeared in the Daily Mail from 19 March 1906. The story rewritten to feature towns and villages with high Daily Mail readership, greatly increased the newspaper's circulation and made a small fortune for Le Queux; it was translated into twenty-seven languages, and over one million copies of the book edition were sold. The idea for the novel is alleged to have originated from Field Marshal Earl Roberts, who regularly lectured English schoolboys on the need to prepare for war. The book takes the form of a military history. William Tufnell Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Invasion of 1910, William Le Queux, Literature, Fiction, Military Novel, Alfred Harmsworth, War Novel, World War I, Invasion literature, Novel

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James G. Dunton A Maid and a Million Men

Belletristik
Englisch
98885 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
437
2

Novel about a girl who through a series of accidents ends up in the American army pretending to [mehr]

Stichwörter: a maid and a million men, james g dunton, military farce, war novel, satire and suspense, comedy and humor

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James Fenimore Cooper Last of the Mohicans

Belletristik
Englisch
148256 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
174
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The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The story is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, the French depended on its Native American allies to help fight the more numerous British colonists in the Northeast frontier areas. The Last of the Mohicans has been James Fenimore Cooper's most popular work. It has continued as one of the most widely read novels throughout the world, and it has influenced popular opinion about American Indians and the frontier period of eastern American history. The romanticized images of the strong, fearless, and ever resourceful frontiersman, as well as the stoic, wise, and noble "red man" were notions derived from Cooper's characterizations more than from anywhere else. The phrase, "the last of the Mohicans," has come to represent the sole survivor of a noble race or type. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the last of the mohicans, james fenimore cooper, war novel, historical fiction, french and indian war, american literature

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Charles King Laramie or the Queen of Bedlam

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Englisch
60712 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
90
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A story of frontier army life and the Sioux War of 1876 written by the author of over 60 books who gained the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; he also led a brigade during the ensuing Philippine-American War. He returned to the United States and was active in the Wisconsin National Guard and in training troops for World War I. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. [mehr]

Stichwörter: laramie, queen of bedlam, charles king, military fiction, war novel, american indian wars, american history, action and adventure

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Boyd Cable Action Front

Belletristik
Englisch
65154 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
293
2

In this classic work, the author tries to draw an image of WWI horrors through several short stories. The book was based on true events and reflects the feelings of the soldiers facing death on the front lines. There were some who complained that my last book was in parts too grim and too terrible, and no doubt the same complaint may lie against this one. To that I can only reply that I have found it impossible to write with any truth of the Front without the writing being grim, and in writing my other book I felt it would be no bad thing if Home realized the grimness a little better. [mehr]

Stichwörter: action front, boyd cable, war and warfare, war novel, world war one, trench warfare, true war stories, war

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Stephen Crane War is Kind

Enzyklopädie
Englisch
2964 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American author. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. The eighth surviving child of Protestant Methodist parents, Crane began writing at the age of four and had published several articles by the age of 16. Having little interest in university studies, he left college in 1891 to work as a reporter and writer. Crane's first novel was the 1893 Bowery tale Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, generally considered by critics to be the first work of American literary Naturalism. He won international acclaim in 1895 for his Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, which he wrote without having any battle experience. [mehr]

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